Jack sat down with a cup of coffee and a sandwich. Tim glanced up and seen Jack put the food in front of him. He looked away and back at the map he had open on the table. "Tim, you have to eat."
"I'm not hungry." He said still not looking up instead his finger was tracing the map looking for a route.
"Tim...I've never seen you like this." Jack sighed as he treaded carefully.
He finally looked up. "Like what? Worried? I can't worry about my daughter?!" He shouted getting annoyed.
"It's not that. Just you...I'm sorry. We are all worried. But you've been a zombie since we found out they hadn't gotten back. What are you so afraid of? Ty's with Amy."
"If your implying that's why I'm upset you dont know me at all." He stood from the table.
"Guys?" Lisa said.
Both turned to look at her. She had her phone in hand as she spoke. "There was a storm there but it didn't hit until early morning. Giving them plenty of time to drive home before then." She spoke quietly watching their expressions.
"So they should have been on their way home?" Tim asked looking between Lisa and Jack.
"It seems so." She answered.
"The only logical explanation is they got into an accident." Jack took a minute to consider the words that came out of his mouth. But it was too late. The thought had came out. Tim sucked in a deep breath before nodding. He bit his bottom lip before turning and walking away taking his coffee with him.
Jack and Lisa exchanged worried glances before she came closer to hug Jack. They already heard Tim in the kitchen on the phone with the police most likely. They all needed answers.
It'd been a few hours since lunch and Amy and Ty were getting bored. While both seemed to be okay physically Ty still worried about hypothermia and the affects the icey water had on Amy.
"I can't take this anymore. There has to be a way to get out of here." Amy said first time in about an hour. She had been usually quiet.
"I've tried everything, Amy." He said feeling guilty that he couldn't do anything to help them.
"I know. It's just it's driving me crazy, Ty. Thinking about my dad worrying."
"There's nothing we can do about that."
Amy sighed. "I know."
"Are you sure your okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Not even cold anymore." She said annoyed at their situation. "I'm sorry our road trip is ruined."
"This is not your fault." He stood and knelt in front of Amy. "Things could have been so much worse." She nodded.
"I didn't mean to scare you, Ty." She said venerable.
"Well, you did. You mean so much to me."
"Your my whole world too." She smiled. They kissed. As Amy wrapped her arms around Ty her eye caught something in the far corner of the cabin. "Ty!"
"What?" He turned to see what she was looking at.
Amy jumped up headed toward the small shelf and moved a few things before revealing a transistor radio. "We can radio for help."
Ty kissed Amy. "You're a genius."
Clicking the radio on they both soon discovered they weren't gonna get anyone. It was old and broken. Turning the knobs Ty finally found a weather station. "Frigid temperatures continue into the night dropping below zero. Freezing rain expected as the cold moves through. Thawing out by later next week. Beware of road conditions. Check availability when travelling as some roads leading north have been closed due to snow storm from last night." Ty turned it off disappointed himself. There was no way in or out. Which meant no one was gonna find them. The look of defeat on Amy's face was heartbreaking.
Back home the weather report was causing the same reaction. Jack hadn't even considered that it might have been a storm that kept them overnight. Problem was he knew the area a little from fishing. It was remote but a beautiful drive which had been the point. He felt like they deserved it. Both had been working so hard lately. He caught Tim's glare from the couch. "Don't even start with me." He warned already knowing what he'd say.
"You mean the fact that they could be stranded because of a snow storm." He barked at him.
"How was I supposed to know?"
"You just were." Both stood face to face.
"I'm not a weather man, Tim."
"Your knees act up if it's gonna be cloudy." Tim said angry.
"The temperatures dropped last night. And they are gonna drop further. They have no shelter other then Ty's truck. Instead of arguing with me we should be doing something about it."
"Guys!" Lisa interrupted unable to take the bickering anymore.
"What?"
"I just got off the phone with the police. They didn't clear any roads today cause of the freezing rain they are calling for."
"Okay, so they can get plowing first thing?" Tim said.
"Actually no, they predict it to be quite bad. And if it is then they can't get up there then it'll be the day after tomorrow."
Both men sighed letting that sink in. "So there's no way of us getting up there?" Jack asked sadly.
Lisa shook her head.
"This sucks." Tim shouted slamming his hand in the dining room table.
"There's more." She said her voice catching. Tim turned to look at her. "With the conditions and no food they say it's practically unsurvivable." She forced her tears away as she fell into Jack's arms. Not knowing which needed the comfort more.
Tim sighed deeply avoiding eye contact as he ran his tongue along his teeth clearly angry. "No!" He shouted startling Jack and Lisa in the other room. "I'm not accepting that."
"Tim..." Lisa started but he shook his head tears evident
"I'm gonna drive up there. I'm gonna find a way." His voice breaking as he finally sat down in the dining room chair defeated. The emotions and seriousness of the situation hit him.