A little earlier when Nicolas arrived at the location where everything took place.
It had not been too long before he had been spotted by Ash who was running back and forth.
Ash was able to see him getting closer and closer to the backyard as she occasionally looked around the corner as carefully as possible to confirm that it was him during his approach.
Ash was able to identify him so she remained hidden behind the corner so that there could be enough time for him to feel comfortable and begin doing what he had planned to do.
Once he was within range of her, Ash was able to pick up on the subtle traces of fear that came from his nervousness towards what he was about to do.
That only seemed to grow once he was met with an obstacle when he could not open the gate.
Just as his fear was steadily rising, it suddenly came to a halt when he finally found a way to open it on the other side of the gate.
