as the seconds wound past and neither of them spoke , it seemed impossible that he could n't have made the connection , and it seemed that in only a moment he 'd reach for his walkie-talkie to send out a nationwide bulletin , listening back as thousands of sighs of relief came in from all over the country- that damn finnegan kid 's finally been caught in maryland -and the one faint whoosh of air that would be his dad shaking his head in a mixture of anger and relief .