Chapter Five – Like Father, Like Son
Great and golden, the blazing Queensland sun roasted Ethan like a cook fire. Sweltering in his clothes, he lay belly-down on the singlewide’s corrugated roof, legs spread and feet turned outward. He had lain there since dawn. Almost ready to concede defeat, his interest perked at a tell-tale plume of dust sprang up down the bad drive. The distant growl of an engine reached his ears, and his heart fluttered. Wallowing into position, he brought the rifle to his shoulder.
The car, a blue Toyota smothered in grit, slowed. He nodded approval, giddy at his plan coming together like a child’s jigsaw puzzle. The driver must have spotted the head shot dog lying in the drive. The driver’s door opened, revealing a sturdy bloke gripping a chrome handgun low in hi
