The wind in his face felt good. Stroking his beard and ruffling what was left of his hair. The pack on his back reassuringly heavy with life’s necessities. A gun and plenty of ammo.
The lingering image of a half-naked Charlotte was quickly replaced by the pressing matter at hand. Escaping Johannesburg’s finest. If Noecker was in charge, they would be the best he could find. He always was such a dick. His way or the highway. It took Connor just a few months to choose the highway. Operation Puma right at the beginning of lockdown had seen to that. Noecker gave the order to fire on starving civilians. Connor gave him the finger.
Turning left at the top of Acacia, he sped down empty residential streets. The high walls to either side would once have housed the upper-middle class. Corrupt government officials living next to the morally corrupt bankers and lawyers. Rubbing shoulders and discussing the next way of taking from the poor.
Maybe they were still there. Suffering with the rest, finally. Universal karma. More likely they bribed their way out and found better ways to exploit the poor in the country, far away from the mass populace. Far away from Covid-19.
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