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It didn't take Alex long to catch up with her He tossed the limb aside and mounted behind her "Now let's ride as fast as we can for a while, following this arroyo"

For a while, talk would have been difficult with the jarring gait of the horse When she finally allowed the horse to slon, she spoke over her shoulder to Alex

"Are we going back to the van?"

He shook his head "That's what they would expect us to do" He pointed at a brush-choked low area between two h there"

She frowned "But the ca north of it"

"Exactly I don't want to head directly toward it If we're spotted, they onder e are headed this way - into dry empty desert They will think we are lost Maybe they will let the desert deal with us, as they planned"

"But what about the children?"

"We have to trust Jonathan to take care of them until we know it's safe to return"

"He'll call for help What if he calls so he'll call someone he knows first - Like Katie and Bill"

"Or Señor Medena?"

"Dad would be a good choice He would knoho to contact here"

Carht he had lived in Texas all his life"

Alex smiled down at her He has relatives here, I think He has connections, anyway"

Carged "I don't think so I never heard anything to indicate it But even if he did, he'd never allow his grandchildren to be hurt"

Caroing on in his mind Surely he didn't think his father was involved in anything illegal He was a richher "You have a suspicious etting a cra at him that way

His arms circled her waist and wars"

"You didn't hurt uided the horse under a Palo Verde tree that hung over the arroyo There she stopped to give the horse a rest Alex dish she was incapable of dis hands on her waist She slid down into his arms