The Police Arrive

Cellular service was not great at the dam. In other parts of the camp, cell towers were installed. It was easy to get a wifi connection. Out at the dam, there was nothing. Jay was shaking. Alana, Anat and Marc stood over him. The three were not friends yet. They didn’t speak to each other. They just sort of nodded. Anat mentioned that she knew an NYPD officer. She would text him. She figured Dan would tell her how to handle this situation.

Escorted by a camp ranger, a Narrowsburg sheriff’s car parked by the dam. Two officers emerged from the car. They saw the three “superheroes.” Before the cops arrived the three decided they would say they found Jay at the dam. They’d say he was probably hiding here and had some food, such as apples, barley and pomegranates. And he was drinking wine, which he spilled all over as a result of his intoxication. Dan told Anat just to let the police come and do their work. He said they would probably run drug tests on him. This reassured the three.

They pushed some of the food, their weapons into the dam. Some fish swam by and gnawed at the honey and raisins. Jay was mirandarized and cuffed. The ranger was chatting with Marc. They had been campers together back in the day. The ranger said next time we meet to sip Genny and wolf down Freihoffers.

The ranger jumped back into his truck and the police followed him out of the camp. Jay was taken to the local prison, where he was booked. He was going to be transferred to an NYC prison shortly.

Marc and Alana kissed and held hands. Anat just stood there. She was shaken up. But she felt good. She sensed her path to get Jerry would grow stronger. Marc and Alana took a walk up to a picturesque window and the cliffs a few yards away. Anat followed them. They did look over their shoulders but weren’t worried. Marc and Alana held each other at the cliffs. Anat was walking in the woods. On the alumni site where she found the map, she read stories about a great man who once attended this camp. She wanted to walk along his trails.