Telegram: Chapter Eleven

Don't trust Vespers. Although they are in trouble as well, they know how to to stab you in the back. -AJT

Dan typed and tapped at his phone quickly in the backseat of the car that belonged to the Black Circle. Amy, who sat next to him couldn't help but look over curiously. Dan didn't have much privacy when is came to his older sister.

"What are you doing?" Amy asked furiously. Startled, Dan pressed "send" and shoved his phone into his pocket. "Dan, hand it over, last time I checked, you don't pay the bill for that thing, and if you like it or not, I'm in charge of you. Hand it over!"

Atticus, Jake and Dan looked frightened, Jonah and Hamilton didn't exactly know what was going on, and were confused why Amy looked so angry. The two boys didn't know that Dan was contacting AJT, his father. They had no clue. Amy knew Dan was talking to their "deceased" father. But, she didn't know what they were talking about and she wanted to know.

Dan pulled the device from his pocket and handed it over slowly. He didn't want to give it to her, but she was forcing him. It was like his arm was being magnetically pulled to her hand. He placed it in Amy's grip and she browsed through it. Poor Dan wished he had just a little more privacy, but obviously, that was way too much to ask for.

"I knew you would do it!" Amy shouted in anger. She was angry, and upset with her brother. "Dan, we don't know who to trust. It's the Clue Hunt all over again. Yes, he is alive, but we don't know if we can trust him. Evan is a Circle, and so is Aunt Beatrice, Aunt Beatrice was probably the last person I expected to be a bad guy, and she is. Stop communicating with him! Please?"

Dan shook his head and snatch his phone back. "You don't know that! If he is evil, prove it!"

"He left us as orphans. He left us in the hands of a Circle member. He lied!"

"And you lied to me about being kidnapped! And your watch being gone. You didn't tell me about those. You've lied to me as well! Doesn't that make you evil too?" Though Jake was still driving the car, Dan didn't hesitate to open the door. After unbuckling his seat belt, Dan Cahill jumped out of the moving car. He landed on his stomach and scrambled to his feet. Dan fled the opposite direction the SUV was driving.

"Great!" Hamilton said sarcastically. "Now what are we going to do?"

"He'll be back," Amy replied. "Trust me."

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Arthur stormed into the motel room, as Hope let out a sigh of relief after worrying so much. He was back, which meant she didn't have to worry about him. Hope stood from the bed she was sitting on.

"Where have you been?" She asked him politely. "You've been gone for hours! Dan texted you, the Vespers are wanting to team up with us Cahills."

Arthur didn't reply to Hope. He grabbed the phone and immediately told him "no." Arthur put the electronic on the table and took off his jacket. Hope sat back down on the bed and opened her laptop. Her fingers began to type.

"You know that girl we haven't seen in a few years, Lacey Lake? I found evidence that she is part of the Black Circle," Hope paused. She had waited for a response, but Arthur hadn't said a word since he opened that door. She continued after a few seconds. " I think her father had connections with my Grandfather, James Cahill. I think he was his partner in inventing the Black Circle," She paused again and the silence still filled the room. She was frustrated and had began to get furious. "Damn it, Arthur! Say something!"

Arthur nodded his head as he sat on the bed next to her. "You're right, but Lacey isn't just part of the Circle. She is the Circle, she's the leader!"

Hope's body went numb. She was shocked. She knew Lacey when she was a kid. Lacey was very nice, very kind and generous. How could someone with such kindness be in charge of evil? Sweet little Lacey Lake would never do that, well, the one Hope had known. The women gulped and shook what she was thinking about out of her head, she was now the one not speaking. "Well, that little girl has gotten herself into a lot of trouble."

Arthur shook his head. "No, she's twenty-three now. If you ever run into her, don't call her little." Hope's head tilted, and her face went from a rosey pink to a ghostly white. What did Arthur mean? "She kidnapped me at the Daily Gazette. She meant to kidnap Amy, but had failed. She took me instead so the two of us can't protect Amy from the Black Circle. Lacey isn't that sweet little girl we used to know. She's changed a lot, now that she is the leader of an evil organization."

