CHAPTER 27- Pandora -
Penny jumps at the shot. It’s OK: Matiu has the shotgun. He’ll have fired it as a warning to Kerr, or in an act of humanity to spare the dog further suffering. Either way Penny doesn’t blame him. Kerr was about to butcher the dog. And somehow she’d forced, cajoled or conned Annie into ingesting a poisonous substance. Something had to be done to stop her. She might not have liked the idea of bringing it, but if she had been the one holding the gun, if she weren’t pulling Annie away, Penny would’ve reacted in exactly the same way. For the moment though, all her energy is focused on getting Annie out of here. The woman is dying. She needs help. Still dragging her, Penny navigates the labyrinth of shelves, looking back and forth along the cross aisles for a glimpse of a
