Into the Lake by Chapman L. K

Author:Chapman, L. K. [Chapman, L. K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: thriller
Amazon: B08YRTQJNM
Goodreads: 57937543
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2021-06-25T07:00:00+00:00

The day of Mikayla’s death

Josh

34

Once the sun had begun to rise, Josh and Gareth crept down into the trees behind the tent, keen to spy on Toby again. They were both hung-over, and after a few minutes Gareth complained that he wanted to go to sleep, but Josh shushed him. ‘They’re going to hear us,’ he hissed.

They reached a good spot in the trees. Most of the girls had gone now; only Mikayla and one other girl had stayed overnight, along with most of the boys. Josh assumed they’d stayed up talking most of the night, and when they peeped out through the trees they saw the small group, a few of them still asleep with jackets over them, surrounded by empty bottles and cans, the rest talking quietly. Although it was early, the day already felt warm. Toby and Mikayla were nearby and from their body language they didn’t seem like they were getting along too well, though Gareth and Josh couldn’t hear the words.

‘I guess she’s still pissed off with him,’ Gareth whispered.

Josh’s face flushed with anger. ‘If he’s upset her again…’

‘Come on, Josh, give it a rest. I thought you were angry with her last night, after all that stuff she was telling you about liking that other guy–’

Josh didn’t reply. He didn’t want to remember that conversation.

‘Screw this,’ Gareth said, ‘I’m going back to bed. Nobody should be up this early in the morning.’

***

Josh woke up again to bright sunshine filling the inside of the tent with a yellow glow. It was hot and stuffy, and Gareth wasn’t there. He groaned. He hadn’t expected to fall asleep again; he’d intended to hide away in here moping until he eventually felt able to come out and face everybody.

The tent door’s zip shot upwards, startling him, and Gareth came in. Sitting down heavily, he said, ‘You know what, we should probably just go home. I don’t want to see any more of Toby, he’s pissing me off. The weekend’s already ruined.’

‘What’s Toby doing?’ Josh asked.

‘I don’t know where he is right now, but all the others are still down there. They don’t look like they’re going to move any time soon, so I can’t see the point in us staying.’

Josh sighed. ‘Okay.’ He rubbed his face with his hands. ‘I feel like shit. I need some air.’

‘Yeah, it’s fucking hot, isn’t it?’

Outside, Josh blinked in the sunlight. It was fucking hot. He couldn’t bear being in the campsite anymore, or near Toby, or any of them. This was supposed to be an escape. Somewhere away from Toby, and his family, and everything that made him unhappy. He kicked at the dusty ground angrily, making his way down through the trees towards the path around the lake. It wouldn’t take too long to walk around it. There was a nice secluded area on the other side. He could sit down there and collect his thoughts for a while.

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