“MR WILD.”
Zack jumped visibly. He had just grabbed the two carrier bags of shopping from the boot, having endured a heart-stopping moment when he thought Sophie was going to drive straight into the door of his garage, when his name was called. It was only his good reflexes that kept him from dropping the shopping and dooming him and Sophie to a meal of whatever he had left in the fridge.
With his heart beating more quickly than he liked, and a firm grip on his bags, Zack turned around to see who it was that had hailed him. He didn’t think he was in any danger, it was unlikely that someone who intended attacking him would alert him to their presence before doing so, but that didn’t keep him from being nervously alert. He only relaxed when he saw his neighbour approaching slowly, looking
