Chapter 22
Victoria Park: Fifteen Hundred Hours
Makayla nervously gazed around her. Brian and Tyrell had parked in the parking lot located in front of one of the large pavilions. Tyrell had grabbed his backpack and taken off in the opposite direction, pretending he didn’t know them, while Brian, Helen, and she had exited and walked along one of the main stone paved paths near the South Pavilion Plaza.
They passed a long line of courts filled with late afternoon visitors playing basketball. Up ahead, Makayla could see a huge fountain where couples sat enjoying the fading sunlight while the children ran around squealing and trying to splash in the spray. She bit her lip, wondering if Ren Lu was already there, watching them.
“I spent many days playing in this park,” Helen reflected, stari
