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2024-10-29 19:42:56Margaret didn’t feel great about living Lindsey at home with a swarm of reporters outside and the search party still going home. It was the second day of the search and still they didn’t find a shoe to bring them hope. Margaret wondered how a forest could be so big and so consuming.
Clem promised not to leave the house until they got home. Trey wanted to get Margaret how of the house and do some work at the restaurant. It seemed to relax her a bit, though he could still tell her mind was wandering.
The tiny bell Trey installed on top of the door dangled alerting them both of someone’s arrival.
“Quite a fancy place you have here,” the soft voice said.
Margaret’s recognition of the voice nearly froze her to the spot.
“I’m sorry we’re not open for a couple more weeks.” Trey said.
The short blonde woman smiled, looking around the place. “Oh, I can see that.”
“Tr
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Maybe it wasn’t an hour later when Lindsey got home, but Clem wasn’t there to ask questions. She was the one determined to ask questions that morning at breakfast. She wanted to know who her parents believed caused the fire and what they were going to do. All their savings went into that place. ‘So, mom, are you going to ask Lindsey when she’s bringing her new boyfriend over for dinner?’ Lindsey dropped her fork. She should have known Clement Goodman would have other ideas. ‘Boyfriend?’ Trey asked, with a mouth full of eggs. ‘Don’t listen to Clem.’ Lindsey mumbled, her cheeks turning bright red. ‘What boyfriend? Is it that boy up the road?’ Trey looked between his children. Lindsey shut her eyes. As well as going to see Leah’s old friends today she and to come up with ways to get her brother back. ‘Well, when are you bringing him over?’ Margaret asked. Clem frowned and Trey gawked at her. ‘You didn’t just say th
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‘Do you think we should tell Jordan and Gloria about the plan?’ Ruby asked, when the car stopped in front of Lindsey’s house. Jordan wouldn’t be happy she went behind her back. Still she deserved to know. She would want to be in on the operation as well. ‘I’ll tell Jordan. She’ll be pissed, but I know she’ll want in.’ Ruby nodded, ‘You’re right. Will you keep me posted?’ ‘Of course. Thanks for your help.’ Ruby smiled. ‘I hope she’s okay.’ Lindsey hopped out of the car and watched as Ruby drove off. The sun shined on her face as it slowly said goodbye. Hollow Cove woods which had been abandoned by the police and rescue workers beckoned her. It was as if now that everyone was gone it was ready to reveal its secrets. Instead, Lindsey looked ahead to the house slowly filling up with people and driveway with cars. Her parents white truck was parked at home. ‘They’ve started early.’ Lindsey murmured. Orange blended in
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Six months later. Libby and Lindsey were found in the morning. Leah burst through the attic door and found her other halves sound asleep in a wardrobe like little kids hiding after a bad dream. She couldn’t resist but join them. “Can’t believe you guys had a sleep over without me.” Leah said. They giggled until silence came over them. “I think Cami’s dead.” Lindsey confessed. “No, the police grabbed her about a mile from here. She’s beaten up but she’ll live.” The girls embraced just as they embraced each other in their lives. Lindsey managed to convince her parents not to leave Hollow Cove because there was a lot worth fighting for there. Libby moved in with Marg and Trey who were undergoing the process to legally adopt her, but she committed herself into rehab where she got the help she needed. Cami was locked up and was going to stay hidden away for a very long time. “Our six month anniversary is coming up.” Serge said to Lindsey. Lindsey and Serge, Dylan and Leah were on a
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Lindsey, Libby and Cami watched as Frank’s junk filled car disappeared into the distance. It was sometime in the afternoon and the sun was slowly leaving them. It would be dark soon.“Mind untying us so we can go home?” Lindsey held out her wrists.Cami sneered at her. “You may have a place to go Lindsey, but Libby here doesn’t have a place to on this earth.”“That’s not true! Libby has me and Leah and my mom Margaret who would love to have another daughter.”Cami rolled her eyes, “Marg isn’t all that. I was the popular one, the pretty one. Everyone wanted to be my friend not hers. I don’t see why you like her so much.”“For one she never abandoned me!”Cami waved her away, looking at the road for which way to go next. “You think if I had been right I would have abandoned you girls?”“I don’t think you remember what it means to be right.” Libby muttered.Cami glared at her, “Remember who’s side your own baby girl. Because in a few hours you’re going to need your fix and only I can giv
