Buck pounded a fist on the button to lock all the doors. They sat in the truck with the motor idling. Occasionally, Buck turned on the wipers to clear the windshield of morning drizzle so they could see out. At least they were warm inside the cab, and Sara was beginning to get her bearings. Surely, if she and Pierce had contracted food poisoning, she would have vomited long ago, but she had not felt nauseous.
Someone hit the breaker box, and all the lights in the house came on. That should have motivated anyone hiding to flee. Lights in several rooms flickered or went out, a sign of old wiring or bulbs. Flashlight beams shone in every alcove in the attic. Then they scoured the second floor nooks and closets and came down to the first. Soon, Johanna exited the house while Isidoro must have
