Chapter 240

You’re Going the Wrong Way

Once they got going again, Kylie and Ethan took the lead and, eventually, they came to a fork in the road. Kylie looked back, and then her eyes strayed down each path. They hadn’t seen Stephen and Dinah for a long time, but they arranged in advance which way they would go in advance, so she was surprised to see that Ethan went the wrong way. “You’re going the wrong way,” she said.

“We’re not going the same way as they are,” he replied. “We’re going to watch the sunrise.”

Kylie smiled and said, “You should have said something earlier. I could have prepared a tent, and we could have camped on the top of the hill.”

“If you want to camp out,” Ethan replied, “I could ask Elliot to bring a few things out here for us.”

Kylie said, “There is no need. I was just thinking out loud...”

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When they reached the summit, they got off of their bikes, leaned them against a tree, and meandered over to a giant rock that looked out