Chapter 38
Sarah stepped out of the house and onto the verandah, into a square of light. She must have found the key, let herself in, even turned on the radio. She spoke before he had a foot on the step.
‘Guess what? It’s my call now.’ Yes. No more games, no pretence. Just the naked truth between them. ‘I’d still like to bring you in on this,’ she said. ‘You have the local knowledge. But I don’t need you.’
True enough. Hidden somewhere in the bowels of Sarah’s UTAS laboratory, a tissue sample of Theo’s ear held him hostage. It was all she needed to blow his denial out of the water. Matt didn’t speak. Instead, he watched a huntsman spider ambush a pretty moth that had been lured to the cobweb-strewn light on the verandah.
‘I’ve learned something about you,’ said Sarah. ‘There’s what you
