Page 20 of Lost In Kakadu

Unable to wait another minute, he cut a bean can from the carton, and hacked off the lid.

Handing the can to Abigail, he salivated as he opened another tin for himself and gulped down the contents.

He’d already finished his tin before Abigail even started. The look on her face was of pure disgust as she pushed two fingers into the tin, scooped out a couple of beans and ate them. She huffed. “I never knew cold beans would taste so good.”

“You’re not kidding.” He grabbed another can and carried it to the fire. “I’ll heat this one up.” He stabbed the lid several times and then steadied it on the glowing coals.

Abigail scooped more beans from her can. “Why haven’t we heard any planes? It’s after three.”

He wiped his forehead on his sleeve. “I don’t know.”

Mackenzie pulled a fresh T-shirt out of his suitcase to replace hissweat soaked one and when Abigail turned away, he changed out of his jeans too.

“There was something else in the plane.”

She frowned at him. “What?”

“Drugs.”

“What? Like Aspirin?”

He nearly laughed out loud at her naivety. “No. Marijuana.”

“What?” She gasped. “How do you know?”

“Believe me, I know.”

“But … how much is there?”

“A lot, way too much to be a private stash.”

“Show me,” Abigail demanded.

“It’s at the back of the cargo area. You’ll have to climb in to see it.”

“Can’t you just bring it out?”

“I’m not touching it.”

She tutted. “It’s not like we’re going to use it.”

“Exactly! So, we leave it where it is. It’s dangerous.”

“Why?”

“I think the pilot was shipping drugs.”

A frown rippled her forehead. “So?”

“So. . . whoever is profiting from this deal might come after it.”

She blinked and he noted how long her eyelashes were. “Jesus. You think drug lords will come looking for it?”

He shrugged. In his experience, a large bundle like that was a serious amount of money and he couldn’t imagine the owner giving up on it easily.

“We should burn it.” Abigail’s eyes flared.

“No way.”

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