Chapter 15…Jungle Battle
We both underplayed it. After that first dash I made in his direction and one quick clinch, I grinned and said, “Welcome to—somewhere. Your guess is as good as mine.”
“Where are Tom and Pete?”
“They got lost.”
“Where?”
I knew what he meant. A million years away? A hundred thousand? “Right here, somewhere. In that jungle. They’ll show up.”
That last was my contribution to the calm outlook. I didn’t have any idea whether they would show up or not. Dad was still looking things over.
“Shouldn’t we find cover? Are there any hostiles around?”
“There are hostiles, but I think we’re better off here than in the jungle. If they come, I’d rather meet them in the open.”
There was so much that each of us had to tell the other that neither of us knew where to start. Dad
