Chris Bawa did not bother to move the sack but just shot three times randomly into the bulge, killing the wounded snakes within.
He turned away without another glance and went back inside the house.
He lit a lantern in the kitchen and carried it into the bedroom.
She was still in there, staring out the window, and he wondered if she had seen him standing over Kelly.
She turned once, her lovely face filled with tense fear which quickly changed to startled embarrassment at his nakedness, now fully made visible by the glow of the lantern.
Effe tried to turn away, but then she stopped, and even though a red tinge appeared on her neck and quickly crept up her face, her eyes took him in, and slowly returned to his dark scarred face.
Her breathing came a little bit quicker, and then with a
