Chapter 27
Matt did a quick U-turn, then barrelled out of town. He braked when he spotted his damaged bike by the side of the road, got out and hauled it into the bushes. Then he drove a few hundred metres up a side track, parked and closed his eyes. He felt paralysed, the events of the past twenty-four hours tearing through his aching head. What a fool. So many ways he could have averted disaster; not answering Sarah’s call in the first place, having dinner with Penny last night instead, leaving Sarah at the pub with Drake or taking her straight home or being sober enough at midnight to drive.
Matt had no idea how long he’d been sitting there. He checked again that Theo was safely stowed in the back. He could hear the occasional car heading east along Binburra Rd. One of them would be P
