I'm back with another late update. XD. Pretty standard chapter I guess. Also for people who are wondering when their going get to Canada, I'm guessing in 5-6 chapters. I have planned out what I will do for the next 5-6 chapters so I might have faster updates from now on. But nothing is for certain though, because my plans might change.

Disclaimers: I don't own Hugo

"Beth?"

Hugo wouldn't have believed it if he hadn't seen it for himself. Elizabeth was crying. It was more than crying. It was more like sobbing. Which is an even more difficult to see. He knew that for one that she wasn't the one to cry over small things. He couldn't fathom what could breakdown Beth like this.

"Hugo?" Beth said in between sobs.

Hugo looked up and held a reassuring smile, "what's the problem?" Instead of getting an answer to his question he was hoping for, she collapsed into his shoulder and continued to sob, "Uh..." Hugo was baffled by how the events had unfolded in the matter of minutes. When he first stepped out to the deck, he was sure he was going to get a few minutes of silence and alone time, but with the way things were now he doubted he would getting any of that. Quite frankly he hoped Isabelle would hurry up and come to the deck now. "

My..." he heard Beth begin only for another sob to interrupt her.

"You can tell me what's bothering you. I have the ears to listen," Hugo whispered softly and awkwardly rubbed her back. He stayed silent and waited for her to speak. He didn't know how long he waited until she spoke, but to him it seemed to drag on for hours.

"I ...lost it," Beth simply said before she pushed further into Hugo's embrace. "

Lost what?" Hugo asked uncertainly.

"My n-necklace," Beth replied.

Hugo's slightly raised an eyebrow in mild shock. He didn't know why someone would cry over a necklace, but it was rude to think of it that way, Beth must of had a reason for it. Especially with the way she was. She wouldn't cry over anything. He didn't have too much interaction with Beth, but he had enough to know that much. Even if he hadn't he had heard enough from Raymond.

"I... n-need t-o... find it, " Beth muttered.

"Don't worry, we will," Hugo whispered soothingly.

"We will?" Beth asked uncertainly.

Hugo pulled Beth out the embrace and smiled reassuringly, "We will, and crying won't help us find your necklace," Hugo said as he wiped her tears off her face, "so don't you cry".

Beth managed to nod as she fought back another break down.

Hugo relaxed slightly as Beth seemed to calm down, "good that's better," it pained him to see someone seem so broken. The only time he had seen someone so broken was when Papa George found him in his room and when his father lost mother. Which both people got over. But it still was a truly sad sight for him to see when he was young. He had seen other people breakdown or broken in some way, but none could compare to the way Papa George or his father were broken. But with the way Beth was broken he was sure she cut close.

"Hugo?" Hugo looked up to see Isabelle looking at him. He didn't know he'd be this happy to see Isabelle after the last few days. "

Is that Beth?" Isabelle asked.

Hugo solemnly nodded in reply.

"What happened?"

Raymond softly closed the door to his room and let out a sigh of relief. For the moment Beth was asleep. This wasn't the first time that she lost her necklace and every time she does, she turns out to be an emotional wreck. He knew Beth had every thing pent up inside herself, and her necklace is a sort of a lock that keeps most of it inside. It's difficult to calm down Beth when she loses her necklace. He had to hand it to Isabelle and Hugo, he didn't know what they did, but they somehow calm down Beth.

"How is she?" Isabelle spoke up.

Raymond smiled reassuringly, "she's fine."

Isabelle relaxed her shoulders in relief.

"I do believe that an explanation is in order," Raymond said.

"If it makes you uncomfortable you don't have to explain anything for us," Hugo assured.

"No, I think you have the right to know," Raymond told Hugo.

"If you are sure..." Isabelle said uncertainly.

Raymond nodded with surety. "It would do no good to hide it," Raymond took a deep breath before he continued. "The necklace was her mother's, and as you may already know, they weren't a very well off family. And the necklace was quite an expensive thing to buy. Still her father had managed to get his hands on it with years of saving all the spare money he had," Raymond explained.

Hugo nodded understandingly.

"I'm not quite sure why her father worked so hard to get the necklace for her, but in end he did get it. I don't how but someone must of seen him buy it and followed him home or it might of been just by pure coincidence that a thief came into their house..." Raymond trailed off.

Isabelle opened her mouth to say something but was cut off when Raymond continued.

"That night Beth stayed up at night to look at the necklace. When she heard a door open she turned around expecting to see her parents, but found a totally different person in front of her. Of course she did the only thing a little girl could do at the time. She screamed. Which woke her parents," Raymond said.

Hugo frowned. It did explain why she had such a distaste towards thieves and his little trick with her necklace.

"I'm not quite sure what happened afterwards, Beth never told me. But her parents were shot and Beth ran away from home. She must took the necklace with her without thinking. So the necklace is the last piece of reminder she has of her parents. Where she disappeared for an year I'm not sure," Raymond finished.

"Oh I'm so sorry you had to explain that to us..." Isabelle said as she wiped a single tear drop.

"Well then we have no time to waste, we need to start looking for her necklace," Hugo stated.

"I must be the one to apologize, you are doing so much for us, when it did not concern you," Raymond said apologetically.

"We can hardly sit back and do nothing," Isabelle assured.

"If you are all so sure to help us, then let's start looking."

Hugo walked through the hall as he looked for Beth's necklace. Raymond had told him the places that she might of lost it, but so far he was finding his efforts fruitless. He been looking for quite a long time with no results. He just hoped the necklace was still on the ship. Still he was by no means giving up. He couldn't leave someone that was broken like that alone. He was going to see this one through.

"Excuse me, monsieur?" A female voice called.

Hugo quickly turned around to face the person who called him. The lady had elegantly combed chocolate brown hair with alluring sapphire blue eyes. It took a little bit for Hugo to shake his daze off and answer her."Yes, madame?"

"Would you perhaps know the direction to the dinning hall?" The lady asked him.

"Ah yes, you would need to..." Hugo trailed off as he noticed a certain glimmer around her neck. He blinked his eyes to try see if his eyes were playing tricks on him. "Excuse me is that necklace..."

Cliff hangers! I love them! I'm sure y'all do too.

How was it? Hope it wasn't bad. Just hold out for another few chapters and they will be in Canada!

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