According To Hubert
According to Hubert’s report, it was while the pair were walking along the riverbank that he slipped on a wet rock. He flailed wildly before steadying himself, but it was already too late. His spectacles slid down his nose and plummeted into the rushing river.
Hubert let out a cry of dismay — without his glasses, he couldn’t see the trail. How would he be able to negotiate the rocky mountain path without them? Austin, knowing that leaving his stepfather’s spectacles in the river wasn’t an option. Determined, he jumped into the river after them.