CHAPTER 17
“I want to thank everyone for your continued support in this search and rescue,” Ben told those gathered in the church kitchen. The smell of bacon grease made Jade queasy while people around her ate their hearty breakfasts.
The sun still hadn’t come up yet, and when it did, they’d have less than five hours of functional daylight to keep searching for Dez outside. Jade wondered how long it would take until the teams gave up. How long was a child that little expected to survive in this cold? At least this morning the sky was overcast, giving Glennallen a cloud covering that warded off the most bitter of the cold. Temperatures hovered around zero, a vast improvement from yesterday.
“Even though we’re continuing to follow up on leads in Palmer, we’re going to keep on focusing loc
