“OK,” she said. “But we won’t be here long, right? We’ll call for help?”
“You bet.” Adam reached into his jacket pocket for his cell. Despair seeped through his chest as he looked at the screen. “No signal.”
“Oh, God,” Katie said. “Really?”
“Yeah.” He walked around the barn again, trying to find a place where his phone had reception, but no luck. He went outside and came back in shaking his head. “Shit.”
“Is there a land line?” Katie asked. “Maybe behind the counter?”
He knelt down and looked. “No.” He stood up again. “OK, well. We’ll think about that in a few minutes. Right now, I need to take a look at your leg.”
“OK.” She took off her coat and started to roll up the bottom of her jeans. She grimaced as she realized that the slim jeans went up no farther than mid-calf and the cut e
