This is a re-written and hopefully better version of an old book with the same title that I wrote back in 2020.
Beatrice Ellison is a 13 year old girl who is determined to find a place where she belongs. But in order to do that she needs to find out...
The door to the boat house wasn't locked but going by the chain an padlock on the ground, it probably had been before Eddie got here.
"Hello? Is anyone home?" Robin asked as we stepped inside but of course we got no response. We all spread out as we looked for Eddie or even just clues that he's been here.
"What a dump." Steve muttered. Honestly the place wasn't that bad considering Rick was almost always in jail. I mean sure the floor creaked when you walked over it and everything smelled like rust and lake water, but it wasn't that bad.
I heard a thud and I quickly turned to see Steve stabbing at the tarps on the boat with a oar. Ignoring him, I continued to look around for anything of Eddie's that I recognized.
"What are you doing? What are you doing?" Dustin hissed
"He might be in here." Steve reasoned as he continued to stay at the tarps.
"So take the tarp off!" Dustin exclaimed
"If you're so brave, you take the tarp off." Steve argued
"Idiots." I muttered under my breath. I mean don't get me wrong, I love them both but, not everything need to be an argument. I don't even argue with my siblings this much and El is always steal my clothes.
"Hey, look over here." Max said and Robin an I quickly moved to her side. It was a table covered in food wrappers that sat on top of the dust.
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"Someone was here." She added
"Maybe he heard us. Got spooked an ran." Robin suggested but I shook my head.
"We would have heard him. The door creaks to loud. He's either still here or he left before we got here." I reasoned as I racked my brain thinking of other places he could have gone. If the police were look for him then there's no way he went to band practice so he's not at Jeff's. I doubt he would have gone to Gareth because his mom is like crazy strict. She would have turned Eddie over in a heartbeat. Grant's parents are no better so he's not there. I mean he could be at the old house, no one lives there. Joyce couldn't sell it no matter how hard she tried, after the rumors circulating that the house was cursed no one wanted to buy it. Which was reasonable considering two children went missing from that house and both were supposedly dead before they miraculously showed up again. Granted when I 'died' people didn't have much reason to looking further into it.
"Don't worry. If he's here, Steve will get him with his oar." Dustin said sarcastically
"I know you think you're being funny Henderson, but considering the fact everyone in this room has nearly died a hundred times, personally, I don't find it funny in the sligh-" Steve started to explain however he was cut off by Eddie jumped up from the pile of tarps and shoving him against the wall while screaming.
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