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Her smile lit up the plane’s cabin

“Let’s start with Nudushan, then we can see about taking over the world with cake”

They landed at a different airport in Alabaomery and the address on Bill Bauer’s note Khizar drove while Jacqui navigated to the address

The house was on the outskirts of Montgohborhood where all the homes were older and well-maintained There were tidy fences around each of the yards in the neighborhood and no cars parked on the street

There was a s the historical trust that ran the house as well as information on the tour times

Khizar parked in the lot and he and Jacqui got out of the car Stepping through the gate in the white wooden fence, they walked around the house

Jacqui took her ti that would match the clue Bill left them, and partly to take in all her ancestral home The house was a two-story with a wrap-around front porch and ornamental ork everywhere It was painted a slate blue hite triarden full of wildflowers, complete with a birdbath and two stone benches

She knew Khizar was letting her take as long as she needed to look around After a cos were clear First, no one froarden or yard ju Bill’s note

“So, what are we looking for?” Jacqui asked Khizar

He squinted as he looked up toward the house’s roof and into the sunlight

“I think it’s probably so that would lend itself to a hidden compartment like at the mine”

“What about Bill’s note?”

Khizar looked back down “He did use your middle name, Rose”

“Then we’re looking for a rose of some kind”

He nodded “Except I don’t see any roses out here”

Jacqui took another slow look around the garden