. her girlfriendshad often warned her that she was guilty of mistaking men's intrest fo men 's interest . her friends 's well-intended caution had never done the young woman any good . she'd been shocked by bad intentions more often than the cute blonde in teenage horror movies .
carmel tugged on the strap hanging at her left hip and turned ninety degreeas ." i can never , ever , ever , get it right . is this thing straight , jack ?'
" heloo , " replied kanyn , her female friend from school , kanyn was a little woman who wore her own heavy backpack as comfortably as she would wear a T-SHIRT to bed . " jack doesn't know from straight ."
some of the group laughed . some didn't jack laughed .
" where exactly did .... where did you go that morning ? to watch the sun rise , i mean ? the shirtless man asked carmel ." i can go look there . for jaana ."
carmel said ." down past the beach ." she pointed in the direction of the trail that led from the cabins past the campground , toward the river ." not the part you see near the path , but down stream a little . not too far , past that first set of rocks . that rise ? there 's a trail . i know it just look dark right now , but you'll see it . you know which one i'm talking about ?"
the guy nodded . he said , " no , not really ."
" you won't miss it - i mean , you can't get lost . it's a canyon , right ? head downstream , stay by the river , and don't climb . i just sat on a flat rock ."
jules chimed in with some questions for theshirtless man ." your friend's thing are still in your camp . right ? she isn't someone who would try to climb out during the night ? or go in the river for anything ? by herself , i mean .... she wouldn't ....?'
do something that stupid ?
the shirtless man said ." her stuff's here . everything 's there , her bag . our water . she's the one who warned me about the river . she told me not to get fooled , that the river water is really cold .
carmel tugged on the strap hanging at her left hip and turned ninety degreeas ." i can never , ever , ever , get it right . is this thing straight , jack ?'
" heloo , " replied kanyn , her female friend from school , kanyn was a little woman who wore her own heavy backpack as comfortably as she would wear a T-SHIRT to bed . " jack doesn't know from straight ."
some of the group laughed . some didn't jack laughed .
" where exactly did .... where did you go that morning ? to watch the sun rise , i mean ? the shirtless man asked carmel ." i can go look there . for jaana ."
carmel said ." down past the beach ." she pointed in the direction of the trail that led from the cabins past the campground , toward the river ." not the part you see near the path , but down stream a little . not too far , past that first set of rocks . that rise ? there 's a trail . i know it just look dark right now , but you'll see it . you know which one i'm talking about ?"
the guy nodded . he said , " no , not really ."
" you won't miss it - i mean , you can't get lost . it's a canyon , right ? head downstream , stay by the river , and don't climb . i just sat on a flat rock ."
jules chimed in with some questions for theshirtless man ." your friend's thing are still in your camp . right ? she isn't someone who would try to climb out during the night ? or go in the river for anything ? by herself , i mean .... she wouldn't ....?'
do something that stupid ?
the shirtless man said ." her stuff's here . everything 's there , her bag . our water . she's the one who warned me about the river . she told me not to get fooled , that the river water is really cold .
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