"That might not have helped... I wasn't using a light at all," Bailey admitted. It was apparently a bad decision. She'd known it at the time, but had worried about tripping on a rock or a curb, not Brinley. Although it was a known hookup spot, though usually the benches not the middle of the park.
Bailey smiled when Brinley commented about the sky - and about the offer to hang out. That would certainly give her a viable excuse for being out late that she didn't have to lie about. "Not in that much of a hurry. Well, I was." But if she wasn't being followed - and there was no indication she was - then it didn't matter really. "Obviously, but this is at least a legitimate reason for being out I can give Mom when I get home."