The First Move

A few months later Rex, their dad, comes home in the middle of the night and tells them to pack because they are leaving. They leave their mutt Tinkerbelle, but Jeanette manages to bring their cat, Quixote. This is until the cat began fussing and Rex grabbed it and tossed it out the window. This same night they all slept in the dessert, in their car, watching the stars. The family is comparable to nomads in that they began moving frequently in search of odd jobs and food. Rose Mary, Jeanette’s mother, explains it was to get bill collectors off their tail, while Rex claims it was the FBI. In some of these towns the children enrolled in school and other's they didn't. Their parents become their teachers and Rex taught them odd skills like how to tap out Morse code, how to shoot a pistol, how to shoot bow and arrows and hot to throw knifes.