Thomas could not care less if Isaac could actually help him just then, and he told Isaac everything.
"They have my son Michael," Thomas explained. "My wife and I were forced to work for them, and they'll find the bodies soon. I need to go back and save my wife, so you contact your family and ask them to save you."
Thomas was quite sharp too—worried that Isaac could not see and tap on the right numbers, he redialed the number Isaac called the last time.
"Be safe," he said and left with the gun.
As soon as he was gone, Irene was calling out urgently from the other end, "Isaac? Isaac?"
Isaac raised the phone to his ear and spoke with composure, "Calm down and listen to me, Irene. Ask James to track the location of this phone before coming. Don't come alone—things might get dangerous around here, so be very prepared."
"There's no need to worry, though. I'm fine," he added to assure Irene.
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Irene grabbed Stan, who was sitting right next to her, and relayed Isaac's message.
"Hurry!" she urged.
Stan promptly turned on the tracking equipment they had in the car, which they had brought to find Isaac.
Irene's fingers were clenching on her phone as she asked with a worried, quivering voice, "Are you alright?"
"Yeah," Isaac replied very quietly.
Just then the receiver cracked with static from the wind.
Irene asked, "Are you outside?"
"Yeah," Isaac said.
Beside Irene, Stan was frowning—Isaac's signal was too weak and the data was coming in very slowly.
Irene kept staring at the screen while continuing to speak with Isaac, "Stan is tracking you right now."
On the other end, Isaac could not see, and he had no idea how much battery Thomas's cell phone had left. Irene would not be able to reach him if it ran out of juice.
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