Why the hell would she tell me to take him along? Was this some kind of prank? I guess she truly wanted us to hit it off naturally but she has run out of luck.

I have no more interest in James Creed.

I reluctantly agreed because obviously, it's the only way I would leave this camp to the other side of the lake where the party is. It didn't sound so bad when I realized I won't have to walk all the way there alone, but it was still bad because it was James.

He was playing with his sisters when I approached him. If I was mad at...