Chapter 217: Chapter 217

EXT. - DAILY SAVE-MART - AFTERNOON

Gerri parked the Charger across the road from the grocery store rather than trying to cut through the picket line to use the parking lot. Her contacts had tracked Abigail Armstrong to this suburban strip mall and the shopping center presently under harassment by HACT. Abigail's organization. Humans Are Creatures Too, served as the activist's more legitimate touchstone. Gerri was well aware the woman was into more radical means of protesting that had nothing to do with holding up a "Meat Kills" sign and everything to do with breaking and entering labs for some constructive sabotage.

Abigail took one look at Gerri stomping toward her and grinned. "Detective Meyers," the woman said through clenched teeth. So, not grinning. And here Gerri thought she was happy to see her. "This is a legal protest. You have no right to be here."