“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.

few minutes later. Looking down the mountain, he asked, “By the way,

us,” she answered

beat two ladies in a hike and is

the problem, but Tina, for sure. She must be the one

brows, thinking, I have to admit that, in a sense, this

hadn’t made it to the

when Toby arrived at the peak with

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

to him, fanning his sweat and passing

Toby?” Tina asked in

Tyler stood between

by the ferocity in his eyes,

you? Why do you need him to carry

eyes reddened, and she looked as though she

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 out of

speaking up for you and you want me

going to do it?”

of the way after throwing

Tina cried, finally seeing

piece of tissue to her, he

answered,

others, who were

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 on

he retracted his

build up a 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

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 smoke. What about

pockets and smiled awkwardly. “Sorry, I

didn’t bring one, either,” Rebecca and

Sonia lamented, “So nobody has a lighter. What are we going to

while Sonia was contemplating to send someone down the mountain with the cable car to bring a

lighter which looked very expensive, he got

merely looked at it,

on his face. “President Fuller, you better

knitted his 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

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