“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.

hit Tyler a few minutes later. Looking down the

behind us,”

in a hike and is taking so long to

but Tina, for sure. She must be the one who’s slowing

to admit that, in a sense,

still hadn’t made it to the top was really

soon confirmed to be true when Toby arrived at the peak with

he placed her down, Tyler helped him to take a 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 up the mountain. Even if he worked out all year round, he was still deadbeat tired and was

Tyler stood next to him, fanning

alright, Toby?” Tina asked in concern as she paced

stood

by the ferocity in his eyes, she staggered backward and uttered,

do you want to say?” Tyler barked. “Don’t you have legs on you? Why do you need him to

Tina’s eyes reddened, and she looked as

enough now. Stop lecturing her. I was the one who wanted to carry her. It has nothing to

his head around, looking at him in disgruntlement. “I’m speaking up

are you going to do it?”

but still moved out of the way after throwing a death stare

Tina cried, finally

to her, he cooed,

answered,

others, who were away

Tina, Zane placed down the small rocks in his hands and said in amusement, “Hey Toby, you finally made your way up here. It must have been tough

him. Very quickly, he retracted his gaze, but before

was preparing to heat up the lunch which they had brought to the top. It was getting late and everyone had completed a hike,

Zane and Charles while brushing her hands off after she was done putting

shook his head. “I don’t have one because I don’t smoke. What about you?”

smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I forgot to bring

didn’t bring one, either,” Rebecca and Tyler

has a lighter. What are we going to do about

someone down the mountain with the cable car to

he got up, walked to

merely looked at it, hesitant to accept

with a stiff smile on his face. “President Fuller, you better keep your

turned to look

narrow-minded person, Mr. Lane. It’s just a lighter, and I’m not so petty as to be jealous over something like this.”

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