[00:09.40]UNIT1
[00:11.93]A Question of Rights
[00:14.76]Unfortunately,
[00:18.00]a crime was about to be committed
[00:20.63]but at that moment
[00:22.16]Lesley was unaware
[00:23.31]of the impending event,
[00:24.73]which would affect her life
[00:26.81]so drastically
[00:28.23]for the next two years.
[00:30.19]For the moment at least,
[00:32.39]her holiday at the cottage had been ideal.
[00:35.01]She had spent many idle hours
[00:38.07]relaxing on the deck, reading,
[00:40.15]eating a sandwich when she was hungry
[00:42.34]and in the evening
[00:44.09]watching the sky turn
[00:45.84]from brilliant orange to peach
[00:47.59]and finally to pale purple,
[00:49.67]eventually the light becoming dim.
[00:52.49]It was about this time
[00:55.49]that the mist would begin to
[00:57.06]rise from the cool water hiding
[00:59.13]in the dense forest
[01:01.22]hat hugged the shoreline.
[01:02.75]Late evening dew glistened on every bush
[01:06.03]and soon the loons’call
[01:07.78]would resound across the water.
[01:10.08]She decided to take
[01:11.83]one last dip in the lake.
[01:14.02]As the cool night air touched her arms,
[01:17.19]she gave a little shiver
[01:19.04]and decided it was time to move inside.
[01:21.79]This was to be her last evening alone
[01:25.83] as Jeff, her former mate,
[01:28.46]would be returning Zac to her
[01:30.31]early in the morning.
[01:31.74]As the case in many marriages these days,
[01:35.13]problems had arisen between Lesley and Jeff,
[01:38.42]but they did not extend to Zac.
[01:41.37]He was a good kid,
[01:43.23]just entering kindergarten.
[01:45.53]The couple had come to
[01:48.04]a mutual agreement, as dictated
[01:50.44]by the legal custody agreement.
[01:52.85]It stated that each parent
[01:54.82]would share Zac’s care every second weekend
[01:58.32]and this had been
[01:59.57]her weekend to be alone |