Love & Trouble

could say was that I wasn't trying this again

xtra pair of boots. He told me about the slippery cobble

ide me which I held onto for grip. There were little streams of water which we had to

een at the base. I regretted not buying something to eat even as the saleswoman persuaded me. After eating at the hotel, I

the people who couldn't wait to continue the journey up the mountain, and the seco

al signpost in front, we slowed down and took turns pass

scents before we reached the place where we

ng. There was an old man among us who had to stop and rest. We s

the temple. It felt really good to finally reach our destination. Trust me

I going to tell her that I didn't want to take a picture because that would mean me

ould be very rude to deny her. Besides, she kept

ng all the messages popping up on my screen

lace absorbing the magnificent sight. Th

ere is beautiful". I quickly brought

Turning around in fear, I almost fell I tried to get the creature off my body. One of the men who had climbed with us pulled the animal away

like the combination of a monkey and a racoon. My phone! I turned back and looked

once. Someone get me a knife! The woman f

t you, let me ta

odged, running away shouting. The Guatemalan woman tried to

ana. It was gentle with the man as he brought out a

pproached us from

Antonio, your tour guide for today. So before we

us in and showed us the

thonio, walking ahead of us into both rooms, "he was the god of fertility

n't concentrate. I didn't have enough money to get a new one,

oatis. I didn't want any more casualties. I was half-strand

hrough my skin every minute. I sat outside until the others who we had left behind on th

ought out the piece of paper

he canyon. Thirty steps right

ould be there. I waited until the crowd of people left to make sure

any need to be on the other locked side. It was dark already when

tired to notice me anyway. My stomach let out a low growl. That was a clear sign. Should I go down to get food? No, th

fused in the middle of a mountain with hunger trying to raise its ugly head in the pits of my s

yond the canyon. There are no cobblestone steps there. That must be the first

at the pa

er have a good reason for his leaving. I raised my hands in front of me, clearing the bushes as I went along my path. My eyes remained clos

ke thirty steps in a circular path. Such descriptions are meant to be illegal

:15. I didn't know how much

guess led was the show-up spot, as I called it. That the mounta

ere alone in the dark. There was no sign o

eyes spiralled and I held myself from falling. I just needed to get back on track, I couldn't faint there. I put my fe

e pain in my stomach burned de

If only Dad would show up then. Oh, how I wished Dad show

o get used to the area in the fast-approaching darkness. Unfortunately,