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Chapter Two
"Fascination"
The next day, Gordo went to Lizzie's house at around lunchtime to finish cleaning the attic. After lunch, Lizzie and Gordo headed up to the attic and continued sorting through boxes.
"So, uh, did you find anything interesting about Addy and Rob last night?" Gordo asked.
"Ooh! I thought you'd never ask! You know, they had a pretty fascinating time together. Here, let's finish up here, and then I will show you what I found."
Gordo nodded his head and continued working. About two hours later, they were almost finished, except with dusting some of the old furniture. Lizzie dusted the furniture while Gordo swept the floor. They were both doing their own thing, and they were almost finished when Gordo noticed a mark on one of the floor boards.
"Lizzie, come here," he said.
Lizzie looked away from the thing she was dusting and walked toward Gordo, "What is it?"
Gordo pointed to the floor, "look."
Lizzie looked, and bent down to inspect the mark. Gordo took a closer look as well, "What does it say?" he asked.
"It looks like some kind of arrow or something, pointing down."
"I wonder what it means."
Lizzie followed the arrow with her finger, and kept moving it. A few floorboards below the one with an arrow had another mark. It looked like an "x."
"I wonder the what the significance of the "x" is," Lizzie said.
"I don't know," Gordo said and he thought for a moment, "Wait! Maybe this board is loose or something." Gordo reached down and tried to pry the board off the floor, but it was nailed tighter than the other boards. "Is there a hammer up here somewhere?" Gordo asked.
Lizzie looked around, and found the box labeled, "TOOLS," and opened it. In there, she found a hammer. "What do you need the hammer for?"
"I thought maybe we could use the other part of the hammer to get the nails out of the ground." Gordo took the hammer and continued to try and pry the board to come off, and after trying and trying, he finally did it, but he broke the board in doing so. There was something underneath the board, though. It was a small aged envelope with papers inside it. Gordo took the envelope.
"Open it!" Lizzie begged.
Gordo, however, put it in his back pocket, "Let's finish cleaning, and the we can go into your room and open it together, where there is more light. Again, this envelope could mean absolutely nothing, but we were doing to talk about the other stuff anyway, weren't we?"
Lizzie looked upset and impatient, but gave in, "Yeah, sure, but hurry up an finish sweeping!"
Lizzie and Gordo rushed to finish cleaning, and after that, Lizzie rushed into her room, anxious to see what was in the envelope Gordo had. Gordo followed her in the room and took out the envelope. Lizzie took it from him as they sat down on her floor, yet again, where all the other stuff was. She opened it to find an old newspaper article and a piece of paper that had writing on it. She read the article while Gordo read the piece of paper.
"Whoa," Lizzie said, "This is an article about Rob. Rob was involved in a murder in 1952. According to this article, he and some person named Calvin murdered two men after robbing a bank. It says he went to jail. I can't believe Rob would do something like this."
"I don't think he did," Gordo said as he read the piece of paper.
"Why? What does that say?"
"It looks like it was written by Addy. It says 'Why won't anyone believe me when I say Rob is innocent. I know that he never robbed a bank that night and he certainly did not kill anyone. He tried to stop someone from robbing the bank. He did! Honestly! He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time! Those two were killed by the robbers, who ran away after they killed them, and Rob just picked up the gun to get rid of it. I know he is innocent! He would never kill anyone! He is as innocent as the next person! I can't believe they are sending him to jail! No one believes me! He didn't do anything! Now, the police may kill him! We were going to be married! If Rob dies, I don't know what I will do!'"
Lizzie and Gordo fell silent, "So Rob was a hero?" Lizzie finally said.
"I think he was. What did you find out about them after I left last night?
"Ooh, I almost forgot about that! Well, I only read about half of the diary, which is in 1948. She talked a lot about Rob, and how much she was in love with him. They didn't start dating until October of 1947. As it turns out, Rob liked Addy just as much as she did. I read through some of the letters from Rob, and a lot of them seemed to be love letters from the late 40s and 1950. I only read a few, but they really loved each other."
