4 Kieran had been driving around town aimlessly for about half an hour, unsure of either where he was going or what he was going to do, when the news was announced on the radio. To his horror, the lead story was about the escape of a murder suspect from Southdene hospital. His name wasn’t mentioned, but that was small comfort when the news reader revealed that the body of the man he had assaulted in the car park had been discovered, and the police were looking for the man’s stolen car. It was too late for him to change what he had done, nonetheless he couldn’t help thinking that he should have taken the wallet instead of tossing it after emptying it of money. Without the wallet the police would have had a harder time knowing who had been attacked and what vehicle to look for. An even b