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Vanished again. Now it was like Camille was taunting him, telling him that he would never catch her. She’d been under his nose this whole time. Keeping her secrets like treasure to her chest. She’d sprung a surprise on the sleepy town. Not one girl, not even two, but three girls who shared the same face and Luther Montgomery hadn’t been able to bring them all home. There was always one left. Now he had one of them safe in the hospital when two of them were in the wind. He didn’t know what to think, but his mission would remain the same he had to bring them home. He wasn’t sure how much he could trust the third girl in all this. From what Lindsey told him she had aided their birth mother in luring Lindsey in, what if she did the same this time? His men scooped out the hospital, questioning staff members and those visiting the hospital. His partner was asking to see the camera footage. He’d be damned his they weren’t working. He spoke to the kids he was pissed to say the least, but at
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“I don’t understand. You know I’m Lindsey. I thought you were here for Leah.” Lindsey yelled from the back seat of the junk infested backseat.“You girls so predictable. Your mama was right.”Lindsey scrawled. If it weren’t for the knife she would have bolted out of the parking lot. But Frank forced her into the car and bound her hands with a pair of old pantyhose. Why did he even have these?! They made Lindsey recoil.At least she was on her way to Libby. They could come up with a plan together. Now that she was in the car driving towards the cabin she could see the route they took. Only they weren’t going to the forest. Frank left the opening to Hollow Cove woods behind and kept driving.“Where are we going?” Lindsey asked.He wasn’t going rogue, was he? He chuckled and it didn’t give her a nice feeling.“You’ll see. Just sit tight.”That was hard to do. The town kept moving, waving goodbye. Fear swelled up inside her chest more than regret. She meant to save Libby and if it meant g
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“So no one has one of those tiny recording devices? Or ear pieces. Those could come in handy right now.” Jordan asked from the back seat of Serge’s car.They were in the hospital parking lot trying to figure out how their plan was going to pan out.“Well, we don’t have any of those.” Clem grumbled.“We still need to communicate. Does anyone know where we can get walkie-talkies?”The boys groaned.“She’s right we need gadgets. At least to help us communicate. Walkie-talkies wouldn’t be so bad.” Lindsey beamed as if her heart wasn’t racing from what she was about to do.“The police would have been better equipped.” Serge mumbled.Lindsey frowned at him, “Serge.”He raised his hands, “Yes, I know. Sorry.”Lindsey said then looked at her friend then brother. A thought came to mind. “I don’t think we should tell Leah about this.”“I second that.” Jordan said.“Why not? Doesn’t she want to be in on her sister’s rescue mission. Still can’t believe there’s three of you.” Clem grumbled. “One w
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After an awkward yet delicious meal with her family, Lindsey was glad to whisk her boyfriend away. With her disturbing phone call with Cami Lindsey couldn’t even concentrate on the food. Marg was an amazing cook and thank goodness too that’s why Clem didn’t contribute to making things more awkward for Lindsey.Her mom loved Serge and he was quite the charmer, but Trey wasn’t having any of it. He especially didn’t like to hear that Serge and his cousin lived alone most of the time. When they went upstairs so they could talk Trey blasted that he wanted all doors and windows open.“Listen, I don’t like your plan babe.” Serge said.Lindsey sat on her bench by the window. She stared out at the massive black forest that spread out for miles. All she could think about were those hollow trees and how her sister was somewhere in them.“I didn’t expect you too.”Serge groaned. He got up from the edged of her bed and sat down beside her on the bed. Her grabbed her hands and gripped them, but in
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Lindsey stayed with her sister while she ate until she fell asleep. She excused herself from the room, telling Leah’s parents she would be back in a couple of hours. In actual fact Lindsey was going to cook up her plan to save Libby which meant she would be gone a lot longer.“Oh, there you are. Want to get a bite to eat?” Lindsey’s mom asked.Lindsey stopped in her tracked. Shoot, she thought to herself. She needed to ditch her parents if her plan was going to go anywhere. There was no way they were going to let her do anything alone after what happened especially since Cami and her partner were still in the wind.Trey and Margaret booth stood from the waiting chairs. The wheels in Lindsey’s head quickly turned. She was hoping to meet Cami while it was still day light.“Why don’t you guys go ahead, I’ll grab something from the cafeteria and come back here.”Her parents shared a look. In true fashion her parents reacted the way she expected them to.“Oh, honey we don’t need to go anyw
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