The following afternoon, "Klek," Dylan opened his house door, then ushered Ellie, Maya, Lena, Amy, Aaron, Clara, Fiona, and Iris inside, all with sulky faces. The reason for their annoyance was that the mountain lake area where their cabin was located had been temporarily closed off by rangers and the police due to the presence of a sadistic killer on the loose.
"So our vacation only lasted one day," Lena remarked.
"Yeah, we didn't even get to do anything before being forced to come home," Maya added.
"Why did it have to be like this? Everything was fine at first," Ellie said.
"Because there was a wild killer running around with a chainsaw, right?" Amy added.
The four of them glared at Dylan with sharp, cynical looks, intending to imply, "This is all your fault."
"I wanted to ride the boat and walk around the lake shore, hik," Fiona grumbled.
"Yeah, I wanted to too, but we couldn't, hik," Iris added.
