Danger at Poppyridge Cove: Seaside Inn Mystery, book 4 by Rimmy London

Author:Rimmy London [London, Rimmy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Rimmy London
Published: 2021-02-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

The drive to the dealership was more awkward than he wanted. Chase worried how Abby might react if they got to their destination and found it abandoned. He shifted in his seat and glanced over, watching her gaze out the window in silence.

He cleared his throat. "I talked to my parents yesterday, and they're hoping to come out for a visit soon." She looked back at him, and her smile seemed genuine enough; he hoped it was.

"That would be nice." She turned back to the window.

"Yeah, they wanted to make it out in a couple weeks. What are reservations looking like then? Maybe we could keep a room open just to be sure."

"Mm," she murmured, although it sounded slightly like an agreement.

Chase leaned toward her, getting a look at her face. "So, do you know what reservations are like then?"

"Hm?" She turned, looking surprised. "Oh, reservations. I'm sure we have a room open. I'll block it for them."

The car was silent, and Chase again felt anxious about what they would find at the end of their journey. When they were a few miles away, he began to slow down, searching his mind for any reasonable excuse to turn around. But the road went by just the same, and at the end of it, they pulled up to a dirt lot with a broken fence.

Abby got out. "No, wait. This isn't the spot, it was down a little farther."

"This is where the address leads to." Chase felt a pain burrowing in his middle. Dealing with things like this at work was one thing, but when it came to the love of his life, it was quite another.

"Let's just drive down and see." She got in and pointed up the road. "There might be something, maybe I typed it in wrong or wasn't paying attention."

Chase drove down the road, not sure what to say. In the end, they came to a culdesac, and he began a slow U-turn.

"Hold on, that was it. Right there."

She opened her door, and he pressed the brake quickly. "Are you sure?" He shouted, but the door closed in his face. He looked back at Ava, happy, and watching out her window. When she turned her head and noticed Abby was gone, she reached her hands out.

"Wont—out!"

"Okay, Ava, let's go."

They joined Abby, pacing through the dirt.

"See this fence?" She pointed to the long stretch of fence along the back. Chase nodded. "Well, this was where he took us. The building was right there." She turned and pointed behind them.

"Abby, it's not possible." Chase hadn't meant to interrupt, but he couldn't stand silent anymore. Why was she still trying to justify her delusions? The building wasn't here. Period.

"I know it's not possible, but it's what happened. Really. Look at these cars, these were all here. I saw them yesterday. I was here, and the man walked Ava and me through like this—Oh!" She knelt by a trail in the dirt. "Look, here's where Abby fell. I was walking too fast, and she couldn't keep up.

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