Bookishly Ever After by Sarah Monzon

Author:Sarah Monzon [Monzon, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Radiant Publications
Published: 2018-07-02T18:30:00+00:00

Seven

Those numbers had led to another combination lock, which had contained a screwdriver. After some digging around, we found a vent near the bottom of the wall beside one of the tall bookcases. Tate unscrewed the sides, revealing a black-light flashlight and a riddle. We figured out the riddle, which was a clue back to the day planner and the books I’d already decoded. The black light revealed words in each book that had been highlighted. Another secret message. Put together it read, The answer lies with Amelia. That had been when the butler dude opened the door and told us our time was up.

Not only had we failed, which ate me up, but now the mystery of where the amethyst was hidden in that room gnawed on me as well.

Maybe I could go back, just to figure out where the amethyst was and escape the room. I didn’t like the big fail stamp, even if it had been just a game.

Now back in my apartment, I picked up my phone and glanced at the screen. Five minutes ago I’d texted Tate with a simple question composed of two very important words: You decent? I didn’t need a repeat of last week when he’d opened the door right out of the shower. So here I was, sitting in my reading chair, my leg bouncing up and down like a jackhammer, a book not in my hands, although why not I couldn’t say. I was too keyed up maybe. The escape room had flushed my body with adrenaline as we’d worked against the clock to solve the puzzles. Plus, I was dying to know if Tate had heard back from the music manager yet. A dozen not yet replies to my inquiries nested in my text inbox, but maybe the manager had finally responded. If not, I was armed with another name. A recording studio this time.

My phone vibrated against my thigh, and I picked it up. Swiped the screen to open the text. A laughing emoji followed by the word decent. Enough for me. I pocketed my phone and the slip of paper with the studio’s information, locked the door behind me, and bounded up the stairs to the next floor.

Tate waited for me, leaning against the doorframe, a grin in place and that one brow cocked. “Decent?”

“Gotta make sure.” I walked past him into his apartment and turned, shoving my fidgeting hands into my pockets. “So…heard back yet?”

He shut the door with a click, then grabbed something from a bowl that rested on the coat rack to the left. A small yellow package came flying at my head, and I caught it midair. Peanut M&M’s. I ripped the package open and popped one into my mouth. “Thanks.”

The spicy scent of his aftershave trailed him as he passed me, and I found my nose turning to follow the smell.

“These things take time, Em.” He dropped into the brown leather love seat a few feet away. “I had to squeeze time

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