Before Hope could reply, the phone on the nightstand buzzed. Arthur reached for it and opened the text. His face expression changed, shock filled his eyes, maybe even fear? Hope had never seen that look in his eyes. She didn't know what feeling it was. "What is it?"

Arthur looked up from the phone. "Dan says he is running away!"

Hope's head fell into her palms. Dan was running away, with the less people around Amy, the easier it would be for the Black Circle to get a hold of her and finish their unfinished business. Lacey was always a determined young girl. She never really gave up on anything. Lacey wouldn't fail this plan over her dead body! The danger around her daughter was going to grow.

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Dan didn't exactly know where he was going. He just kept running, and running. He came to a bench and sat down. It was right in front of a grocery store. It was the same bench that Amy had sat down at when Evan had kidnapped her after she met with her father for the first time in years, since his death. Anyone who walked by him could tell he was upset, even though not a tear was being shed. An elderly lady began to approach Dan. Dan looked up and saw her smiling face. A plastic bag of things she had just bought rested in each of her hands.

"Dear, why are you so sad?" She asked and took the empty seat next to him. Dan shook his head.

"I'm fine Ma'am. Thank you though!"

The lady shook her head. "No, something is wrong. Oh sweet child, would you like to talk it over? You can come over to my house and tell me about it over a cup of tea? Or something you children find much tastier these days, hot cocoa? My children and grandchildren say I make the best hot chocolate they've ever tasted."

Dan rose up happily, and the lady stood up as well. Smiles grew on their faces. Something about that woman just reminded him of what it was like having a grandmother. He missed Grace so much, and this lady sort of in the smallest way reminded him of her, but he didn't know what exactly it was. So, he accepted and the lady led him to her house.

For children who are reading this, which you really shouldn't since it is rated T for drug use and swear words, never go run off with strangers, even if they say they know your parents, or something like "Your sister is in the hospital" don't go with them. People in the world lie... and speaking of lies, I made a mistake on chapter 9, Jake is not 16, he is 18. Thank you Paris Cahill for pointing that out to me, and thank you XxMidnightSolsticexX, for beta reading this chapter!

Everyone who reviewed, Agent Get Amy And Ian Together, Paris Cahill, Amazing Girl, TheTranquilTornado, XxMidnightSolsticexX, Jamyfrvr, and Mila-is-a-bookworm-101, you seven are wonderful! Thank you so much for you dedication to the story! XxMidnightSolstricexX has inferred what will happen next, she is partly right, partly wrong, but what do you predict? To Amazing Girl, I have no idea why, but every antagonist I do I like to call them something to do with a circle. I was a little upset with Ally Carter because she stole my idea! JK! Can't wait til GG6! On January second a free ebook will be coming out it is a crossover between GG and her other book series, it stars Macey and another girl for the different serious. Most importantly, it's free!XD

Oh, and Jamyfrvr wants everyone to check out the band Stuck On Your Radio, she says it's a great band, but just doesn't have a lot of listeners! I'll check them out one of these days, just not right now, so many things going on!

Fact&Question: I love animals! My favorites are elephants, and brown bears. The two of them are just two cute! My favorite kind of pets are dogs and rocks( yes I do have two pet rocks! I know I'm a bit strange, but they can never die, never need to be feed, they just sit there? It's the perfect pet!) I have three dogs, a German Shepard/Dachsund, a miniture dachsund/ regular dachshund/ Rat Terrior (who is currently being very annoeying right now!), and a full breed Rat Terrior( which is the best dog ever!). I have two pet rocks, named Penni and Charlie. And I previously had two gold fish, and I am not going to discuss the terrible things that happened to them...:( What are you're favorite animals? Got any pets?