They waited for Lara for over an hour. Edwin was about to look for her when she breezed into the courtyard with a group of friends who’d come to see her off. They waited impatiently as Lara hugged and exchanged laughing comments with her friends.
Shen picked up his backpack and slid his arms into the straps. He looked towards Lara again. She hugged one more friend before joining them.
“You’re lucky we didn’t go without you,” Edwin muttered. “We’ve been waiting here all day.”
“It wasn’t all day. It isn’t lunchtime yet. Besides, I had trouble getting all my stuff to fit in my backpack.” Lara adjusted the straps of her backpack. “You don’t know how hard it is to fit everything in something this size.”
Edwin slowly shook his head. “We didn’t have a problem.” When Lara started to argue, he
