Lana Steele 2.0

Chapter 3

That morning I woke up, I decided to explore the place I'll be staying at a little more. After the stuff I found out about last night, I was determined to take down Raymond. Since I met him, I had my doubts. Anyone that nice and good looking has to have something up their sleeve. I didn't trust him.

I still haven't seen my mom or heard anything about her. Last night I didn't find anything relevant to find my mom. Apparently, Quinn has been working along side Mr. X since I left. I'm determined to find my mom but right now, there's something going on that I don't know about.

I walked back to the room again. This time it was labelled. It might've been labelled last night but who really knows, I was just creeping around. The label made it look official, 'Quinn' written in bronze embossed.

I knocked on the door, out of respect. "Come in." The petite voice called. I turned the door knob slowly and pushed the door open. "Oh my goodness Lana." She seemed surprised to see me. The girl scrambled to hide papers under other paper. "What's up?" I walked over to her desk and uncovered all the hidden papers. "Tell me everything you know about my mother. I know you've been researching her files and what happened." She held her head down, knowing she was busted. "I haven't found anything more than you did. I have been looking through the files but nothing has seemed to add up. She slid over to her computer and began typing swiftly. "I mapped out all the places she's been on missions, get accomplices. There is this person I've been trying so hard to find but can't. I feel like that's the missing key to finding her." Quinn rambled. "Okay slow down." I motioned for her to move on slowly. "The places she's been on missions are listed, I also mapped them here." She pointed to a map with a list on the side. I stared at it a while trying to piece together what it was. What did this have to do with anything. The map has to show something. I focused on the map, I even tried to make shapes out of it but it didn't add up. "Do you have a computer, I'll work on this later. I'll let you know if I find anything." She handed me a small black tablet, apologizing for that being the only thing left, and a stylus. I huffed with the result and went back to my room.

I studied the words.
I memorized them.
I drew them out.
I still don't get it. I repeatedly reminded myself that it was the map we needed to focus on not the places. The places just kept going through my head.

- Oklahoma
- New York
- Tennessee
- Alabama
- Rhode Island
- Iowa
- Oregon
- Connecticut
- Alaska
- Nevada
- Arizona
- Delaware
- Arkansas

I locked the tablet and crawled into the comfortable bed. The riddle of the places not leaving my mind. I laid my head down and adjusted myself in the sheets.

Then.. It hit me.

Ontario, Canada.