A Letter 2 Years Late

Chapter 28 - Unexpected Visit

"Well that was useless," Rose groaned, flopping onto Abby's bed. The cabin, as we found out, is completely empty. Not only is the place ancient and hasn't been touched in ages, but the entire place was also cleared out. Not even a chair was in there.

"So now what?" Abby asked.

"We check out the other places over the next few weeks," Fred replied as if it were the most obviously thing of life. Honestly, we were all pretty cranky today. I guess it was because we spent most of our energy in the kitchen this morning and were disappointed by the cabin.

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Over the next few weeks we visited several other places and checked out the other spots on the map. Unfortunately, just like the first place, all the others seemed to have been pretty vacant for a while. I was actually starting to lose hope in finding even a clue about my parents. Maybe all our research and excitement was in vain.

But Micheal is sure that they are still alive. We've just got to piece the puzzle together. But we don't even have any of the puzzle pieces. All of them have lead us to a dead end so far. Even Rose has lost her excitement in all this and she was pretty excited when she first discovered who my parents are.

It's our last night in Norway and Micheal's parents agreed to letting all of us sleep in the living room with a bunch of blankets, pillows and sleeping bags. Though our search for my parents didn't go as planned, at least I got to travel for the summer and I'm glad I got to do it with my friends.

"Can you believe? Summer's almost over! Who's staying the last two weeks at Tressa's?" Stellar asked while claiming the biggest couch.

"I'm definitely going to!" Rose exclaimed happily. She had already confirmed with her parents and so had Fred and the twins.

"I won't even be there for a week!" Abby exclaimed sarcastically. Her parents wanted her home since they were hoping to visit some family before the end of summer.

"I wish you could come," Lilith sighed, "It won't be as fun without you!"

"Yeah but you and Stellar are only coming for a week!" Karen pouted, sticking her bottom lip out.

"At least you're all going," Abby growled.

"Don't worry! If we find Tressa's parents, we'll send an owl," Fred said with a wink.

"Speaking of owls, Scorpius sent us something this morning," Rose said, pulling out a sealed envelop and waving it around.

"Well? Open it! What does it say?" Lilith asked, scooting closer to Rose to get a better look.

Bonjour girls and two guys,

What do you think? I've been practicing my French skills. Aha, how's your "world tour" going? Too bad you can't come to Paris. It's beautiful here.

"Yeah, yeah just rub it in," Rose snarled. Scorpius is so lucky his parents take him all over the world.

So I heard the first two places you checked out where empty. I wish I could check the spot in Paris for you but A I don't have a map and B my parents won't let me out of their sights for more than an hour. I did however find something. Actually heard but still the same gist. Apparently there was an assassination. Guess who the victim was. Gaston Francois. Seriously French dude. And the time it took place? Three weeks ago. Suspects? A couple that suspiciously left the same day of the murder. But the trail went cold as soon as they got on the plane, which detectives are pretty sure was a plane to Canada. But no one knows where they are anymore. The names they were using, however, were Linda and Greg. Now where have we heard those names before? There's a connection. This is the best lead we have so far! Anyway, I've got to go. I'll see you all when school starts back!