Then we overheard one of the police officers talking on their phone about how a group of geologists were going to be coming in two days to investigate the flood. Mr. Geary said, "Well I guess that gives us some time to come up with a really good story about how ocean water ended up at our school. I am sure your parents are worried about you, go home and get some rest. We are going to have a couple of exciting days coming up." I made Mr. Geary promise me that Della and Reymond were safe before I would leave. He told me that he knows Della and Reymond would always take good care of each other and he was sure they were ok.
Ben and I rode our bikes home in plenty of time before lunch. We spent the rest of the afternoon watching the news and trying to figure out how to help Mr. Geary. At about 3 o'clock the phone rang at our house, it was Mr. Geary and he asked my Mom if it would be ok if we came down to the school to help him clean up some of the mess since we were his volunteers. My Mom thought that was better than us watching the same pictures on the news over and over again so she let us go. Mr. Geary came and picked us up in his car. On the drive to the school Mr. Geary said that he had great news. The cameras he had put on Della and Reymond had a tracking device on them and he said he saw on his computer that they both were swimming around about 15 miles off the shore. I felt so relieved. I smiled.
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