AN: First I would like to thank all of you who review, you are always inspiring me to write more. Secondly I am sorry for not updating sooner I had this chapter writen a while back and I thought I had posted it. Turns out I didn't and I am sorry for that. So I guess you are getting two chapters today. Once again I'm sorry.


Joe was sprinting through the corridors; he had never understood why it had never occurred to him before. Rhea would never hide something so important in just any old room or secret place. She would put it somewhere where it would be safe no matter what. She would have left it with Joe.

He stopped at the door of his old room. He had kept this place as his own just in case. Joe pulled out a key and unlocked the door. He quickly closed it behind him and flicked on the light. His old room seemed so small now and it made him laugh at how pampered he had become. Joe then began to look over his room wondering where she would have put it.

Joe opened his closet and looked around and then he saw his guitar case. He pulled the old guitar out and unzipped it. Though Joe would normally have played bass, having an acoustic guitar around didn't hurt. He smiled as he felt the heavy weight. He tipped the guitar with the opening to the floor and shook it a bit. He felt the weight lift as a velvet black object hit the strings and flew to the floor. He picked up the small velvet bag and opened the strings.

Out of the bag a blue rough edged diamond fell into Joe's hand. He laughed; she never intended to take it anywhere else. Though Rhea was sometimes annoying and a bit hard to deal with, she was intelligent and quick. He put the diamond back into its velvet bag and slid it into his pocket.

He put his guitar back in the closet and left locking the door behind him. Joe walked slowly back to his rooms and pondered who wanted this diamond so desperately they would be willing to take advantage of a young boy. All the time he spent he kept his left hand enclosed around the diamond, almost fearing if he let go someone would take it.

He was smiling when he entered his rooms. Clarisse looked up from her book and removed her glass. "What are you smiling about?" she asked.

Joe's smile widened, "Because I have this." He waved the black velvet bag and wandered over to the full length mirror. Gently he pulled it open to reveal a safe behind it. A safe that only family knew about.

"What is that?" Clarisse asked with pressing curiosity, no coming over to Joe's side as he opened the safe.

He pulled it open and looked at Clarisse for a moment, before placing the bag the farthest and darkest corner possible and closing the safe door. Then he closed the mirror. "That was Rhea's blue diamond and I think it is what the mystery man is after.

"You're joking. I thought she took it with her when she left." Joe laughed.

"That is what she wanted everyone to think."

Clarisse wandered to the side a bit to think, but Joe wasn't letting her get away. He grabbed her by the waist and threw her on the bed. "Joseph!" She called out in surprise. Then like an excited boy he laid beside her. "You're in a good mood. She said laughing. He smiled and kissed her and then sat up.

"It's the perfect bait. First we'll find out if Adrian is truly telling the truth and then, we'll find out who is trying to take it. I have a hunch it's the same people who tried to steal it last time." For a moment Joe let himself get bitter. "Perhaps I'll even get a chance to give back the bullets they gave me." Then he laughed harshly and fell against the pillows.

"Joseph?"

"Hm?"

"That is the last time I let you stay up past your bed time and have coffee too." She said laughing and Joe laughed too. She then came beside him and rested her head on his chest. He wrapped an arm around her and smiled to himself. It was all going to work out perfectly.