“It’s not that long. About half an hour,” Charles answered, taking out his handkerchief and wiping away her sweat in concern.

Blinking in surprise, she asked, “Half an hour? I thought you guys reached way earlier than that.”

 

“Uh…” he uttered and chuckled awkwardly. “Well, we could have reached the top very early at first, but it’s all Tyler’s fault. He went on the wrong path. So—”

“What do you mean it’s my fault?” Tyler argued in a huff. He had just walked over and overheard Charles speaking badly about himself. “You’re the one who resorted to dirty tricks and pointed out the wrong way to me because you couldn’t beat me in speed.”

Snorting smugly, Charles said, “Even if I tricked you and pointed out the wrong path to you, you still went on it anyway. Just how dumb are you?”

“You!” Tyler hissed, holding his fist angrily.

 

Holding her forehead, Sonia interrupted, “That’s enough, both of you. Stop arguing. You’re giving me a headache.”

“I’ll massage you, darling. You’ll feel better after that.” Charles paced behind her and rubbed her temples as he spoke.

 

Seeing the situation, Tyler mumbled, “Bootlicker.”

Hearing him, Charles replied in an equally hushed voice, “Some people aren’t even fit to be a bootlicker.”

The edge of Sonia’s lips twitched, and she was speechless at the sight of an adult and a teenager arguing like children. “If both of you are going to continue fighting, then get away from me and let me have some silence by myself.”

“No more fighting. We’re not fighting anymore, darling,” Charles assured hurriedly.

Tyler nodded as well, indicating that he wouldn’t argue anymore. Indeed, both of them held on to their words and quieted down, and Sonia was finally able to have some peace.

minutes later. Looking down the mountain, he

us,” she

a hike and is taking so long to reach the top. He’s really

brother that’s the problem, but Tina, for sure. She must be the one who’s slowing him down,”

to admit that, in a sense,

to the top was really because of Tina dragging

confirmed to be true when Toby arrived at the peak with Tina on

seat on a rock, and he closed his eyes as he adjusted his body to the fatigue. After all, it was a physically demanding task to carry a person weighing around a hundred pounds

next to him, fanning his sweat

Tina asked in concern as she

he was about to answer when Tyler stood between them and glared at Tina angrily.

ferocity in his eyes, she staggered

barked. “Don’t you have legs on you? Why do you need him to carry you? Can’t you

and she looked as though she was

more, and he wanted to continue when Toby broke him off, saying, “That’s enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted to carry her. It has nothing to do with Tina. Get

looking at him in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking up for you and you want me to get out of

to do it?” Toby asked instead with

moved his lips, but still moved out of the

cried, finally seeing

of tissue to her,

answered,

three others, who

Toby and Tina, Zane placed down the small rocks in his hands and said in amusement, “Hey Toby,

quickly, he retracted his

stove, Sonia was preparing to heat up the lunch which they had brought to the top. It was getting late and everyone had completed a hike, so they were all hungry; it was time to

lighter?” she asked, looking at Zane and Charles while brushing her hands off after she was done putting up the

head. “I don’t have one because I don’t

felt his pockets and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to

one, either,” Rebecca and Tyler

“So nobody has a lighter. What are we

the mountain with the cable car

very expensive, he got

looked at it,

he saw that she was tempted, and he stood up, speaking to Toby with a stiff smile on his face. “President Fuller,

brows and turned to look at Tina behind

of me as such a narrow-minded person, Mr. Lane. It’s just a lighter, and I’m not so petty

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