Chapter 1319

Six adults and a little one kept moving up the mountain trail.

Half an hour in...

Molly flopped down on a stone step, dramatically moaning, "Chad, I swear, I never learn. My legs haven't even recovered from the last hike and here I am, falling for your sweet talk again. I should have known better!"

Officer Chad just laughed, crouching behind her. "Five more minutes, I promise. This time, I'm telling the truth."

Mia leaned on her hiking stick, glaring at her husband. "Don't even try to tell me our son isn't tired. He's been in your arms the whole way! His shoes are cleaner than his face—how would he even get tired?"

Before Andre could say a word, Mia cut him off. "Fine, maybe I'm just out of shape. I don't want to climb anymore."

But Chad wouldn't let up. "Come on, we've been at this for forty minutes. The summit's right in front of us. Are we really giving up with just five minutes left?"

Andre chimed in too. "Even if we're out of practice, think of this as a workout. We hardly ever get a chance like this—are you really okay with letting it go?"

his girl; he didn't need to say anything. Within a moment,

Anya's hand and they continued

play. Energized, he ran ahead, but soon enough tired out and clung to

legs were like jelly. "Go find your dad, sweetheart. Mommy needs someone

his dad, riding along happily

the leaves overhead brushed past Henry's hair. He reached up,

away in a bush, they spotted wild strawberries-bright red

stopped in her tracks. Henry stared in awe. Anya wanted to go pick some, and Jade immediately grabbed her phone to snap pictures for her private account. Andre set Henry down,

with handfuls of wild strawberries, Andre tasted one first just to be safe, then handed the berries to his wife and son. Mià and Henry each took one from` Andre's big hand,

love of pretty pictures. She'd brought a hat for her hiking photos, but soon tossed it to Chad when it got in the way. Chad used it as a basket, filling it

straight to eating, Jade whipped out her phone, snapped a photo, and posted it one her secret account: "Sly used my hat to pickstrawberries for me. Now that he's found my secret account, I can't

pretty pleased

strawberry in her mouth and grinned. "Chad,

you some jam when we get

them

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