In the Heat Of The Day

The author is the youngest son of a British landowner. He trained as a Dairy Consultant and worked for a major Dairy Company before moving to New Zealand. He has a lively imagination and sees farming as it may have been. Gerald now lives in New Zealand with his wife Joy. “You knew,” he raved on “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?” his father replied “I told you that there is nothing you can do, you have to accept it and move on. The frail old man grasped his son’s arm and said quietly. “You don’t need the farm son, move on, and live your own life away from all this grief.” “I swear that I will make them pay dearly for this deceit and jealousy they will never know when but it will happen” His mother was dying they both knew that, as one last gesture they took their first born to see her. The very old lady asked quietly, “What did you name him?”