Here's Chapter Eleven! :)

The group arrived at the University of Maryland the next day and Ben turned to his father and saw that he was looking extremely nervous.

"Will you relax," Ben told his dad. "Everything's going to be fine."

"Sure," Patrick said in a sarcastic voice. "I should look at the bright side. It's been a long time. Maybe she lost her memory and she won't recognize me."

"Jen I'm having second thoughts about this," Riley told his fiancee.

"Riley it'll be fine," Jennifer assured him.

"Ugh I hate her," a woman said in an angry voice as she walked out of Emily Appleton's office.

"We're in the right place," Patrick said.

Riley laughed nervously and he went to take off running but Jennifer grabbed his arm.

"Riley we can't leave now," Jennifer said.

"Sure we can," Riley told her. "The car's not that far away."

"Come on Riley everything will be fine," Krista assured her brother. "Just stick to the plan."

"Easy for you to say," Riley said.

"Alright you guys stay out here until I come and get you," Jennifer told Ben and the others.

"Okay," Ben said.

Jennifer opened the door to her mom's office and she and Riley walked in.

"Jennifer," Emily said with a smile on her face as she walked up to her daughter and hugged her.

"Hi mom," Jennifer said as she returned the hug.

"It's so good to see you," Emily said as they parted.

"It's great to see you to," Jennifer said.

"And this must be Riley," Emily said with a smile on her face when she saw Riley standing next to Jennifer.

"Yes this is Riley," Jennifer told her. "Riley this is my mom Emily Appleton."

"Hello Riley it's nice to finally meet you," Emily said as she held out her hand.

"It's nice to meet you to Mrs. Appleton," Riley said as he shook her hand.

"Oh please call me Emily," Emily told Riley.

"Alright Emily it is," Riley said with a smile on his face.

"Please have a seat," Emily told her daughter and Riley.

Jennifer and Riley took a seat on a couch and she sat down in an armchair across from them. Meanwhile back outside the office the others were still waiting to be called into the room.

"So how do you think it's going in there," Krista asked.

"So far so good," Patrick said. "I mean I don't hear any shouting in there."

But just as Patrick had said this they heard Emily shout.

"Don't tell me this is about another treasure," Emily said in a somewhat angry voice.

"Well there's your shouting dad," Ben said as he turned to his father.

Jennifer got up and she walked over to the office door. She opened it and she turned to her brother.

"I think she took it pretty well," Jennifer said in a sarcastic voice.

Ben chuckled and he went inside the office followed by Abigail, Krista, and Patrick.

"Benjamin," Emily said with a smile on her face as she went over and hugged her son.

"Hey mom," Ben said as he returned the hug.

"Abigail," Emily said with a shocked look on her face. "How nice to see you again."

"It's nice to see you again to," Abigail said.

"And who's this," Emily said as she turned to Krista.

"Oh I'm Riley's sister," Krista said as she held out her hand. "I'm Krista."

"It's nice to meet you Krista," Emily said as she shook her hand.

"Nice to meet you to," Krista said.

Emily then turned to Patrick and the smile left her face.

"Oh," Emily said.

"You see," Patrick said as he turned to his children. "One syllable a knife through the heart."

"Dad knock it off," Jennifer said as she sat down next to Riley.

"She can do that," Patrick said as he turned to Jennifer.

"Oh yes," Emily said as she took a few steps closer to Patrick. "And I can also track the whereabouts of my toothbrush."

"I was not the one that left the toothbrushes in Marrakesh," Patrick told Emily. "I stowed them both in the travel case as instructed."

"Yes, and you also insisted on loading the luggage into the taxi," Emily reminded him.

"I didn't insist I loaded the luggage," Patrick said.

"Yes but not the travel case," Emily said.

"The travel case is not luggage," Patrick told her. "The travel case goes into the luggage. Who was in charge of packing the luggage?"

"I couldn't get the travel case into the luggage," Emily told Patrick. "It was full with that stupid rug you bought. You thought it had secret stitching."

"Mom," Ben said.

"How stupid was that," Emily said.

"It did have secret stitching," Patrick told her. "Six phony green leather suitcases."

"Mom," Ben said as he tried to get her attention again.

Patrick and Emily stopped arguing and they turned to Ben. Krista walked away and she sat next to Riley.

"I need you to look at this," Ben told his mom as he handed her the picture of the plaque.

"What's that a picture of," Emily asked as she took the photograph.

"It's very interesting," Ben said. "We think it might be Olmec."

"It is," Emily said as she walked over to her desk. "Yes, yes definitely Proto-Zoquean."

"We were hoping that you could translate it," Patrick said.

"Yes of course you were," Emily said as she put on her glasses.

"So this really is about another treasure hunt," Emily said as she looked from Ben to Jennifer.

"Mom, this is actually very important," Jennifer told her.

"Alright," Emily said with a sigh as she looked down at the photograph. "What have we got here? This glyph here, that means bird. And that means uh noble bird. Find the noble bird, let him take you by the hand and give you passage to the sacred temple."

Emily then looked over at Patrick and then she turned to her children and she started laughing.

"Oh you think this is a treasure map for Cibola don't you," Emily asked them.

"Well that is exactly what it is," Patrick said as he got to his feet.

"No, Patrick," Emily said. "This glyph doesn't mean Cibola it means the center of the world."

"You know you used to like it," Patrick told Emily as he walked over to her. "You fell in love with me on a treasure hunt."

"Here we go," Jennifer said as she turned to Riley.

"That was not love," Emily told Patrick. "That was excitement, adrenaline, and tequila."

"Mom," Ben said starting to get annoyed.

"And I was trying to get course credit," Emily said.

"Well the treasure hunting paid off," Patrick told her. "In case you haven't read the papers."

"It had nothing to do with you," Emily said. "It was Ben and Jen they found the treasure. You did nothing."

"Patrick, Emily, please," Abigail said as she looked at them. "Can we just figure out what's on the page?"

"Well that's it I'm afraid," Emily said as she picked up the photograph. "These glyphs are only partial. So you only have half a treasure map. I'm sorry. Not that I'm surprised," Emily said as she looked over to Patrick.

"We should probably get going," Ben said as he got to his feet.

"It was nice meeting you Emily," Riley said.

"It was nice to finally meet you to," Emily told him. "You and Jennifer will have to come back so we can have a proper visit."

"We will mom," Jennifer assured her. "I'm sorry about all this."

"Oh don't worry dear," Emily said as she gave her daughter a hug. "Take care."

"Thanks you to," Jennifer said.

"Bye mom," Ben said as he gave Emily a hug.

"Goodbye Ben," Emily said returning the hug.

After saying their goodbyes, the group left the office.