"Alright.I really had a lot of fun today," she said.
"Take care, Mr.Johnston.I'll excuse myself now."
Fiorella opened the door to her car, and stopped to look at Jared with a sweet smile on her face.
"By the way, don't forget to schedule an appointment with me, Mr.Johnston." Jared nodded his head,
and watched as Fiorella drove away.
"Alright, bring the dogs out,"
Jared turned to the others and instructed.
"We need to search for someone."
"Okay, let's get ready now," aman said.
Jared brought a group of people with him as he rode across the grassland, but he still couldn't catch a
single glimpse of Nicole and Car].
Stopping midway, he flagged down an employee who was familiar with this place and asked, "Is there a
swamp in these parts?"
"Yes, there's a swamp in the southeast.If you do not know how to navigate your way through that place,
it'll be easy to get lost."
Upon hearing the employee's words, Jared gasped.
"Alright.You should lead the way.Let's head over there and search."
"Okay," he replied, after which the group galloped off southeast.
After Nicole and Carl had given their horses their drink, they felt at ease with themselves.
Turning to Carl, Nicole said, "Right.Let's head back"
"Okay," he uttered, whereupon the duo rode out from the river and arrived at the side of a hill.
Carl looked around, confused as to where he was, and asked Nicole, "Do you remember which
direction would lead us back?"
Nicole frowned, as she was galloping fast, and was not paying any attention to her surroundings.
"No, I don't remember either."
"What are we going to do?"
"I mean, I can vaguely remember that the sun was our right when we came," she explained.
"Now, I think we should follow the path with the sun on our left.We should also pay attention and look
out for the hoof prints on the path.I think those will lead us back to where we came."
Nicole surmised that she could trust her ability to survive in the wild, and as long as she remained
calm, she would be able to find her way back.
"Let's go.We must return to the racecourse before it gets dark."
Nicole tapped the house at its flank with her feet, prompting Pinto to gallop forward. Carl followed at
once, and this time, he was not far behind.
"Mr.Johnston, there's a swamp right up ahead." The employee pointed to the grass in the distance to
Jared.
"We'll stop over there for a bit."
"No, stop,"иσνєℓєвσσк.¢σмJared said with his voice raised, after which he turned to those around him.
"Everyone, let's call out for Nicole "One, two, three, Nicole...!"
After yelling out for a long time, there still was not a response.
At this moment, the sky had grown dark, and the sun that had been looming over them was already
setting at the western horizon.
"They're definitely not here, so let's just move and head back,"
Jared instructed as he glanced at the setting sun.
"Okay."
On the way back, Jared kept looking around, hoping to catch a glimpse of Nicole, to whom he would
rush over in a heartbeat once he could see her.
"Nicole, how long have we been riding, already?" Carl asked, becoming a little anxious as the twilight
began to descend upon them.
"Why haven't we even reached the racecourse?"
"We may really have lost our way,"
Nicole said with a solemn look on her face.
"How about this.We take the reins off the horses, and let them find their way back to the stables.That
way we can follow them back," Carl suggested.
"It's getting darker by the minute," Nicole replied, analyzing the situation at hand.
"There's no way we'd know if there are any wild beasts roaming around.If we are still moving about
once dusk falls, it may be even more dangerous for us all"
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