Chapters 13-15 Summary

The owner of the dead cow, a man named Marco, was not pleased at the loss of one of his herd. He demanded payment, and while Jevy and Milton balked, Nate was happy to pay one hundred dollars for the cow. He wanted the squabbling to end and had a newfound appreciation for life following the crash landing. Once pacified, Marco became a kind host and introduced the foreigners to his wife and three children. Conversation soon turned to how they would leave when the storm passed. The plane was badly damaged. They could leave by boat, but it would take multiple days and Jevy wasn't sure he had enough gasoline to power the boat for that long. Nate remembered that Josh had given him a satellite phone, which they used to contact a nearby military base. They were rescued by...