Sweet As Candy by S.E. Law

Author:S.E. Law [Law, S.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: S.E. Law Romance

16

John

Mari is practically shaking with nerves.

“Are you sure we’re going the right way?” she asks for the hundredth time. “We should be at the stream by now.”

She’s right, of course. I’m not sure why we haven’t hit the stream yet. It should’ve been simple. We walked in a straight line after we crossed the stream, so walking straight should’ve gotten us back.

Why are we so lost?

We must’ve turned at some point. I don’t know when, though, so I don’t know how to get us back on track.

“We’ll be fine,” I assure Mari. “We’ll get back to the hotel soon.”

“You said we’d miss our flight.”

I check my watch. The plane leaves in two hours, and the airport is over an hour away. There’s no way we’re making it in time at this point.

“Don’t worry about that. We can book a new flight for tomorrow. We’ll have to stay at the hotel an extra night, but they don’t seem to be full.”

“But a last-minute flight change will be expensive, and you’ve already spent so much on this trip…”

“Most of it was paid for by the university,” I remind her. “All we paid for were conference passes for you and Mark and your flights. It hasn’t been that expensive. A lot of the meals were paid for by the University, too.”

Mari bites her lip and nods. “Okay. But still…”

“Don’t worry about the money or the flight. Everything is going to be fine.”

I’m mostly telling the truth. I’m not concerned about the cost of changing our flight or staying at the hotel another night. I’m more concerned about getting us out of the woods. Literally.

On the outside, I’m collected. That’s who I am. I don’t show my nerves.

Inside, though, I’m concerned. We’re lost. There’s no way around that.

I’m supposed to be the leader here. I’m the oldest, and I feel like I’m in charge.

What if I fail them?

I pull out my phone to see if I can use GPS to get us out, but I have no service here. I’m not surprised. I’ve only been able to use my phone on Wi-Fi since we arrived in Alaska. Cellular signal isn’t strong around here.

“Does anyone else have service?”

Mark checks his phone and shakes his head.

“I didn’t bring my phone,” Mari says. “I didn’t think I’d need it, and I wanted to make sure it was fully charged for the flight.”

Dammit. It doesn’t matter, anyway. I highly doubt Mari would have had service when Mark and I don’t. We’re on similar phone plans.

“What are we going to do?” Mari asks, her voice shaking.

“Hey, don’t worry. We’ve got this. We’ll just keep walking until we get to the stream, and then we’ll be on the trail again.”

Mari glances up at the sky. The setting sun has me worried, too, but I don’t say that aloud. I don’t need Mari to worry any more than she already is.

“Okay. Let’s figure this out. We got a little turned around, but we can get back on track. Where did we go off track?”

“The stream,” Mari mutters.

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