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“Yeah,” she said like it was obvious

“Okay Well, this isn’t a safety deposit box key”

“What? Why? How do you know?” Scra to her knees, she took the key fro he saw that she hadn’t Written across the head of the key in big block letters was the word Safekeep

He pointed to it “I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure they’re smaller This is a standard key, like to a door or a house or so Safety deposit boxes are usually like a shoe box and so the locks are s of so the box number or the name of the bank”

“So, if it’s not the key to her safety deposit box, then what’s it for? And why in the world was he burying it? Why is the key I ca?”

Abigail tapped the side of the key as she stared at the hole in the ground, trying to make sense of it all The only explanation she could think of was that he took the key she needed, and he either replaced it with this one or this key had been here as well

But if he did take the safety deposit box key, why? Did GG send hirave? Give family members clues to a secret and see ins first? Were they co for some mystery prize? Maybe at the end of it all, she’d find out it was all just a ruse, soe off her death But a coer hunt didn’t seem like GG’s style

Fiddling with the key, she squinted at the ground “I’ht? It’s weird for so a key Did he swap them out? Why would he do that? No one would, unless”

“They never wanted anyone to find it,” Kaden answered for her “Or ht you wouldn’t know the difference Obviously, he wants to ensure no one ever finds either this key or the other one”

Abigail bit the inside of her cheek Soh not the one she caine But she had no idea what it was for, and she had a hard ti in secret

“I don’t know That doesn’t seeht I mean, he’d have to know I’d take this to the bank, and when it didn’t work, I’d knoas the wrong key There must be a reason he put th

is here Maybe he kneas co Maybe this holds nificance, but why not just come out and tell me? Why sneak around?”

“Beatson,” he said, his tone conveying his irritation “Butaround for the same reasons you are”

“That wouldletters, too And he was told to keep it a secret”

With a sigh, Abby plopped back down on her butt Her gaze shifted over her dirt-s pool behind her She was not ready to spill her guts to a boy she had no reason to trust yet knowing she had to