62 The Rescue

Drake was oblivious to what happened with Shirley. With pastry box in one hand and bag pack over his shoulders, he kept walking. He was worried about her. It was because she tends to do lots of thinking to clear her head. He has noticed it earlier. It was not a bad habit per se but they were here to climb up and that made it quite dangerous. He was afraid what if during her musings she got separated from the lot or. He stopped himself from thinking ill of her and continued up the trail.

He was not even halfway when he received a call from Darren. It was bad. The pastry box fell out of his hand. He told him that Shirley was not with them. At some point, she must have split up and now she was nowhere to be found. His friend sounded genuinely apologetic as he did not perform his duty well.