Randy's shout made Adela and Melia simultaneously turn their alert gazes toward the forest where the sound had come from. With a click, Randy chambered a bullet and shouted, "This is your final warning. Come out now!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a thin, yellow-skinned man dressed in black emerged from the forest. He raised his hands and said in halting English, "Don't shoot. Don't shoot. My name is Tukah."
Faced with the gun, Tukah quickly explained everything about himself. He was a Vietnamese man sent by Andrew to check on the situation, and he claimed to know nothing else.
"You're saying Andrew sent you first thing in the morning to scout us out, and he didn't tell you anything?" Randy frowned. He didn't have a shred of goodwill toward Tukah. Although Tukah appeared frail, there
