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The desert east of Lüderitz, Namibia, the present dayNick looked up past Joanne and saw Scott running towards them. He hoped that Scott would be able to tackle her and get the gun off her before she could shoot him as well.
There was a whizzing sound, like Nick had heard on Shark Island, and then a puff of red spray erupted from Scott’s chest and he pitched forward into the sand.
Joanne stood and looked at the two men at her feet.
‘It didn’t have to be like this,’ Joanne said.
‘It was you,’ Nick said. He had his hand on his belly and when he looked down he could see blood oozing from between his fingers.
‘You stopped me going for my gun,’ Joanne said. ‘How did you know?’
‘You … you said something to me earlier, about my time on The Australian. I never told you the nam
