A Brief History Of Crime

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"I totally understand your frustration, but there's nothing more we can do tonight." Sunny tries to assure Avery, who was becoming agitated and worried that Emily had not returned to camp. "Yes, there is. I can go." Avery said and he starts to walk away but Sunny stops him. "You can't do that." She tells him just as a female camper stands up.

"Oh, my God, guys." She exclaims and everyone turns to see Cormac, Dakota, Luke and Emily walking. "Oh, my, G...We've been worried sick!" Sunny yells as Avery runs to Emily and hugs her. "Dad!" Harry exclaims as he runs to Dakota and hugs him.

"Are you okay?" Sunny asked Like, noticing the damage he has. "We need a first aid kit." Cormac said and Sunny turns to one of the campers. "First aid, pretty please." She asked and the camper runs off. "Where's Paige?" Sunny asked. "I don't know." Luke replied. "What the hell ya mean, you don't know?" Buck asked, disbelieving. "Hon, let him explain." Sunny said, calmly.

"At first, we sorta got lost and then we got into a fight worse than usual, and she said she wanted to go home. That was the last I saw of her." Luke recounted. "Go home?" Buck asked, suspiciously. "Yeah, she said she never wanted to see me again." Luke said.

"How did you get those cuts?" Emily asked him. "Well, after we fought, we saw a light in the woods." Luke replied. "Light? What, like a...Like a flashlight?" Avery asked him. "Maybe? I thought it was someone looking for us, but...Paige ran after it and then I chased her, and I must have fell and hit my head 'cause it's all a bit hazy after that. When I woke up she was gone, and I had this." Luke said then gestures to his arm.

"Has anyone checked the tent?" Dakota asked a she looks over at Sunny and Buck. "That's a good idea. I'll go do that right now." Sunny said then she turns to her husband. "Get 'em some blankets, will ya?" She tells him before she walks off and one of the campers hands the kit to Cormac, who starts to put a bandage on Luke's eye and another camper puts a blanket over Emily. "Thank you." Luke tells Cormac, appreciatively.

"She went home, huh? Just like that?" Buck asked Luke, not really buying his story. "Yeah, that's what she said. You know, when she makes up her mind, it's..." Luke said then he shakes his head, disbelieving. "I can't believe she just left you out there." One female camper said, concerned. "Yeah. If Emily hadn't found me..." Luke said as he looks over at Emily, who turns to him surprised. "You saved me. Thank you." He said.

"That's pretty sweet and all, but I'm having a hard time piecing all this together." One male camper said when Sunny comes back. "Well, he's not lying. Paige's stuff is gone. She must have snuck in, grabbed her things, and high-tailed it back to town." Sunny said. "You think she's gonna make it back okay?" Luke asked, concerned. "It's only a couple of miles on clearly marked trails. Shoot, we walked that together
a couple of days ago. If she wanted to be gone, I mean, nobody's a prisoner here." Sunny said.

"I'll call the ranger station, have them look for Paige at the put-out." Buck said and he walks off. "Well, I guess there's nothing more we can do tonight except get a good night's sleep. Then we'll start over in the morning." Sunny said then she turns to a couple of female campers. "Ladies, would y'all please take care of Luke? Take him back to his tent. Thank y'all very much. Feel better." She said and the campers take Luke and they head to his tent.

"Come on, son." Dakota said and he and Harry go to their tent. "You okay, dad?" Harry asked him, worried. "Yeah, I'm fine." He said just as he heard his phone ding. He pulls it out as they get to Harry's tent and sees that (y/n) had texted him.

Hey, Dakota! Just checking on you, seeing how you and Harry are doing.

He sighs as he sees this and was about to respond but saw the service bar disappeared again. Harry looks up at him. "Who is it?" He asked. "It's your aunt, checking on us." Dakota replied. "Should we tell her about Luke and Paige?" Harry asked him. "Well, since we already found Luke, Paige supposedly left and Mr and Mrs Barnes is calling a friend of theirs to keep an eye out...I don't think we should bug (y/n) with this." Dakota said.

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