What Lies Beneath The Clearing

6.2

He closed the door behind him, and Skye looked back at Lennox sympathetically. "I'm sorry Len, that sucks about your dad."

"Yeah I know, so when are we getting out of here?" Lennox asked.

They both glanced at each other and then frowned at her.

"What are you talking about? Jay just said-"

"Jay just said that my vitamin levels are down, that's not enough for them to keep me in the hospital when I can supplement with pills."

"But you can't leave, weren't you listening?"

"All I need is some clean clothes, I can figure the rest out myself."

She shrugged as if the solution was obvious, and Caleb knowing his friend very well, it only took him a few short seconds to figure out what she was thinking. He turned on the spot and then faced her.

"You can't be serious. You want to go back?"

"I have to."

"No, you don't. After everything that's just happened you can't go back there. Jay knows now, let him and the cops deal with it."

"And get him killed too?" At that Caleb went quiet as Lennox shook her head. "No, not a chance. I'm not asking you to come with me, I just need you to get me some clothes."

"No. No, I'm not gonna be an accessory to whatever you're planning in your head, no way."

"Yeah, and what if something happens to you? We just lost Sasha, I couldn't handle losing you too."

Skye shook her head fearfully as Lennox sighed.

"I know you're scared. Okay? I do. I am too. But I can't do nothing with this."

She held up the notepad with the riddle on it. "First the sleepwalking, now this? Something is pulling me back there, it happens every single time, I have to figure out why. Please? I'll be fine, that place has had more than enough opportunities to hurt me, I don't think it's going to."