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Then again, A Forever Fan had triggered a new review for all our incoming fan mail. If he wanted to talk this over with us, then maybe something new had come in. Despite not having any desire to deal with it, I messaged him back that we would set up a call.
While there were hours left on the West Coast for business, I didn’t want to do it today. I texted the girls, and Yvette answered by texting Teddy, along with Aubrey and me.
Yvette
Can’t meet today. Let’s schedule for next week?
Grinning, I sent her a separate message.
Me
I could kiss you on the mouth.
Yvette
I will put it on your tab.
Aubrey just put a thumbs up on Yvette’s message. Done, I headed up to my room. Aubrey had a date with Forrest, so I was going to work on some music, maybe some homework…or a movie.
No, I was gonna do homework then music. There was a note on my door. The handwriting was neat and it was addressed just to me. I glanced up and down the hall as I let myself in.
Once in my room, I changed out of my uniform and eyed all the clothes in my closet. It was weird that so much of it was new. Every once in a while, it hit me that I’d lost some of my favorite concert tees in that fire. Including the very first one we'd made.
Irreplaceable.
Shaking off the melancholy, I got changed into something comfy then slit open the envelope to read the letter inside.
Greetings and salutations,
You’ll need to head out for rations.
Avoid the hall, or making a call.
It’s better to take a walk, then we can talk.
I’ll be at a place in the open air, it’s beautiful when the weather is fair.
When the surface is calm, you’ll find it shimmering yet.
Don’t walk too far though, because you could get wet.
If it’s after three, then come find me.
Don’t worry if you’re late, this isn’t a date.
Yet.
I read the note three times. It was a riddle, clearly, but it wasn’t signed. A riddle and an invitation. The place in the open air? It had to be the reflecting pond. I passed it when running all the time, but who wrote the note?
It wasn’t Jonas’ writing. That I would recognize, at least now. Not Ramsey. Not that he would send a note like this. I rather doubted it was Lachlan. It was a little too poetic for Mr. Ninja Kiss.
Curiosity niggled at me, so I pulled on my running shoes, took a picture of the note, and sent it to Aubrey. Then I told her I was gonna take a light run out to the pond.
Thankfully, it wasn’t in an isolated area. ‘Cause with everything else going on, that would be a hard no. Jonas was just coming in as I headed out of my room.
He frowned at me.
“Going for a run,” I told him. One upside to the last few weeks, I wasn’t croaking anymore. “Not long.” Then, because it wouldn’t hurt to just cover all my bases, I said, “You didn’t leave me some riddle to come find you at the pond, did you?”
