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Chapter 3

Abigail leapt into the car. Riley grabbed shot gun while the kids sat in the back. Abigail started the car and drove out on to the road.

"Mom, are you ok?" demanded the kids as Abigail drove through traffic, taking every short cut she knew.

"I'm fine," she replied her eyes fixed on the road.

"Where are we going?" asked Riley.

"Out of here for now. Ian is bound to have henchmen waiting somewhere."

"What happened in there?" asked Sam. Riley quickly recounted the events.

"Oh man what are we going to do?" said Grace as she started nibbling on her finger nail. Suddenly Abigail swerved hard, to avoid a black car that had pulled out in front of her. She continued toward the high way, but the black car kept on her tail.

"I am guessing that Ian's men are following," said Riley when he noticed Abigail kept looking over her shoulder and in the rear view mirror. She nodded. Suddenly she yanked the steering wheel to the left and drove up and on ramp and onto the open highway. The car accelerated to 75 miles per hour and wove madly through traffic.

"Mom, I didn't know you could drive like this!" said Grace. A horned blared and almost drowned out her words.

"Yeah no kidding!" cried Riley.

"You'll be surprised what happens when I'm mad." The black car's horn was blearing and adding to the chorus of angry drivers. Abigail swerved again and clipped the rear bumper of an old Jeep. They fish tailed, but Abigail righted them. The black car was only one car length behind them. "Hold on!" she cried as they U turned swerved onto another off ramp. Thankfully the black car waited to long and was stuck in traffic. Riley sighed.

"I don't believe you did that! You could have killed us!" cried Riley. Sam and Grace had death grips on the seats in front of them.

"Okay so what is this all about? Did you find another treasure?" asked Abigail ignoring Riley's comment.

"Well, Ben found a clue to the treasure of Charlemagne," stated Riley proudly. "It also came with a riddle." Abigail turned into the parking lot of a small diner.

"Come on, let's discuss this over some lunch."

It technically wasn't lunch since it was 11 o'clock in the morning but they all had hamburgers anyways. Riley, Grace, and Sam, told Abigail all they could about the treasure and the clue.

"So you do have copies of everything right?"

"Yes, but they are all at the mansion," answered Riley.

"Well, we'll have to get them back."

"Will it be safe?" asked Sam through a mouthful of hamburger.

"I'm not sure, but-" she was cut off by the sound of her cell phone ringing. She opened it. "Hello?"

"Hello Abigail, I just wanted to warn you, don't call police or you will never see Ben again." There was a click as the phone was hung up. Abigail slipped the phone into her purse.

"Our job just got harder. Ian says if we call the police he'll kill Ben." Riley sighed.

"What are we going to do?" asked Grace, she looked pale. Abigail put an arm around her shoulder.

"We will go back to the mansion and get the clues and information. Then we will figure out what the riddle means."

It was midnight when they finally went back to the mansion. They entered carefully, aware that Ian could be waiting. They had all agreed that they wouldn't speak incase the in bugs were still turned on. Grace grabbed the copies and they all packed some clothes and other personal items. Soon they were back in the car and on the road. Grace held a copy of the riddle and read it aloud to every one. Riley pulled up the information about the map on his laptop and they set to work while Abigail drove.

"Mom, where are we going?" asked Grace as she read the riddle for the fifth time.

"We are just putting some distance between us and Ian. Then we will find a hotel."