Chapter Eleven: Father McKenzie Makes His StandFather McKenzie was about to leave the Pinewood Mall and return home, disappointed in the outcome of the hunch that had brought him there, when the assault on the shopping center started.
He had been strolling around the shops for a while, perhaps window shopping, perhaps trying to see if something could provide him with a clue about why he was there. He briefly consulted the inner voice that had been guiding him all day long, but now that voice was silent. He imposed on himself a one-hour time limit; if nothing happened during that hour, he'd just go home and have his dinner.
The Pinewood Mall was your typical modern shopping center: a big shoebox-like, T-shaped structure that held within the usual assortment of storefronts, it was merely a
