Abby

The shock of seeing Karl drenched and out of breath still hangs in the air as my mind races, trying to

piece together why he’s in this state, why he’s been missing all day.

“Karl, what happened? Where the hell have you been? Do you have any idea how worried I’ve been? We

needed you today!”

The words tumble out in a rush, fueled by anger, annoyance, and although I won’t admit it, maybe a hint of

relief at seeing that he’s here and that he seems okay.

Karl looks at me, his eyes apologetic. “I’m sorry, Abby. I know I messed up, not showing up and not

answering your calls, but it’s because I was trying to do something for you.”

My brows knit together in confusion. “For me?”

Enter title…

his words carefully. “I went to find those black

competition.”

eyes widen.

sigh, Karl begins telling me his story: about

Adam,

about,” he says,

about those guys. The whole place

the teeth. It’s close to where we were mushroom hunting the other day. In fact, those were

they caught a trespasser,

Suddenly, I don’t care so much

are you insane? That’s dangerous! What

got caught, Abby. Had to jump into a creek to

both from relief and the sudden realization

been hurt, Karl. Go d, you could have

downcast. “Yeah, but I wasn’t. I’m

to bring them to

to register, for me to process the depth

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