Chapter 67

ELLIE

My heart was racing frantically as I was trying to navigate my way through the park. It was a bad time to get lost in Manhattan, and I was soon going through every tree, as I felt naughty for being so careless with my wanderings.

I had left my phone back at the tree where our little picnic was happening, and that had me lost all alone on an island. It was hard getting myself to talk to strangers at that point, but then, being in a park so big was about to push me to the limits of my social boundaries.

The challenge of who to ask around was the next I had to confront. It was quite hard to find a face that was the most approachable. My heart was racing frightfully with each passing moment, as I felt myself going farther and farther away from them with each passing moment. There was no way I could reach any of them, and that made my predicament all the more hopeless.

In those few moments, I saw everyone having the time of their lives as they were all enjoying the beauty of the par