When they opened the doors to Ping’s car to leave, they heard a soft muffled cry from the garage.
“We can’t just leave him there,” Mara said.
“We are not strong enough to get him down. Let’s call 9-1-1 from a public phone so it can’t be traced to us. We have attracted enough attention from the authorities already. I don’t want to explain what happened to that man, and I especially do not want to explain what happened to Mrs. Gamble and her grandson. Let’s get out of here.”
Finding a pay phone was more of a challenge than they had anticipated. After thirty minutes, they found one at a Laundromat. Ping placed the 9-1-1 call and jogged back to the car.
“So the toothbrushes had cells from the original Gambles and touching them sent their counterparts back where they came from?” Mara asked.