"Was their anything mentioned about the murder cases in any of the letters?"
"I don't know. I didn't read any."
"So, Rob probably went to jail," Gordo concluded.
"But he was innocent!"
"So? I am not sure, maybe there is some letter or something that says something. What is the date of the last diary entry?"
Lizzie looked at the last page of the diary, "August 19, 1952."
"When was the newspaper article dated?"
"September 2, 1952."
"Darn! I mean, there has to be something in here that hints about the murder. Did they give a last name of him?"
"Yeah, Jones. Robert Jones."
"Okay, maybe there is something online about Robert," Gordo said, walking over to Lizzie's computer. Lizzie got up and looked over her shoulder.
Gordo went to an online search and searched "Robert Jones"+ "1952" + "bank robbery" and clicked "search."
No results were found that pertained to what they wanted. "Well, maybe there is a letter or something," Gordo said, returning to the large pile of letters, and searching through the dates.
"Here is one dated January 2nd, 1953!" Lizzie said.
Lizzie opened the envelope, and read the letter, but to her disappointment, it didn't say much, "the trial hasn't happened yet, so they don't know if he has to go to jail."
"This is really strange."
"Yeah, and its gotten me really curious about this whole thing."
"Same here."
"Well, we could ask the older people if they knew what happened. Maybe the library has some information."
"Wow. Maybe this summer will be more interesting than I thought it would be," Gordo said.
Lizzie smirked, "Yeah, who would have thought we would actually be working hard to solve something?"
"Alert the press! We are researching in the summer!"
Lizzie laughed, "Other than that, though, this whole love letter thing was kind of sweet. Who would have thought two best friends would eventually fall in love and plan on marrying each other?" Lizzie said, and then she blushed after she realized what she said.
"Yeah, who would have thought?" Gordo said, staring out the window, "Oh well, unsinkable ships sink, right?" Gordo said, thoughtfully.
Chapter Two
"Fascination"
The next day, Gordo went to Lizzie's house at around lunchtime to finish cleaning the attic. After lunch, Lizzie and Gordo headed up to the attic and continued sorting through boxes.
"So, uh, did you find anything interesting about Addy and Rob last night?" Gordo asked.
"Ooh! I thought you'd never ask! You know, they had a pretty fascinating time together. Here, let's finish up here, and then I will show you what I found."
Gordo nodded his head and continued working. About two hours later, they were almost finished, except with dusting some of the old furniture. Lizzie dusted the furniture while Gordo swept the floor. They were both doing their own thing, and they were almost finished when Gordo noticed a mark on one of the floor boards.
"Lizzie, come here," he said.
Lizzie looked away from the thing she was dusting and walked toward Gordo, "What is it?"
Gordo pointed to the floor, "look."
Lizzie looked, and bent down to inspect the mark. Gordo took a closer look as well, "What does it say?" he asked.
"It looks like some kind of arrow or something, pointing down."
"I wonder what it means."
Lizzie followed the arrow with her finger, and kept moving it. A few floorboards below the one with an arrow had another mark. It looked like an "x."
"I wonder the what the significance of the "x" is," Lizzie said.
"I don't know," Gordo said and he thought for a moment, "Wait! Maybe this board is loose or something." Gordo reached down and tried to pry the board off the floor, but it was nailed tighter than the other boards. "Is there a hammer up here somewhere?" Gordo asked.
Lizzie looked around, and found the box labeled, "TOOLS," and opened it. In there, she found a hammer. "What do you need the hammer for?"
"I thought maybe we could use the other part of the hammer to get the nails out of the ground." Gordo took the hammer and continued to try and pry the board to come off, and after trying and trying, he finally did it, but he broke the board in doing so. There was something underneath the board, though. It was a small aged envelope with papers inside it. Gordo took the envelope.
"Open it!" Lizzie begged.
