CHAPTER 13- Pandora -
Penny doesn’t wait. She drops the wallet, flings open the door and sprints into the open. Where did that shot come from? Inside the house? Should she take the back door? Penny hesitates. If Matiu’s been hit, if he’s down, she can’t help him if she runs into the house and headlong into the shooter. She’ll get herself killed, and she can’t help Matiu if she’s dead, too.
If Matiu’s been hit, and it’s on account of her, Mum and Dad will kill her themselves.
“Matiu!” she yells, indecision paralysing her.
In the pens, the dogs are going ape-s**t, yowling and yapping. Some of the bigger dogs hurl themselves at the wires, fevered with excitement, their jaws dripping saliva. Trained to sense desperation, to take advantage of an opponent’s weakness, they want a piece of wha
