Luca put the trekking poles away. She saw that Luke’s hair was dripping with water. She thought of taking the paper towels from her backpack to dry his hair, but her backpack was not waterproof, and the paper towels had already turned into a pile of mush.

There was nothing she could do about that, and she closed her backpack.

Luke had always kept an impeccable appearance, so Luca was quite surprised to see that unkempt side of his. In any case, her appearance was in the same sorry state.

“What do we do now, Mr. Crawford?” Luca asked for his opinion.

Luke took out his phone. His clothes were soaked, and his phone could not be turned on. “Can you use your phone?”

Luca took out her phone from her backpack. Her phone had been enhanced by the people on the Island of Despair, so it was waterproof.

Even so, it had already turned itself off. She looked at Luke and said, “I can only turn it on after it’s dry.”

Without a usable phone, they could not call Jason or inform the villa staff about their predicament.

“We’ll have to wait for the rain to stop,” Luke said decisively. That was all that they could do.

Luca nodded. Her waist still hurt, and it would be too risky for them to walk down the mountain in the rain.

Meanwhile, Jason and Tina managed to reach the summit right before the rain started. Jason looked down the other path and waited for Luke and Luca to arrive at any time.

“Why isn’t Mr. Crawford and Dr. Craw here yet?” Tina wondered. She had studied the map, and the two paths were almost the same distance. Moreover, Luke and Luca were in good health, so they should not have been so much slower than Jason and Tina. Could something have happened while on their way up?

Jason looked at the sky. He was not in the mood to appreciate the scenery. It would be raining soon.

and reminded them, “Are you going to stay here for long? It’s going to rain, and it won’t

to meet us here,” Tina said. She looked at the dark, roiling clouds and guessed that

said that the skies would be

was quite frustrated. A storm on the mountain was much more dangerous than a storm on

give Mr. Crawford a call?” Tina

call Luke. She was the one who suggested

he

not here yet,” Tina said worriedly. While she looked at Jason trying to reach Luke, she

attempts. Luke did not pick up the

took out her phone and called Luca. No one

it?” Jason

Tina shook her head.

walked over and asked, “Are your friends not here yet? The rain is getting heavier. If you don’t go now, you might be stuck

other path. She asked, “Our friends are coming up from this path, and I can’t reach them

members looked at each other and said, “The rain is so heavy now,

about it. They’re probably seeking shelter somewhere. We have staff members around the clock. You should go down the mountain first, and if they show up, we’ll

“I think we should stay here. If the rain lightens up, we’ll try our luck by going

friends have already left when they saw the sky darken. How about this? I’ll give you my number, and you can go down the mountain now. If you don’t find your friends at

to become heavier. He thought that Luke might have already gone down. Seeing that Tina’s hair was scattered in the strong wind, he accepted the staff member’s suggestion, and they took the

gazebo, Luca felt

positions. She alternated between propping her chin and half-reclining,

He asked, “Does your waist still

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