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Jack's schedule also had been hectic. The fugitives a! m@ rene rel Wes : oe 1 ad b:3 MN “mM NU AOD Ieee 10ice. Ele was to: 2d to si Looe ww > “FA MN oN or owe { “EE. sash V utils cleeerly, “were it hives,” benny vlad her companion had mituiderstoad the five on Sunday. Ball started fo rebuke Eady for breach af anders, But he was foo reheved to hear she was safe. “Stay strong, We'll see you in about a week.” An hour later Jack and Patty were on the in sperts clothes and carried tennis rackets an the bask lode: ot choir cur. Tennis rack- Gis semvhow scemed a perfeet complement to any well-mannered disguise. They were stil only across the bay from the Hillsbor: had been outfitted in new clothes to help them blend into Middie America. Their hair had been neatly ‘ trimmed and combed. The new disguises passed their first test with encouraging ease when Bul happencd to watk past the captain of the Oakland police “Red Squad," a unit set up to monitor Bay Area radicals. “J almost fell over when J saw him.” Bul told the others | back at the hideout. kept right on walking.” The next major problem was transportation. Too “But he just glanced at me and . Many wanted posters had heen circulated to risk see mo ‘Wests : planes or trains. They would have to split up and iravel by car. Bill and Emily would get rides from two friends. But Jack would have to chaulicur, Patty. None of theigggther triend, was willing to drive 3000 miites with th the most famou; fugitive in the country. Juckecurionty outworhed his fears, He wanted ett the questions that had heen ‘nagging him. Why hi@ Patty converted to the SLA? Had she been tortured’? Or brainwashed? Or wus she still a hostage? She hitd been the otost hostile to Scott's demand that the iupitives disarm und she had yet to speak a friendly werd te him, Wut maybe that was a play to fool the * Hacrives, Once free of them, she might want fa return to her parents and boyfriend. Lanily and her escort keh on Friday night. The fu- bene rr ee errarr: ect ead Sys eclotenrts «atts Pe Teenie, ough mansinn-where she-grew-tip-As-far- Jack knew this was the first time since her kidnapping that Patty had been away from the SLA. He stepped the car and awkwardly began a conversation he'd been rehearsing : gt Ana ntoe de - . in his niind. pater eee of TRO3 per! WEIS an 2TSC- “Please «font take this the wrong way. e - x psy But I want you to know that I’m willing to nal of guns and grenades, Bill | sme you myatee yoo vant se, You den : aut 4 Fe ts naet } te you anywhere ... iamned ¢ oss tae arMast BIG Uaesk Patty loaked ineredutous. She shifted into 9 “a at a: a corner of the car farthest Crom Jack. aay RS d. 7? b " bad et , peate 29, as en rae oud M4 22°AnSA Tf syed “J want to go where my friends are going.” ~ “. . Patty eyed Jack suspiciously. She was everyone wprigut, Patty TOLeT | jet te tek ihe wre ihe cor toward a ° across his face. He rammed the gear shift , f q ed 3 : ae OF er and g syapbed a gen 2a & into Arst and silently resumed their journey { east. ; ‘ Patty stayed in her corner of the car and held herself rigidly, as if worting for Jack to ’ apologize. He offered small talk, unwilling : to concede her opinion that he had blun- ‘ dered inexcusably. : The tension building between them kept them both uwake. They were in Reno before Jack suggested stopping for sleep. Patty nodded assent. She stayed in the car while Jack registered for 2 motel room. The room wus furnished with only one bed. Patiy gave a wary glance to it and then to Jack. “] dant want you to gct the wrong idca about me,” he tried to reassure her. “I got a room with one bed because we're registered as a married coupic. But I don't want you to think you have to have sex with me. dn fact, | dan’t think we should have sex. I don't want you to fecl later that you were cocreed in any way. All I'd like is to have a warm body next to me.” The hardness around Patty's mouth softencd and she smiled for the first time since he'd met her. “Don't worry about it, Par not into sex with anybody right now, J Joved Cujo too much... .~ Cujo—Willic Wolfe —had been kiltcd in Los Angeles. They went to bed. exhausted and fell into an uneasy sleep. The next day Patty ate her meats in the car, Even standing in‘line ata McDonifd’s was a risk. Millions had seen her ‘picture on the evening news and the cover of Newsweek or heard hee soft. distinctive voice on radio broadcasts of the SLA communiqnes. For most of the previous four months she had heen cooped up inside. Her excursians outside twice had ended in gunfire. Now she was driving across country ‘through an FHI dragnet that already had employed morse ugents than uny other civilian case, freeway oubsile Berkeley, They were dressed — “a,