Chapter 39

{Why not leave the jars behind?}

{Fingerprints.}

{Oh.}

{Give me your hand again.}

{Okay.}

I led him past the Jeep and down the track quite a distance before I sent, {Nate, do you feel up to moving a little faster?}

{I’m not as stiff as I was, so I think so.}

{Good, let’s jog the rest of the way to my car.}

Compared to my earlier rather slow walk, it took only a short time to reach my car, get in it, and head for the highway. When we reached the blacktop, I stopped for a minute.

“Why did you stop?” Nate said.

“You have a nice voice.”

“So do you, but why did you stop?”

“We have a decision to make.”

“What?”

“Do we call the law, or not?”

“No, we don’t.”

“If you want to prosecute, it’ll be your word and my word against the world.”

“I just wanta get away right now, okay? Besides, how in the world would we explain how you found me?”

“You have a point, and it’s one that had crossed my mind earlier. Okay, we’ll haul ass back to my hotel.”