PARADISE ON EARTH {R.C} BOOK TWO

Island Room

After a long night of Rafe yelling and Limbrey invading the Cameron house I laid in Rafe's bed thinking as usual. I looked over to where Rafe was supposed to be and he was gone. The whole house was quiet. As I laid in bed I heard footsteps.

I stood up and peaked my head out of the door. I saw Pope walking. "Oh hey Brinley!" He waved. "I see you practically live here now?" Sarah winked. "I mean basically." I shrugged my shoulders. "Whats everyone doing here?" I asked with my arms crossed walking into the long hallway. "Sarah found the island room." JJ said as he walked by me and into the room.

I followed them as they walked into the room. It wasn't my first time in this room obviously.

"Whoa! You've got to be kidding me." Pope was amazed at the walls that showed a large map. "It's been here this whole time." Sarah sighed in relief.

John B walked around the room. "Yo, this is a map of the whole island." There were so many places we had been last summer that we were able to find all over the wall. "So..if that's parcel 9, and then if that's Rixon's, then that's gotta be the surf break at mase." He pointed to all the different locations.

"Pope, come here. This is Denmark's handwriting for sure." JJ held up the drawing in front of the wall that matched. "There are all his drawings. He-he painted this entire room." Pope walked slowly. "Yeah. Question is why? Whats he trying to tell us?" Kie ran her fingers over the wall. "It's gotta have something to do with the key, right?" JJ asked the group. Kie agreed with him. "How did you uncover this?" John B asked Sarah as she observed the wall in front of her. She told him it wasn't her and that she found the room like this. As I was about to explain what happened I was interrupted by Wheezie. Who scared all of us because we thought no one was home! "The freaks!" She walked in casually. JJ jumped putting his hands up in defense.

"Uh.. that sick lady and her attack dog. They..they showed up last night, and they wanted to talk to Rafe." She finished her sentence and all eyes were on me. I rolled my eyes before I spoke. I knew they'd want answers. "Limbrey and Redfield came over unexpectedly, she wanted to know where the island room was. They were discussing how they would get the golden cross of santo domingo. They talked about an angel that Denmark talked about." I rubbed my head trying to remember more. "And they didn't come after you?"JJ question. "No Rafe wouldn't let them near me. I'm good! We just need to find the angel!" I spoke to the group.

We scattered recklessly around the room searching every inch of the wall for an angel. Wheezie watched us frantically walk around.

"It's still there. Hey, yo! Hey, guys, I think I found something. Come here. This humongous tree is still on Goat island. You know what it's called?" JJ looked over his shoulder waiting for a response. "Angel Oak." Pope breathed out. "Look there. There's the keyhole." JJ used his finger to indicate the key. "That means the cross is buried at the foot of the angel. Wow, that must be where he put it. That must be where they are right now! We have to go!" Pope yelled.

We all hurried down to twinkie and drove as fast as we could to the tree in Goat Island. As we drove down the long road it became muddy due to the tide rolling in.

"Hey wait a second look. They already came through here. Those have to be Limbrey's tire tracks. Guys, we gotta go!" Pope urged us. John B wasn't sure we'd make it through the mud. "I'm thinking it's looking a little dicey." John B observed the road.

After some convincing John B gave it a go...well lots of gas. He tried to gun it but we started to fishtail. Thankfully we made it to the Angel Oak. JJ opened the door to let us all out. "Alright, so word to the wise, definitely know that gators nest back here, so keep your eyed peeled, okay? You don't wanna step on a momma gator. That's the last thing you want." JJ explained to us. Suddenly I wanted to stay in the van. I watched my step as we walked to the tree. JJ led the way leading us through the dark murky water. 10/10 do not recommend by the way!

We heard the sound of some car or machine as we walked quietly through the bushes and branches. I could hear Rafe's voice in the distance. I watched as he helped dig. I couldn't help but think he looked so good. He was sweaty and his hair looked so sexy. "Quit fantasizing about your criminal boyfriend." JJ glared at me. I flipped him off and continued to watch.

John B whispered angrily to JJ. "They got the cross? What do we do? What do we do?" I watched as they carried what looked to be a casket. "Guys I can go talk to Rafe. I'll just pretend like Rose told me where he was." I started to push branches down but JJ grabbed my wrist ever so gently. "Yeah and risk being buried alive, I don't think so cupcake. You're not going anywhere." I rolled my eyes and shook my wrist out of his grasp.

Moments later Limbrey yelled that they were leaving to go back to the island room. This was our chance to look for the cross. Pope aggressively pushed the trees out of his way and walked to the casket they dug up.

"Cecilia Tanny, Denmark's wife. He wasn't talking about the cross. He buried her at the foot of the angel." Pope looked up at the tree. "The true treasure." Kie softly spoke.

Another chapter down! Few more to go! Brinley is really holding back the info she knows. Girl's a liar!