That afternoon Tom contacted his father by short wave and reported the incident.

If and when you do contact their father, try to do it in person.

"I won't be able to contact my father until I've slept a little."

Alicia contacted her father and said she wanted to come home.

If I contacted your father, what do you think he would say?

If she kept on trying to contact your father, it could be awkward.

Then, the police said, they tried, without success, to contact her father to demand money for the release of his daughter.

She felt she might be able to find a way to contact her father from there.

It may take some time to contact your father, you understand.

It was only years later that he managed to contact his biological father.