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“I think ait a night or two We need to o straight to your grandfather, see what he knows?”

“Nuh-uh Besides, I already tried that, reot me nowhere He totally shut down And we can’t tell hiuy with the journal, both toldyou,” she said, her gaze frantic “Now Cammie knows part of it, too I can’t tell anyone else What if he knows nothing, and the whole key thing and Newberry are just a coincidence? He said he has ht And hea key Maybe that’s where they keep those kinds of things I s all the tie”

“True,” Kaden said, though the way he hesitated told her he didn’t entirely agree

“Orfor answers, too,” Abby speculated

“I think that’s more likely, but if you don’t want to approach his we need to look into, and theyfor in Newberry We can call the Departmen

t of Justice in theand see e can find out We can call Anna Gute, or history, and she is a long-lost relative, sheit”

Trying to ease her doubts, she turned onto Kaden’s street and nodded “You’re right We need to talk to her next”

When she pulled over to the curb in front of Kaden’s house, he reached out and grabbed her hands In her peripheral, the lights of the car behind her flashed as it passed theers with his

“We’ll figure this out, and then you can move on with your life, but Abby” He looked from their clasped hands into her eyes “You need to slon I can see howon yourself over this If it’s too stressful, ive it a breather”

She sed and pressed her head back against the headrest Kaden shadowed her ht back tears of frustration

“You’re probably right,” she murmured

Reaching out, he brushed her cheek with his thu his erand choice It’s not up to you to fix her mistakes Whatever she found and didn’t address isn’t your responsibility to finish”

“I know But it feels like—”

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The sound startled them apart