After consuming the fruit, Victor coughed.
The girl stood up and handed him the water.
"I simply collected some water from the river.Filtration has been done with small stones.It’s clean.Drink it."
Victor stopped momentarily as he inspected the water as if suspecting it was poisoned.
The girl didn’t seem to grasp Victor’s thinking.She persuaded Victor to drink the water.
"Quick.There is no need to be worried.For the past few days, I’ve been drinking the water.My bowel movements are normal."
"Thanks,"
Victor mumbled as he took the water.
"We’re in the same boat.We both got lost in the forest.Humans have a built-in tendency to give a hand to each other."
She nonchalantly waved her hand.
The sun was blazing.
"Then again, we can’t stay here for long.There has to be a way out."
Rather than drinking it, Victor quietly set the water down.
He was extremely thirsty, and he had been injured.
However, he was skeptical of the person in front of him despite the fact that his body needed water very badly at that moment.
"Hey! What’s your name?"
The girl shifted her attention to Victor.
For a fleeting moment, she caught a glimpse of the water jug.She could tell he hadn’t drunk the water.
Pretending not to see it, she shifted her attention elsewhere.
"Vic."
"Van?" she asked since she didn’t heart it clearly"
Observing her, Victor paused before nodding in agreement.
"What about you, then? What is your name?"
"My name? Shelia Davis."
Shelia’s two deep dimples were clearly visible as she smiled.
can call
"Shelia.."
Victor whispered the
"That’s a pretty name."
chose
Victor, she
you say the name
because I like the way it sounds and because it’s unique as far as
with a branch that she found on the
to
it sounded boyish to
Shelia apart from other girls was
like a boy Shelia added the word "Van" to the end of her name after
your name,
Victor was his name.
reason, he didn’t correct her and just
names, we can call each
gesture of friendship, Shelia extended
again!
"Pleasure. I’m Van."
Shelia
body after she had thrown away the branch she was
to stand? To avoid being stalked again
also aware that they wouldn’t
and stood slowly with
"Let’s get going!"
bag, Shelia returned to Victor with the bag
surveyed the area, and indicated in the direction of a nearby road that
"Let’s take this route."
gaze remained
watched Shelia deftly
to have
able to save him
the wild it was apparent that she wasn’t lost or in need of help at the
on guard
Shelia led the way.
she didn’t move as quickly as she perhaps could if he
forest for about forty
surging upwards into the triple-digit
her hand to block out the sun as she wiped away
feel like we’ve been traveling
came to
across this tree," he said, looking at the trunk near
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