Another chapter at last, hope you all like it
Disclaimer which I keep forgetting: I do not own HOA or the characters except Kaitlyn and Jason
Jerome's POV:
It turned out that dad had had the worst luck since he stole the gem. The only good thing that happened was meeting my mum, who at the time was a very rich successful business women But he got into trouble with a big gang. A pretty nasty bunch of people. They had threatened mum and me (I had just been born) unless he did a job for them. A big safe cracking job. Mum didn't know he was forced to do it. But he got caught and went to jail and that was it. Mum was so angry at him and just got totally depressed. That's why she sent me off to boarding school. I reminded her of him.
I contemplated this on the way back to school. I guess that wasn't too bad and I hadn't really known what to expect. I knew he was telling the truth. I got back to the house and found Mara in her room and told her everything. Then we finished off the evening with a good kissing session. Yay
Eddie's POV:
"Ok, Alfie and Amber, you two keep guard out here. The rest of us will sneak in and have a look around." I said. We were standing outside a small wooden door at the back of the gatehouse that Fabian had picked the lock on. It creaked open slowly and a shower of dust fell down from the ceiling. A gloomy set of stairs going down stood before us.
"Yep, I'm totally happy to wait out here" Amber said and sat down.
Me, Fabian, Yacker and Joy went in and walked down the stairs into the cellar. It was disgusting. Even by creepy tunnel standards it was rank. And it smelled musty. Dust and inch thick covered everything and cobwebs hung from the ceiling. 4 walls, each lined with shelves with boxes on them and a large table in the middle
"Ok, I say we find this elixir and get out of here as quickly as possible," said Yacker. We split up and each looked over one set of shelves.
"What does the diary say about where the elixir is?" asked Joy.
"Not a lot, except it will be in a small box, probably with some kind of distinct markings on it," said Fabian
"Well thanks Frobisher for being so helpful," said Yacker sarcastically.
We had nearly given up searching after 20minutes when we heard the warning signal for Alfie, a short high whistle. Someone was coming.
"Quick lets go!" I yelled and we made for the exit
"Wait one sec," said Fabian, looking at the table. He picked up a small box and lifted the lid. Inside was a jar of amber liquid. "Yes, that's it," he said and then we both ran.
Later
We met in mine and Fabian's room to discuss how to get the tears of gold from Victors ring. Jerome was back but was keeping quiet about his meeting with his dad.
"So you got it?" he asked.
"Yep, its hidden under my bed" replied Fabian.
"Right well, we need a plan. What we really need is to get Victor asleep and get the tears of gold out of the ring. Or some other way to get him to take it off or something. Any ideas?"
They all stared at me.
"Well we could ummmm….I don't know" said Fabian
Everyone else shook their heads. "The problem is Victor is a nutter. He's never going to take it off!" said Patricia.
"And speaking of nutters," said Alfie looking at his watch. Right on cue Victor yelled "Its 10 o clock. You have 5 minutes precisely and then I want to be able to hear a pin drop." The girls dashed upstairs and Jerry and Alfie went to their room
Jeromes POV:
Midnight and I was awake again from another nightmare. Maybe I should get therapy. I went to get a drink but stopped when I saw Kaitlyn sneaking around again. This time she went out the back door and around the back of the school. I followed, a small distance behind. A figure stepped out to meet her and I gasped. Rufus. So that's what all those dreams were about. He was back! I shivered. The wind changed and suddenly I could hear them. They were talking about the elixir. Rufus wanted Kaitlyn to steal it for him! And weirdest of all, she called him dad! How could a creep like him have a daughter? Suddenly he left and she turned back towards the house. I turned and ran.
There you go, quite a lot happens, any questions or comments PM or review them please
