Chapter 4 Secret from the Warden
She sat there on her cot and stared at the wall.
'You don't like him. You can't like him. You don't have enough of a heart to like anyone.' Misty thought to herself.
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She couldn't stop thinking about him. Misty's hole was half dug and she didn't even notice it. Her mind was too preoccupied.
A few minutes later the water truck came. Misty got in line behind Zero and looked over at Squid. He turned around and, for the first time since that morning, they made eye contact. He smiled and she looked away.
She got to the front of the line and Mr. Sir beckoned for her to come closer.
"The Warden needs to talk to you." He whispered. "You need to come with me."
Mr. Sir drove her back to camp and stopped in front of the Warden's Cabin. Misty walked up to the door and knocked.
"Come in Misty." Said a voice from inside.
She opened the door and stepped in. A freckled woman with curly, red hair was sitting on a couch.
"Yes, ma'am." She said surprised the Warden was a woman.
"Sit down." She said in a soft voice.
Misty sat down on the couch in front of the one the Warden was sitting on.
"Mr. Sir said you needed to talk to me."
"Yes. Do you know who your great-grandfather is?" Asked the Warden.
"Uh, yeah. Charles Barlow." She replied.
"Do you know who his sister is?"
"Katherine Barlow. She was a robber or something." Misty said wondering why the Warden was asking these questions.
"That's right, Katherine Barlow. Later known as Kissin' Kate Barlow, an infamous felon. She robbed many people and banks. And my granddaddy told me that her treasure is buried out in that barren wasteland somewhere. Do you know where it is?" Asked the Warden.
"No ma'am." Replied Misty.
"Kate Barlow told my granddaddy that she left a map of where she buried the treasure to her brother, Charles. Are you sure you don't know where it is?"
"Yes ma'am."
"You can go. You can rest for the rest of the day, you don't have to finish your hole, but just for today."
Misty left the cabin and went back to D-Tent. Zero was sitting on his bed staring at the wall. Figuring he wanted to be left alone she started to walk out.
"Have you ever wondered?" Asked Zero.
"Wondered what?" Asked Misty sitting on Zero's bed.
"Why we're out there digging. It doesn't really build character. Maybe we're digging for something."
"Maybe." Misty replied remember what the Warden said about Kate Barlow's treasure.