Sea Change Chapter Eleven (Part One)

John kept running, not daring to look back. The shouting carried on, Elias’s voice WAS pure rage. “You lie! I smell it on you!” Then he went quiet, and John’s stomach turned hot inside him. He glanced back over his shoulder. The man was not chasing after him, just standing in the middle of the path, head bowed, one spindly hand reaching out to touch the…