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.

intention of leaving. He went up to them and reminded them, “Are you going to stay here for long? It’s going to rain, and it won’t be letting up any time soon. Why don’t

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

that the skies would

mountain was much more dangerous than a storm

give Mr.

one who suggested the race, and she was afraid that

fall the moment he took out his phone. Lightning flashed in

here yet,” Tina said worriedly. While she looked at Jason trying to reach Luke,

Crawford isn’t picking up,” Jason said after making several attempts. Luke did not pick up the

to call Dr. Craw.” Tina took out her phone and called

it?” Jason looked

Tina shook her head.

is getting heavier. If you don’t go now, you might be stuck here

she stared down the other path. She asked, “Our friends are coming up

said, “The rain is so

somewhere. We have staff members around the clock. You should go down the mountain first, and if they show up, we’ll take care of them and send them down if the situation

Eventually, he said, “I think we should stay here. If the rain lightens up, we’ll try our

staff member did not agree with Jason’s decision. Once it started raining, it was hard to tell when it would stop. He said, “Maybe your 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 the foot of the mountain, you can contact us, and we’ll search for them once the rain lightens. What do

down. Seeing that Tina’s hair was scattered in the strong wind,

Luca felt her

tried to change various positions. She alternated between propping her chin

she was doing. He asked, “Does your

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