Across Cane River A Saga

Simone arrived at the Plantation early the next morning hoping to see Billie Rachel as soon as she got there, but that was not to be. She went in the house and out the back, but there was no sign of him. She stood on the porch and walked around in the yard near the house. Every now and then she looked in the direction he had gone the last time she was here. Was this the time to investigate the path?