49 deadtime

. jack knew . hepursed his lips together and raised his hand like  the teacher's pet until the girls were  looking  at him ." dark mostly  . gray think . but there's some teal on the edges , " he said  ." and some little periwinkle flares near his pupils ."
jules laughed so hard at jack's description of the color of shirtleass man's eyes that she shot some of gatorate she was drinking  right out  through her nose .
 kanyn had moved ahead . she was halfway between the two groups .
twenty minutes later , as more of the days's  light began to seep into the canyon , carmel  stopped near the end of a a diagonal section and asked everyone to pause for a moment . they had reached the hairpin of a switchback a few hundred  feet  above the canyon floor ." let's  all take  one long look for jaana ," she said ." see if she's ...on a  rock , or maybe sleeping . maybe she went to medicate someplace and  she fell asleep . we have a great  vantage here ." she raised her voice and body , look for jaana ."
eric called down to them from hi9s position above them , past the hairpin , " why ? how the hell does a guy lose his girlfriend in a place like this ?"
 just stop for a second weverybody , please  ," carmel said . " what if jaana 's sick , or she's hurt ?  we can see more from up here  than  they can see down there . maybe she's wearing something bright . now that there  is a little bit of light , we'll be able to see  the color .it will stand out .
be brighter  than her  boyfriend ," eric chimed in .
lisa laughed . no one else did .
"please ,"  said carmel .
 eric ignored her  . he didn't slow his pace  up the trail .
 "it could be somebody's life we're talking  about ." carmel said .
eric voiced was cold ." if we don't get out of here  before the sun gets directly overhead , it could be all of our lives we're talking about .