Chapter 213: Chain Letter (8)
Dana could not understand how all of this had happened.
She was a first-year college student.
The university’s summer vacation had started early, and Dana and her friends did not want to part ways so soon. Before the break began, the group gathered together to discuss where they should go for the summer. Barry said that a newly opened Emerald Lake Campground had appeared near his hometown and was supposedly very fun, so he suggested that everyone go camping there together.
Although Barry himself had never actually been to the campground, he described Emerald Lake Campground as unbelievably beautiful, and everyone was drawn in by his proposal.
So after vacation officially began, the group of seven drove across a great distance in two old cars to Vieska City in Dwight State, plunging headfirst into the dense red oak forest.
By the time they arrived, it was already noon. The two managers of Emerald Lake Campground warmly welcomed Dana and the others, even inviting everyone to sample Vieska’s famous local chicken sausages.
The afternoon sun blazed overhead.
After putting away their luggage, everyone changed into swimsuits and jumped one after another into the calm waters of the lake. The lake was called Mirror Lake, though locals also referred to it as Emerald Lake. Supposedly, the campground’s name came from the lake’s alternate name.
Everyone happily swam and splashed around in the water. While the managers were away, the mischievous Corbett and Dyna secretly started up a small boat parked on the shore and sped around the lake dragging a trawling net behind them.