Ten Days Til I Die

•Chapter Seventeen

"Wait, then where is it?" Kelly asked, looking around. "That's the thing, I don't know where it is. She never told me." Devyn said. "Well, where do you think the Heart is?" Ryan asked, looking over at Devyn. "I'm not sure. I know nothing about buildings."

"What if the Heart isn't part of the building." Kelly spoke up. Devyn looked over at her. "What I'm trying to say is what if the Heart has nothing to do with the building at all, but something meaningful to it?"

"Do you think it has something to do with The Man?" Debby asked. "What if it was The Man who had killed off Baylee and Jake? What if he planted that axe above the door?"

"What if The Man was at our school?" Devyn asked suddenly. The group looked over at her, but they knew something was up. "What if he was watching us?"

"Well, that's creepy." Kyle mumbled under her breath, hiding it slightly with a cough. "There has to be more clues. Maybe, we'll learn something about The Man."

The group of six walked around, looking around the new part of the building that they had yet to explore. Dust coated the walls in its thick layer, allowing nothing to show. Devyn's mind wandered back to Ty's death.

His head falling to the side, his muscles loosening, his eyes gazing at the wall. But when she looked back at the memories, she noticed something.

"Wait, we have to go back to where Ty died." Devyn suddenly spoke, stopping. "What are you talking about?" Mark asked, reaching for her hand, but she pulled away. "No, you don't get it. We need to go back. We missed something."

Devyn began walking away, going back to the room. To Ty's dead body. "Dev, what did you see?" Mark asked, running up to her, taking her hand. "Ty, he.." Devyn held her tears in. "He was pointing at something."

While the group had begun their journey back to the room, Devyn explained what she saw. "When his eyes dropped, his eyes gazed over at a wall. And he had pointed in that direction before he left."

Devyn stopped at the turn, not wanting to go back in there. "Ty had found something before he died." Devyn mumbled. Walking around the corner, the first thing Devyn noticed was that Ty's body was gone. The only evidence left was the blood.

"Is this the room?" Kelly asked, looking around. "Where did he go?" Devyn asked. She walked over to where Ty had laid. She knelt down to look at the blood, seeing it start to dry. She laid down on her back, next to the puddle, and re-enacted what Ty had done.

Holding her breath, she let her head fall to the side. She slowly brought her hand to where Ty's bloody one had laid, lying it in the little puddle of blood that there was. She pointed her index finger out, gazing at where it was pointing.

"What is she doing?" Ryan mumbled. Mark shushed him, waving his hand slightly, his eyes not leaving Devyn. He watched as she pointed her finger out, and looked over at where she was pointing. "She's re-enacting what Ty had done," Kyle whispered.

Devyn sat up quickly, squinting in the dark as she looked over at the wall. She stood up, walking over to it before kneeling beside it.

There, in the wall, was a piece of paper smooshed into a hole that was made in the wall. She pulled it out, careful to not rip it, and sat against the wall. Opening the crumbled paper open, her eyes scanned the entire paper.

"What is it?" Mark asked. Devyn looked up, seeing the group slowly making their way towards her. "It's a..note?" Devyn questioned, looking back down at the paper.

"What does it say?" Mark kneeled beside her. She glanced over at him, her eyes watering. "Richard. Richard Baker." She choked on her words slightly, letting a sob out. "Who's Richard?" Kyle asked.

Devyn looked back down at the paper, a smile forming slightly on her lips. "My father."