Chapter 25
Zoe slipped into the seaquarium and headed for Tentacle Town. She wanted to check on Einstein before work, and was delighted when the octopus emerged to take her favourite meal. ‘There’s my girl.’ Zoe briefly fondled Einstein’s arm as she accepted the fat prawn. ‘You need to keep up your strength.’ She was rewarded with a gentle squeeze of her hand.
A month had passed since Einstein laid her eggs. She’d lost a lot of weight and was responding less and less to Zoe’s visits. She still ate sometimes and her eyes remained bright. But they looked far larger and wider than before, a sure sign that her skin was shrinking away. The only colour change she made anymore was to a defensive shade of red.
Einstein finished her meal and hurried back to her den. She pulled two clam shells ac
