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great-grandmother said without preamble, “Young Jerry’s already in trouble, isn’t he?”
    They all knew it, but hearing Rosa’s ancient voice saying it baldly over the phone made it so much more real. Tammy’s eyes immediately grew bright, and she bit her bottom lip.
    “Yes, we think he might be,” Georgie said, deliberately keeping her voice steady. Tammy didn’t need anyone breaking down. “He’s gone missing. We’re all at Dad’s—me, Tammy, Scott and Layla—trying to work out what to do next.” Georgie asked the question in everybody’s mind. “How did you know?”
    “I just know. The boy’s my blood.”
    “Do you know where he is?”
    “Only that it’s some distance from here. It’s no good looking around Elkhart, you won’t find him.”
    “We think he’s in Kentucky—or that’s as far as the vehicle got, anyway. Can you wait a second?” Georgie looked at Tammy. “What time was the last reading on the satellite tracker?”
    “Danny’s on it…wait.” Tammy scrolled through her messages again. “Around 11 am. He says whoever they are, they know what they’re doing. An alert is supposed to come through if a tracker is tampered with, and we should also be able to immobilize the vehicle from the base.” She looked up. “Didn’t happen.”
    “It’s probably not where it was the last time the tracker registered it, then. They’ll have moved on.”
    Georgie held up a hand and returned to Rosa. “Did you catch that?”
    “Yes.” Rosa’s crack of laughter held no humor whatsoever. “Young pup swears by his new-fangled devices. Wonder what he says now.” Then her voice softened marginally. “Don’t you fret, Tammy girl. We don’t need satellite trackers.”
    Maybe gypsies whose crystal balls work don’t need trackers, Georgie thought. “Do you want one of us to pick you up, Rosa? Bring you here? You could stay here with us tonight.”
    “Not tonight. You put your heads together and come up with a plan, and I’ll contact you when I know anything.” Her voice grew louder. “Tammy?”
    Tammy, lost in thought, jerked upright. “Yes, I’m here.”
    “You’ll be going after him with the others,” Rosa said in a tone that brooked no argument. “Jerry has certain equipment over there at that BugOut place. Be prepared to use it; I know you know how.”
    Stunned, Georgie gazed at the phone. This was Rosa? She was obviously a lot savvier with what was going on around the RV Empire than any of them gave her credit for. She glanced across at Tammy, who had a strange look on her face. Her eyes met Georgie’s, and narrowed, and then she gave a short, sharp nod.
    Georgie would have to follow up on that later. Was Rosa talking about guns? There couldn’t be any over at the BugOut Base, surely; they didn’t have a license to sell guns. She put that thought aside. “Rosa, you’ve seen something about us going after him? Tell us.”
    “That’s it. I see you following his trail. You get that crystal ball out and use any other means—tea leaves, cards, water scrying for all I care—to find your brother. Young Scott, you look at the cards too, and call your mother. You know wilderness areas, so be prepared. Layla, you’ve got a head on your shoulders, so get thinking.”
    Rosa was on the warpath; nobody was messing with her family.
    “OK,” Georgie said. “What about Dad?”
    “You’ll have to tell him.” A hint of slyness entered her great-grandmother’s voice. “But wait until you’re about to leave. He’ll try to stop you; you’re his baby girl.”
    “All right. I’m ending the call now, but I’ll keep you informed. Anything else you want to tell us?”
    “Just find my great-grandson. There’s a lot of good in the boy, underneath those conniving ways.”
    With that, Rosa was gone, without waiting for Georgie to cut the connection.

Chapter 7
    Jerry had to concede that he was in a bit of a fix.
    If there was one thing that he prided himself on, it was being able