The Girl They Couldn't Find

Chapter 42

HELLO.
I'm so evil, I left you guys on a cliffhanger...on the edge of a cliff!
So just in case you don't know, Lucas fell off a cliff.
Such excitement.
Much doge.

I kid.

I made the cover for the sequel!
And I'm not showing you guys because I'm mean. 😈😈

So yes, it is decided, this will be part of a trilogy!
Yay!

#1 The Girl They Couldn't Find
#2 The Heart Wants What It Wants
#3 Hurricanes At Night

-Claire 8/1/16
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Topanga's

Oh thank god, she's alive.

"Riley!"

"Mum," she croaks out. My heart snaps in two, as I to listen to my haunted daughter sob.

"Riley, where are you?"

"Mum, it's all my fault...oh god...it's all my fault."

"What?"

"He did it, but I created him, oh god mum, it's all my fault."

"Riley, what happened?"

"Lucas was pushed off a cliff."

My heart stops, and suddenly, a loud whirring noise comes from Riley's side of the phone.

"Where are you?"

"Mum, Dad would go to the end of the world and back for you, right?"

"Of course."

"Farkle and the rest are in Auckland, they were transported by helicopter. They're at *insert random hospital*"

"Riley, just tell me where you are!"

"There something underneath the bay window that you need to give to Maya, Farkle and Lucas."

"What?"

"I love you," she whispers, before the line drops dead.

Cory barges into the living room, and trips over a chair.

Typical.

I lead him into Riley room, and we both look under the bay window cushion.

A trapdoor.

Leading to where?

Cory finds the key inside Riley's pillowcase, and he opens the trapdoor.

It reveals a small niche, with several items in it.

But only two catch my eye.

A key, meticulously crafted out of pure rubies.

A key, connected to rolled up parchment.

A key, connected to the words, 'It wasn't just about the boy.'