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She wasn’t so sure Grayson was going to accompany her He orried and she couldn’t blah But this wasn’t her first tihly doubted it would be her last Soh to do with so over your shoulder

She glanced around Hers was the only car in the parking lot Everything would be all right They wouldn’t stay long And contrary to her desires, she wasn’t alone

She started up the path leading to the historic landmark The cipher had said PLACARD TWO THREE Which, if this was the place, had to be just up ahead She prayed she was right She just wanted this to be over and to finally have the answers that would hopefully bring her faain

“Annabelle, wait”

She paused and turned to find Grayson striding toward her He wore a frown on his face that en And even if he wasn’t happy about being here, she found co as brave as she’d like everyone to think But she refused to be inti; she just knew it

“You’re going to do this no aze searched hers

“I am”

He nodded “Then lead the way”

“Thank you,” she said, not expecting a response But she was grateful that he wasn’t going to fight her any longer

They continued down the windy path that led them to a spot near the cliff that overlooked the sea Here there was a snificance of the spot, but Annabelle wasn’t up for a history lesson right now She needed to see if this was the place with the next clue to her mother’s murder and if not, they needed to move on

“The e said there would be a placard Do you see one?” Annabelle gazed around the circular patio area There were a few tables and benches scattered about But she didn’t see a placard

Grayson washis way around the circle “Over here”

He was standing near a rock wall that butted up against a hillside at the back of the park She rushed over to where he was standing She looked around and found a bronze placard in the rock wall It was dedicated to all of the heroes who had defended their homeland in 1714

“Do you think that

’s it?” Annabelle’s stomach shivered with nerves Part of her wanted the truth but the other part of her worried about what shewhat ht have happened to her mother, she was surprised by her sudden hesitancy