Gordo, however, put it in his back pocket, "Let's finish cleaning, and the we can go into your room and open it together, where there is more light. Again, this envelope could mean absolutely nothing, but we were doing to talk about the other stuff anyway, weren't we?"
Lizzie looked upset and impatient, but gave in, "Yeah, sure, but hurry up an finish sweeping!"
Lizzie and Gordo rushed to finish cleaning, and after that, Lizzie rushed into her room, anxious to see what was in the envelope Gordo had. Gordo followed her in the room and took out the envelope. Lizzie took it from him as they sat down on her floor, yet again, where all the other stuff was. She opened it to find an old newspaper article and a piece of paper that had writing on it. She read the article while Gordo read the piece of paper.
"Whoa," Lizzie said, "This is an article about Rob. Rob was involved in a murder in 1952. According to this article, he and some person named Calvin murdered two men after robbing a bank. It says he went to jail. I can't believe Rob would do something like this."
"I don't think he did," Gordo said as he read the piece of paper.
"Why? What does that say?"
"It looks like it was written by Addy. It says 'Why won't anyone believe me when I say Rob is innocent. I know that he never robbed a bank that night and he certainly did not kill anyone. He tried to stop someone from robbing the bank. He did! Honestly! He was just in the wrong place at the wrong time! Those two were killed by the robbers, who ran away after they killed them, and Rob just picked up the gun to get rid of it. I know he is innocent! He would never kill anyone! He is as innocent as the next person! I can't believe they are sending him to jail! No one believes me! He didn't do anything! Now, the police may kill him! We were going to be married! If Rob dies, I don't know what I will do!'"
Lizzie and Gordo fell silent, "So Rob was a hero?" Lizzie finally said.
"I think he was. What did you find out about them after I left last night?
"Ooh, I almost forgot about that! Well, I only read about half of the diary, which is in 1948. She talked a lot about Rob, and how much she was in love with him. They didn't start dating until October of 1947. As it turns out, Rob liked Addy just as much as she did. I read through some of the letters from Rob, and a lot of them seemed to be love letters from the late 40s and 1950. I only read a few, but they really loved each other."
"Was their anything mentioned about the murder cases in any of the letters?"
"I don't know. I didn't read any."
"So, Rob probably went to jail," Gordo concluded.
"But he was innocent!"
"So? I am not sure, maybe there is some letter or something that says something. What is the date of the last diary entry?"
Lizzie looked at the last page of the diary, "August 19, 1952."
"When was the newspaper article dated?"
"September 2, 1952."
"Darn! I mean, there has to be something in here that hints about the murder. Did they give a last name of him?"
"Yeah, Jones. Robert Jones."
"Okay, maybe there is something online about Robert," Gordo said, walking over to Lizzie's computer. Lizzie got up and looked over her shoulder.
Gordo went to an online search and searched "Robert Jones"+ "1952" + "bank robbery" and clicked "search."
No results were found that pertained to what they wanted. "Well, maybe there is a letter or something," Gordo said, returning to the large pile of letters, and searching through the dates.
"Here is one dated January 2nd, 1953!" Lizzie said.
Lizzie opened the envelope, and read the letter, but to her disappointment, it didn't say much, "the trial hasn't happened yet, so they don't know if he has to go to jail."
"This is really strange."
"Yeah, and its gotten me really curious about this whole thing."
"Same here."
"Well, we could ask the older people if they knew what happened. Maybe the library has some information."
"Wow. Maybe this summer will be more interesting than I thought it would be," Gordo said.
Lizzie smirked, "Yeah, who would have thought we would actually be working hard to solve something?"
"Alert the press! We are researching in the summer!"
Lizzie laughed, "Other than that, though, this whole love letter thing was kind of sweet. Who would have thought two best friends would eventually fall in love and plan on marrying each other?" Lizzie said, and then she blushed after she realized what she said.
"Yeah, who would have thought?" Gordo said, staring out the window, "Oh well, unsinkable ships sink, right?" Gordo said, thoughtfully.