Chapter SixRefuge
Andrew drove in stony silence, his eyes fixed on the road ahead. Guilt, anger and shame gnawed at his stomach in a constant reproach for abandoning the group that had led them safely from Geelong. Tracey fumed beside him in the passenger seat.
He hated that she had been able to talk him into leaving so easily. She had convinced him that their family’s safety was in question and they needed to put their son first. He was ashamed he hadn’t fought all that hard against the idea.
He glanced into the mirror that had reflected frightened faces behind him till they had been swallowed by shadows.
‘Stop it,’ Tracey hissed, shooting a glare at him from the corner of her eye. ‘Anybody would think you care more for those strangers than you do for your own family.’
Andrew turned
