THIRTY-NINE
Jean had barely said a word to her for all of yesterday, and most of this morning, so Audra was surprised to hear the boat engine fire up. She stumbled out of the hut just in time to see Jean headed out into the cove.
"You better not be leaving without me!" she shouted.
He hollered back something about penguins, pointing across the cove.
Of course. That new penguin colony he'd been so eager to find until yesterday, when he'd agreed to help her with her weather station first. So much for that idea. Selfish prick. A quick peep inside the hut told her he'd left most of his gear behind, so at least he'd be coming back.
That left her alone to her own devices, but that wasn't such a bad thing. Her instructions were to find an elevated position near the western camp to instal
