Chapter 141 - Lost In The Woods (2/2)

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”I think we're lost,” Abby informed her companion after they had been walking in what appeared to be circles for the past forty-five minutes.

Blaise shook his head, frustration tinting his tone. ”That is not possible. I have been following the map perfectly.”

”Then why have we passed this same weird-looking tree stump four times?”

It was the oldest road trip argument in the book, long before the days of GPS. Her parents had told their kids horror stories about how ineffective maps could be if they were read wrong pretty much any time they went on a road trip growing up.

He sighed. ”You read it then if you are so clever.”

Abby didn't know anything about maps! All she knew was that they had definitely passed the same stump four times so they had to be going in the wrong direction.

”I don't know how. But we need to go a different way.”

It was unfortunate that there wasn't even anyone to ask for directions. They were in the literal middle of nowhere right now. The only things nearby were trees, various shrubs, and birds flying overhead.

”What way could we possibly go that we have not tried yet?” Blaise growled, running a hand through his hair in agitation.

”One of the ways we went before but turn the opposite direction at the fork? Don't ask me! I'm not a GPS!”

”What is a—you know what, I don't care.”

Abby did a double take. Did he use a contraction for the first time? He had been spending a lot of time with her and she used them constantly out of habit. It was said that people began talking like the ones they hung out with the most.

She was so surprised by this that she kept her mouth shut as he consulted the map again and tried to go a different way. He actually took her completely random suggestion seriously and they found themselves away from the stump at last.

Were they going in the right direction? Who knew. But at least they weren't going in circles anymore.