Springback by Jana Miller

Author:Jana Miller [Miller, Jana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-04T16:00:00+00:00

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Leah gave me about ten minutes before coming over.

"Here,” she said quietly, and I saw she’d brought Gene’s journal again. “I thought you guys could look through this. Maybe there’s something I missed. I’ve marked the two entries with the most information."

The first was from when Gene was twelve, talking about the first time his mother showed him the amulet.

I expected the amulet to be grand or beautiful, but it’s just old. It is made of emerald and copper, smaller than the palm of my hand. The symbol on it was interesting, though. I also expected it to feel powerful, but it just sat in my hand. I asked her what it does and she looked at me like I was daft. But I just don’t understand why we need it if it doesn’t do anything anymore.

The other one was his last entry—the one she’d mentioned earlier, from when he was in his fifties.

I believe I have discovered what he was talking about when he told me about the Ring of Time before he died. The amulet has the ability to allow us to enter the Ring, but it must be done properly. None of the others who have attempted it were prepared, and Alex certainly did it at the wrong time. None of them knew what they were doing. The diagram I found in Mother’s things leads me to believe that timing is of utmost importance. I plan on attempting it next week.

That was the last entry.

“Who’s Alex?” I asked.

“I think it must be Alexander Stoneman, his great-uncle. He’s the one who had the amulet before my great-grandma, who passed it to Grandpa Gene.”

“What do you think he means by ‘none of others’?” I asked Leah. “Did several people attempt to enter the Ring?”

“I don’t know,” she said. “Maybe the kids that caused the accident a hundred years ago? They would have been in the same generation as Alexander, I think.”

“Any idea what the diagram is he’s talking about?”

“Nope.”

“And the ‘timing’ that’s so important?”

She shook her head.

“Okay.” I flipped through the journal a little. “Your mom doesn’t know you have this, right?”

“No, so I need to put it back soon. She’ll probably need it for whatever she’s planning next.”

“Isn’t that a really good reason for us to keep it?” Jake asked, coming up behind her.

He was right; he and I had talked about going back far enough to prevent her from getting it, so why shouldn’t we at least keep it from her now?

But Leah shook her head. “The damage has already been done. The only thing that will happen if I don’t put it back is that she won’t trust me at all. And I’ve got to get her to open up to me more.” Her jaw tightened. “It’s the only reason I’m not home packing up my stuff right now.”

“What?” Jake asked.

She looked at him. “You think I want to live with her now? Knowing what she’s done?” She shook her head. “I’ve been saving up money for a while so I can move out.

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