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– AFRICAN PROVERB –

Nasha had been excited about the find, until she realized how long it would take to do the excavation just to find the hidden steps—assu to Nigeria with her uncle see than the countless days of carefully re ruins just to find them When it came time for her and her uncle to leave for the airport an hour later, she didn’t protest

Standing just inside the terood-bye to her But unlike their previous parting at the school, this tied Reet o?”

“How could I?” Remi said “You stole a piece of my heart”

“No I didn’t You gave it to me”

Remi’s throat closed up, and it was a moment before she could speak “Keep it safe for me?”

Nasha pulled her backpack froht here”

“Nasha,” her uncle said “It’s time”

She nodded, then followed her uncle toward security, turning back to wave at Remi and Sam just before they disappeared into the crowd

Remi leaned her head into Sam’s shoulder as they left the terminal

“We’ll see theain,” he said

“I know Soon, I hope” Her phone buzzed in her pocket and she pulled it out “This should help distract me from that ache in my heart Renee thinks they may have found the secret entrance Looks like home will have to wait”

Ground-penetrating radar helped Renee’s team map the actual remains of the chamber hidden beneath the ancient mudslide Once they’d removed several feet of dirt froet to the pedestal belonging to the fallen penulti the site was slow and tedious, but when they had uncovered the base, they found that thewas darker and cracked, whereas the rest of the temple floor appeared to be yellow marble, all still intact

José docu rod Once he’d finished, he helped Sam, Lazlo, and Osmond carefully lift the top half of the broken slab and then the botto stairs led down beneath the temple into a tunnel carved from the rock

Ree below the temple floor, while José took ht, holding his hand out to Remi “Shall we?”