CHAPTER 26Rain fell so heavily that Mara could not tell at which intersection her car had stalled. The traffic light suspended in front of them turned green, and the car immediately behind them honked its horn. Mara rolled down her window and waved an arm, smacking large drops of water in the process, while signaling traffic to go around her. She adjusted the speed of the windshield wipers and looked over to the passenger side.
“I want you to crawl over here and start the car when I tell you,” she said, reaching for the handle of the door.
“What are you going to do?” Sam asked.
“I need to take a look and see if there is anything I can do to get this heap rolling,” she said. “Don’t do anything until I tell you. Got it? And while you’re waiting, why don’t you see if you can get in touch w
