Telegram: Chapter Ten

Awkward is a feeling that occurs in our lives many times. Right now, that's what Amy Cahill had felt. Jake Rosenbloom, out of nowhere, had just leaned in and kissed Amy, and the two's brothers opened the door right before Amy had pushed him off. It was a very awkward and embarrassing moment for Amy. Her cheeks were adorned with a crimson blush, filled with anger and embarrassment. She ignored Atticus and Dan's comments and pushed them aside as she marched into her home.

She had made her way up stairs and shut the door behind her, her back sinking against the door as she fell to the ground. A small smile had formed on her face as she sat on her bedroom floor. Under the feelings of embarrassment, anger, and awkward, she felt a tiny bit happy. She hadn't been kissed like that since... well the last time she had kissed Jake Rosenbloom which was when they were in Timbuktu. She had promised herself that she would forget about that unexpected moment, but really, she never did.

Amy shook the thought out of her head. She needed to focus. The Black Circle is out there and she had to stop them. Whatever they wanted, it had to do something to do with her. Gideon's ring couldn't have been the only thing they wanted. She didn't know what the ring could do. She didn't even know what the Vesper's wanted with it. What was so special about that ring? Only people who knew were Gideon, Oliva, most likely Gideon's father, and probably the Vespers and the Black Circle. Amy was not on that list, but she wish she was. Why was it so valuable? Was it dangerous? If so, why keep it safe? Why not destroy it? That would've been a wise choice.

Amy's green eyes stared at her empty wrist where her Swiss Army watch had always rested, but was stolen. The question couldn't stop racing through her mind. What was she going to do now? Obviously, Evan had set her up, and Linda Lace was a setup just to get her to the Daily Gazette and be kidnapped by the Circle. She couldn't believe Evan was a member and her Aunt Beatrice as well. It was the last thing she had expected and it happened. Always expect the unexpected.

Amy stood from the floor. This whole time The Black Circle has been making the moves in this game. It was now Amy's turn. Amy was going to make the next move. It was her turn, and she knew exactly what to do next. It was clear now. Too clear. Research was one of Amy's favorite things. All she needed now was to do just a little more research and she would take her turn.

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Hamilton Holt, and Jonah Wizard sat in Jonah's private jet getting ready to leave Mumbai after receiving a call about the Vesper Hunt being delayed and to come back home. The two boys didn't exactly know what was going on, and why the Vesper's would've put their "game" on hold but they did, and Hamilton and Jonah were ordered to report back to Attleboro because of an emergency by Dan.

Jonah had sat in silence, which had bothered Hamilton a lot. Jonah had gone into the deep and dark place in his mind after killing Luna. Hamilton has been worried about him, and in a way was scared. To them, knowing who were Vespers was easier and better than not knowing. Now that Vesper Five had died, it would have to be replaced by another. Would Vesper Six, Cheyenne Wyoming get bumped up? If so, who would take her place? Hamilton and the other Cahills now had to be even more careful.

Hours had gone by, and the plane had landed in the United States, and still, Jonah had not said a word the whole flight. They were now in Attleboro. Amy, Jake, Dan, and Atticus were waiting for them.

"Hey," Dan greeted the relatives he hasn't seen in about two months. "We weren't sure that the Vesper Hunt was postponed until just a few days ago, otherwise we would've called you back earlier."

"It's cool," Hamilton said, Jonah didn't answer. "But why is it being delayed?"

"There's a new threat," Amy began to explain to her cousins. "Not just a threat to us Cahills, but to the Vespers as well. We don't know what they want. But we know the Vespers won't have us do any ransoms because they are busy trying to take down our new threat as well. They call themselves the Black Circle. We know two of the members so far, Beatrice Cahill, and Evan Tolliver, but I have suspicions of another possible suspect."

Atticus tilted his head, "Who?"

"Lacey Lake, employee of the Daily Gazette."

Here is chapter ten! Special thanks to my new beta reader, XxMidnightAssassinxX! She did an excellent job with this! I may not thank her every chapter, well simply because I forget things like that, but she will most likely beta read the rest of this story. Thanks so much! What do you think is going to happen next? What's Amy's step? You'll find out pretty soon. And do remember, you most of the time know more then Amy, Dan, etc. That's why they may unravel things that we already knew from previous chapters, such as Lacey Lake being part of the Circle, and still they don't exactly know if she is or not. Oh and sorry about he length! I ran out of ideas for the chapter! I'll try to update as soon as I can, but being back to school is kind of hard to update!

Thank you so much to my reviewers! They are, Thepowersss, Paris Cahill, TheTranquilTornado, TheNeigh343, Rightthis332, and KookiesnKreamx3! You six are very well appreciated! Thanks so much! And for those of you who have read Trust No One yet, either, don't have time to do so yet, or it hasn't come out where you live, I will try not to write spoilers in this as much as possible. I might slip one out here and there on accident. I only slipped out one that I know of which was in chapter five. Sorry about that!

Fact&Question: I'm not much of a reader, but other than the 39 Clues, my favorite books are The Gallagher Girls series written by Ally Carter, and A Year Without Autumn written by Liz Kessler. The book series that I am planning on reading next is the Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. In fact, I just saw the movie the first time today, while like everyone else that I know has seen it a long time ago. What are your top favorite books not counting The 39 Clues? Have any you haven't read yet that you really want to read?

-MLC99