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Chapter 46: Sawyer

The radio in my pocket crackled to life. I jolted and my hands fumbled to adjust the volume as Eileen's voice seemed to boom out. "Janet and Ken have been found. They are fine. Repeat, they are a-okay."

Well it was nice to know that my stranding them without a map or compass hadn't done them any lasting damage. The tools certainly hadn't helped me any. As it happens, I'm not nearly as good at reading topographical maps as Elodie. My actual starting point and where I thought I was starting on the map were definitely not the same thing, so despite having the proper navigational tools, it took me hours to stumble across Patrick and Nate's trail, evading two other search teams in the process.

According to radio chatter, no one had heard from Nate or Patrick for three hours. This trail was several hours older than that. If Patrick had a vehicle stashed, they could be miles away by now. If he'd found Elodie -