Naomi looked at Dahlia and said, "We are friends who have experienced so much together. In fact, we escaped death together, once in Myanway, and the other time, Lancille Village. Given such a strong bond, I don't think we will ever end our friendship, unless we really have no choice. Otherwise, no matter what, we will be there for each other, right?"
As Naomi ended her sentence, she looked at Dahlia. Tina and Rainie both nodded and said, "Yes!"
Dahlia nodded and pursed her lips. Looking at Naomi, she replied, "Naomi, if you have something to say, you can say it directly!"
Naomi nodded, continuing, "I'm very curious about this. Didn't you go to ask for help that night? Where did you go in the end?"
I thought Naomi had already forgotten about this matter. Alas, she still harped on it. I was stunned.
For a moment, the other girls also looked at each other in shock.
Rainie came to her senses. She looked at Dahlia and said, "Yes, I had been busy and forgot about this matter. When Arianna fell into the hole that time, I said that I was going to get someone to save her. However, you asked me to accompany Arianna, and you went to ask for help. But after you left, you never appeared again. Where did you go then?"
Simultaneously, all of us looked at Dahlia. Her face was a little pale as she said, "I panicked, and I got lost!"
Naomi sneered, "Such a liar. You said you got lost but when we rescued Arianna, you were in the tent, so you never asked for help at all, did you?"
"Dahlia, is that the truth?" Rainie was a little baffled. "Do you know how desperate Arianna and I were at that time?"
"Didn't you emerge safely anyway?" Dahlia said. Her voice was exceptionally loud as she looked at me and roared, "Aren't you safe now? Why are you still holding onto this matter and not letting it go?"
"What kind of thinking is that?!" Tina was also a little angry. "Dahlia, don't joke around, okay? We treat you as a friend, but you treat us as fools? You pretend to be devout and kind, but that time, you could have asked someone to save us, and yet you didn't do anything!"
"Your behaviour is no different from blatant murder!" Rainie chipped in, "At that time, I just thought that you were lost and couldn't find the way, so you didn't come back. If Arianna got stuck in the hole for the entire night and got into grave danger, would you have been pleased?!"
Dahlia was rebuked by us at the same time and was a little overwhelmed. "Without evidence, why do you all insist that I didn't ask for help? All of you just listen to Naomi blindly. Are you all brainless?"
"Fine, explain it yourself. So?" Naomi demanded for Dahlia to explain.
"That night, I saw Arianna fall into the hole and suggested that I go to ask for help. That tea mountain was huge, and I didn't have a good sense of direction. I got lost on the mountain paths, and then it rained heavily. When I finally got back to the camp, you were already back. I was tired and sleepy at that time, so I went straight back to my tent to rest!"
She spoke in a very serious tone!
However, Naomi burst out laughing and said sarcastically, "Okay. So, tell me who brought Arianna back at that time?"
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