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“Okay,” she said, noting the way the corner of his eyes crinkled when he concentrated

“You’re to unravel this secret, whatever it ht?” he asked

“Right”

“And this safety deposit box key was supposed to be the next clue But it’s ”

“Exactly,” she said, leaning her weight back on her hands

“Let’s set this key aside, because we have no idea what it’s for or if it even has anything to do with the secret And let’s set the fact that your grandfather was out here digging aside, too, because short of confronting him about it, we have no idea if he swapped the keys out, took the key, orfor the sa”

“True” Abigail bit her lip Everything in her told her this key, the one she found, was iht Until she knehat it was for, she’d be wasting her ti, and sorandfather about it wasn’t the right move After all, her GG told her to keep this all a secret, and Abby had no idea what her grandfather knew, if anything She already spilled to one person, but Kaden was an outsider—unbiased Her grandfather was not

“So, setting the key aside, e do know is that there’s a secret” Kaden held up a finger “We know it likely has so to do with your family’s past, history, or faether so far froator to research your farandfather’s side,” he said, counting on his fingers as he spoke “We believe the investigator to be Lawson but have no official confirht to hiht was a relative We only know the o well We know she has ties to the Holocaust Museum, and we have the journal That’s it That’s a lot of unknowns,” Kaden said, still holding up his fingers

“That’s also a lot of ‘we’s,’” Abigail said, finding it difficult to feel discouraged because the relief of having soreater than her disappoint a team sparked some dormant need inside of her she couldn’t understand

Kaden shrugged “Hey, you decided to confide in me, and I take secrets seriously”

Abby narrowed her eyes “I thought you said you’ve never had to keep a real secret before?”

“Exactly So, this is like the Muhammad Ali of all secrets Besides, I like puzzles”

“Dork” Abigail nudged his arm

“Maybe I’ “But I’m a dork who happens to have a connection to the Fairfax police departet some answers about Lawson and his death Maybe your suspicions are right, and there’s so there”

“Oha police officer and being able to help “Yes, yes!” Adrenaline shot through her veins Reaching out, she squeezed his arm “I can’t believe I didn’t think of that when you mentioned it earlier I’m so excited I could kiss you!”