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She opened her eyes and looked at Alex He atching her, his expression unreadable He was probably angry with her and she couldn't blame him If they had stayed in Arkansas like he wanted to do, none of this would have happened

It did happen, though, and unless they escaped before more people arrived, they likely never would But how? Alex could untie his hands if he knew the kind of knot she had tied She brought her knees up to hide her hand fro, she rested her head on her knees When he turned back to the , she used the sign language that she had learned when Alex lost his voice She signed to hiers If she hadn't known him so well, she would have sworn that he didn't understand His expression never changed He leaned his head back against the wall and closed his eyes The guard looked at hiain returned his attention to the

Carmen saw the muscles in Alex's ar to untie his hands Afraid that her attention would cause the guard to suspect so, she looked away froain and her heartbeat increased His cell phone lay next to his pocket and he was touching it - probably calling so and pushed the phone half under hi his aruard

"We spoke to the Maricopa county sheriff yesterday They'll be looking for us and they have a starting point"

The guard turned and looked at hihed without humor "The Maricopa County Sheriff does not coh not to look for you He will do nothing"

"So if they find two dead bodies - tourists froave him a wicked smile "But that is the beauty of it You do not know this country You wander away and the desert kills you" He shrugged "They will look for no one"

Carmen looked at Alex If they were left in the desert, they had a chance This man had no idea that Alex wasn't the typical Arkansas tourist Born and raised in Texas, he had been taught survival skills by his adoptive father He knehere to look for water and how to survive And then there was the phone call Who was he calling? One person came to mind instantly - his birth father, Señor Medena Alex was carefully feeding hi