Chapter 14 Summary

Brad asks Tracy to take over driving while he sleeps. Tracy suspects that they have made a terrible mistake, but Brad insists that she cannot see Mindy's abdomen clearly because of the poor light. At a gas station, Tracy hears a radio broadcast, including a description of Brad's car and New Mexico license plates, which seems to be an alert of some kind about them. She is sick with terror, but Brad insists they have done nothing wrong. He theorizes that the old lady, living next to the Carvers, must have supplied the information about his license plates to the police. On the road again, Tracy turns on the radio and hears a report about three-year-old Julianne Carver, the daughter of Doug Carver, who was kidnapped by her babysitter, Tracy Lloyd. A description of Tracy and Brad's car follows with a statement that...