Up until then she had covered by saying they had gone for a walk. But as the morning progressed her thoughts changed from revenge to concern. ‘I went looking for them at the beach but all I found was Tyler’s magnifying glass. There were no footprints or anything.’ ‘And you say they planned to spend the night in a cave?’ asked Molly. Mandy nodded. ‘But there aren’t any caves, are there, Bill?’ Bill shook his head. ‘They’d have to go a long way to find a cave. But you know kids. They can turn anything into a cave. It could be a cave in flax, or one of the old buildings.’ He nodded to himself. ‘I bet that’s where we’ll find them; in one of the old huts. They’ll have gone in to get out of the storm. They’re probably still asleep after being up so late.’ But Molly insisted that he call Jonno at the police station. Jonno’s advice was to organise the neighbours into searching the buildings on their properties. In the meantime he’d let Search and Rescue know.
