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“Then if you’re willing, I think we should follow the clue It will hopefully give you some peace of mind”

“II don’t know What if it’s so bad? I’m not sure my family can take any more bad news”

“If you want, I can investigate onyou should know, I’ll tell you”

Her gaze met his “You’d really do that for me?”

He nodded “You are stronger than you give yourself credit for And you deserve the truth”

He was right She could do this She slipped her hand into his “We’ll do this together”

“Good” He squeezed her hand “Do you knohere we can find a sundial?”

She stopped to think A sundial? Really?

“Annabelle, please tell me you know of one”

Her mind raced And then it latched on to a arden”

“What garden? Do you ardens?”

She nodded “It’s overgroith ivy now When I was a kid, ardens It’s a great place for hide-and-seek Anye stumbled over the sundial”

“Do you remember where it is?”

The gardens were i time to search them without some direction But she was certain that with a little time, she could lead them to the sundial

“Come on” She started off toward the palace at a clip