Chapter 20.

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"Samuel Joseph." I blurt out.

"Who?" Louis asks with a questionable face.

"Remember that creepy guy I told you about that I met at the bar?"

"Oh that guy?" He says. "Do you think.."

"Yeah.. I think so.. I'm not sure but he's the only one I know who has a American accent." I say biting my lip in concentration trying to think of anyone else that comes to mind.

"He's our best lead." Louis Sighs.

"We have to go back to the clearing."

"W-What?"

I nod making up my mind. I stand up from the couch. "We searched all through the mansion for hidden doors didn't we?" Louis nods. "And we didn't find any other secret entrances right?"

Louis nods again. "I still don't understand."

"We've been looking at all the wrong places." I say walking over to the coat rack and grabbing my coat, putting it on and walking over to the kitchen and grabbing a post it note. "We have to look out in the clearing, not only did they find Drake Rivers there, but that's also where the hidden tunnel lead to."

"You make a point, but why do we have to go right now, at.." He pauses to look at his watch. "At nearly 8:00pm!"

"Because my dear Louis." I chuckle. "The stalker knows we only usually investigate during the day." I smirk. "But never at night."

"But Zayn I have a phobia of the dark." He gulps.

"Louis.."

He shakes his head. "No.. It's okay.. I can survive." He worriedly smiles.

"Thanks mate."

"No problem, we're partners in crime now aren't we?" He smiles.

"Partners In crime." I smile.

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*Clearing behind black hill manor;9:00pm*

Louis and I have been here for over an hour looking for any sort of secret entrance, but no luck once again.

"It's hopeless." Louis mutters as we walk through the clearing for the twentieth time tonight. It's the same thing over and over again. Just trees and grass. Nothing out of the ordinary.

"We have to find something." I say scratching behind my neck. We walk a for awhile again. "Wait what's that?" I point over to a patch of leaves that are huddled into a big pile.

We step closer to it and start separating the leaves apart revealing another secret door. We open it up and enter it.

I jump down inside followed by Louis. We find ourselves in another tunnel.

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