CHAPTER ELEVEN
Stella laid down for her usual afternoon nap, and Anders left the house to do some shopping as he also usually did when Stella laid down for her nap, but this afternoon she jumped out of bed as soon as she heard the door click shut and the car start thirty seconds later. He would be gone about an hour, to buy some food, enough time to unsettle the universe. She had laid her plans, and the click of the door set them in motion. Anders would never suspect what she was up to. But then who would? She hadn’t sailed in thirty-five years, but they say that once you know how it’s like riding a bike---you never forget. Nor how to shoot. She stopped by the broom closet and got out the AK. and checked it to make sure it was loaded, then went down to the dock where she lay the rifle in
