At that moment, the carousel whirred to life.

A park attendant stopped Haynes at the entrance.

Neville, noticing the commotion, waved at Haynes with a smirk that was just a little

too smug.

Dropping the previous conversation, Neville turned to chat with Stella about

something else, and she let out a quiet sigh of relief.

When Keen and Marvin climbed down from the carousel, both boys were beaming

with joy.

Without missing a beat, they began scanning the area for their next adventure.

Neville's gaze drifted to Rachel, who was practically glued to Haynes' side like a piece of stubborn tape.

His eyes sparkled mischievously, and he suggested, "Marvin, didn't you say you wanted to try the pirate ship ride? Should we give it a go?"

Marvin, rather than answering right away, turned to Stella for her opinion. "Stella, do you want to go?"

Stella saw the hopeful look in Marvin's eyes and nodded gently.

"Keen, if you'd rather not, you

Keen interrupted, "I want

moment, then smiled.

sake, they only ever chose safe, slow-paced rides-like boat tours or the gentle

somehow, Rachel always managed to have some sort of

bother asking Haynes' opinion; she simply led the group

made up his mind not to let

them moving, he followed

going on the pirate

ignored him, but

now, they'd reached the entrance to

was about to step on when Rachel suddenly tugged at

are you

Haynes frowned slightly. "Yes."

ship. Her voice was soft.

ca

hadn't forgotten her

her an odd look. "If you can't ride, just wait for

surprised. "Wait...

past, if Rachel couldn't join a ride, Haynes and Keen wouldn't give

now, they were leaving her

eyes fixed on Stella and Neville as they moved ahead. He hurried after them, not

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