CHAPTER 22- Matiu -
Matiu pauses when they reach the car, resting his arm on the roof with the back door open, and takes a deep breath. Penny is lowering herself with excessive care into the passenger seat, like she’s hurt all over. Inside and out. Even Cerberus isn’t exactly bounding as he slinks into the back seat and settles down. They’re all shattered, in more ways than one. It’s just been that sort of a day.
Closing the back door, Matiu drops heavily into the driver’s seat and starts the engine. For a minute they sit, the engine idling, fire engine lights scrolling across the nearby buildings, a light ash drifting down to coat everything. He pulls on the windscreen washers and flicks on the lights as the wipers scrape across the glass, smearing twin rainbows through the powder.
“So
