Chapter 7

Wednesday

JAKE WAS STUNNED at what he’d just heard.“Did you just say call home!The phones don’t work anymore—or haven’t you heard?”

“Yeah,but I’ve got something better in the van,”Josh said.“Let’s get going.”

“Going where?”

“We need to get back on the road before I call in.That way,nobody can figure out our location by triangulation.”

“Triangulation,what’s that?Oh,yeah,never mind.I’ve read about it.But you still haven’t said how we call in.”

“Patience.”

When they reached the vehicle,Josh secured the trailer,then walked to the back of thevan and climbed up on its bumper.He took hold of a wire Jake hadn’t noticed,and pulled hard on it,causing a long whip antenna to move from a horizontal to a vertical position and snap in place.