Through the gaps between the trees, she watched as Steve Burton's mother and Olivia Foster headed towards the observatory.
The mountaintop at night was unsettlingly silent.
She hid among the bushes, clearly hearing the conversation between Steve Burton's mother and Steve Burton on the Observatory platform.
Only then did she understand what that ambiguous atmosphere she had sensed earlier really meant.
Steve Burton and Ruby Gregory were engaged in the most intimate act between a man and a woman.
Maya Mitchell blinked, quietly collecting her thoughts. She stood on the wooden walkway, watching the direction in which Ruby had just departed. A flicker of understanding illuminated her eyes as she realized what Ruby must be thinking.
The reason why she was taking such a roundabout route was simply to prevent anyone from discovering that she was the one on the platform with Steve Burton earlier.
And what about her?
