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Caroline slept quietly on the couch out on the front porch hiding her head under her arms blocking the sunlight while the boys were talking about the bonfire from last night and messing around with a basketball.

"ball drop!" JJ jumped throwing the ball but failed breaking a piece of the couch off as the ball hit Caroline's arm.

"JJ, i'm gonna pop that ball." she mumbled turning to her side shoving her face into a pillow.

"another broken couch." John B stated.

"you gotta sleep there tonight." Pope told the blonde who waved it off.

"i always sleep there," JJ whistled, "hey, well, hello, princess."

"what's up?"

Caroline just lifted her hand waving at whoever came in still trying to sleep.

"shouldn't you be on Figure Eight with your little group of polo players? or did you break up with Topper?" John B asked as Caroline already knew who walked into the Château.

"we're just friends." Sarah replied.

"oh, he's just a friend. you have a lot of friends, Sarah Cameron." John B said.

"yeah, and it seems like you've got some of your own too." Sarah said reminding him about the night before.

"i never liked her!" Caroline mumbled loudly into her pillow.

"all right, what are you doing here?" asked the Routledge boy.

"i'm here for Pope. i think i found the island room." this made Caroline jump up making her wide awake as she looked at her friends.

they were so close now and nothing was going to stop them.

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on the drive to Figure Eight to the Cameron residence, Pope had ended up printing off a larger version of Denmark Tanny's diary reading it out loud to the five Pogues in the twinkie.

"guys, listen to this. the diary says the cross holds the most holy relic in all of Christendom, the Garment of the Savior." Pope read, Caroline sat up from the floor of the twinkie listening to Pope closely.

"so wait, he saying there's a holy garment inside the cross?" Kiara questioned.

"yeah. it says the garment is capable of healing the sick from any malady." Pope read off the paper in his hands.

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