Chapter 101: Adrift
After waking up, Everly first took out her phone to check it. As expected, there was no signal.
So she retrieved the only satellite phone she had and called Old John’s satellite phone, letting her grandfather know they were safe.
To save battery, Everly didn’t say much—she only told her grandfather that she and Misha were unharmed, and that they might not be able to get to school on time, asking him to help by giving the school a call.
After hanging up, she started preparing breakfast for herself and Misha.
It was still midsummer, only half past seven in the morning, yet the sun outside was already strong. Under its scorching heat, the cabin gradually became stifling.
Everly first opened all the windows in the cabin and the cockpit, letting the breeze from the river blow inside. Then she sat in one of the tourist chairs and rummaged through the cushions to find the sausages she had stashed there last night. Sure enough, the “quilt insulation method” worked wonderfully; even after a whole night in the hot cabin, the sausages were still a little cool to the touch.
In summer, people sweat easily, so these sausages would become a valuable source of salt for her and Misha in the days to come.
Everly unwrapped the hot dog buns and took out two, then opened the sausage package and stuffed one sausage into each bun. With some bottled water, this made their simple breakfast.
She handed one of the makeshift hot dogs along with a bottle of water to Misha and opened her mouth to take a few bites of her own.