"Tomorrow I'm planning to go search by the cliff again; would you like to join me for a hike and enjoy the scenery?" Keira Leaf took the initiative to ask.
Annie Taylor paused for a moment, then promptly nodded and said, "Sure, but we'll probably miss the sunrise. No problem with catching the sunset, though."
Early the next morning, Keira Leaf and Annie Taylor dropped the two children off at school and then went to the mountain peak where Joshua Sulliven had disappeared.
Since they set out relatively early, it was around noon by the time they arrived. The sunlight was just right, making for good weather.
The two climbed along the pathway where Joshua Sulliven had once blocked Victoria Carter, climbing upward for a good four hours before they gradually reached the mountain top.
The afterglow of the setting sun enveloped the entire mountain forest, its warm orange hue radiating an inexplicable gentleness.
