He knew that this was their only chance. ‘Dad, my mask… I left it in the truck!’ The child’s panic was visceral.
After all they were outside, hundreds of kilometres from their designated bubble and in breach of curfew. Should they be caught, Nguyen Tran faced a mandatory jail term for crimes against the State, and his ten-year-old son would certainly be taken into care.
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