We ran for five minutes and stopped, hiding behind huge pine trees. I watched, missing the infrared headset I had as a Marine. Jade was panting, her eyes wide.
After a minute, I got out from behind the tree, "Come on, let's walk."
At that point, I had no idea where we were, and my phone was on the seat of the car. Other than that, it was a great day. I saw a rise with a cluster of boulders. We settled behind them. I had a view behind us through the rocks.
"What are we going to do?" Jade asked.
I had a map of the forest in my mind from pictures I had seen, "This forest is vast. We can't go back to the road; it's lightly traveled, and they will be watching it. My phone is gone. We're going to have to walk out of here on a different route."
Jade looked around, "How? Every one of these tr
