The water-soaked clothing seemed to insulate me from the stifling heat.Long before we’d intended, we had to stop. The professor was on the verge of ...assing out. Jack looked at him and shook his head.“Professor, we’ll camp here for the night. If we start out early tomorrow morning, we can probably catch the tribe by between mid-day and early evening tomorrow,” he said.“Why can’t you give me an exact time?” grumbled the professor.“Two reasons,” snapped Jack. “One the Gnatsum are nomadic. They may. I should have told you to hold it open. I tried to stay calm, but I just felt like screaming. Checking my phone, I said, No signal. What about you? He took his phone out and half smiled. It has one bar, but thats good right? It was worth a shot, so I dialed Desirees number, but she didnt answer. So I just opted into sending her a text. -Hey its Tony. Were stuck in my basement. Come and get us!- I sent it and handed his phone back. Okay, now we just wait. I said. And we just sat there, opposite. Andrea asked me if she could ride with Tommy in his fifty seven Chevrolet. Tommy is a stud and his car is a high dollar piece. I said yes if you want to and at the first stop I want you back with me. She agreed and we took off. I had planned on following Tommy so I could keep an eye on my horny wife but a red light caught me and I lost them. I got to the first stop and no Tommy , I asked the lady giving out the cards and she said she hadn't seen him yet. I stayed for over half an hour before. I put on the safety goggles (no sense blinding myselftoo) and started cutting. It wasn't easy. The zapper collar wasstainless and it wasn't easy holding it to cut it and holding the tooland holding myself out of the way at the same time. I also worried thatit might have an anti-tampering device set in it which would zap me fortrying to remove it this way. Well, I had to have the thing off or elseI'd continue to be at its mercy. So I took the risk. And I cut themetal.It was loud. It was.