Hello! It took me twelve days to finally update! That's like my shortest record! Well, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that school started and I won't have much time to update. BUT the good news is that I was able to update this chapter! And that I'm making a schedule to update each of my stories on time! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: All rights to Ally Carter.

Zach

Life sucks. That's one way to put Zach's thoughts together. The silence was ready to kill him. So far, neither he nor his mom had said a word. Zach wanted to ask a million questions but for some reason, he just couldn't. Cathy didn't know what to say either. She wanted to tell Zach the truth but she couldn't either. She turned on Light Bloom Street and parked the car in front of a blue, nice looking, two-story house.

Zach unbuckled his seatbelt and got out. Not a word was said as they got out of the car. Before Zach could walk a foot away, his mother said, "Zachary, wait."

Zach stopped and turned around. "Yes?" He was about to glare at her who calling him by his full name, but he stopped.

Cathy sighed and said, "My name's not Cathy."

Zach froze. What? Is that's not her name, is she my mother? Were the birth certificate and DNA fake? "What?"

His mother sighed and said, "Listen," Zach was still frozen. "I am the boss of this company and I had to leave you because my job was well, dangerous."

Zach backed away as his mother got closer. "So, you are my mom, right?"

She nodded.

Zach slowly nodded. "Okay, I just need to ask two questions."

"Ask them,"

"One, what's your real name? And two, what's your job?"

His mother never got this nervous. She always was calm and collected. She took a deep breath and said, "My name is Catherine."

At first, Zach was speechless. No, it can't be the Catherine. I mean, I never met her but my mother is nicer. After all, she didn't frame Mike. Then, Zach raised an eyebrow. "What about your job?"

He's still clueless, good. Catherine thought. She replied, "You will find out soon enough. A… friend of mine is coming to visit me."

Zach nodded and followed Catherine as she walked up the steps into the house. He really didn't expect it when she opened the door and saw his old pal there.

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Cammie stomped her foot in desperation. Bex looked at her friend with concern in her eyes. She knew that this whole thing was too much for her. Macey walked over to Bex and said, "You know, she is so lost."

Bex raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

Macey rolled her eyes. "She met Zach three days ago and now she's like head over heels for him." Bex was about to interrupt, but Macey went on. "Price dragged Zach into it, which caused Cammie to be dragged into it. Nick went MIA as well as Zach and Price and that new kid Preston."

Bex stared at Macey. "Okay, I'm sure Price didn't mean to drag all of us into it and that Preston is not MIA. He might be sick or something."

Macey snorted. "The thing about him is that he never gets sick."

Macey widened her eyes. She didn't mean to say that. Bex jaw dropped to the ground. "You met Preston before?"

Macey controlled her panic and said, "Our parents know each other."

Bex nodded. "Do you have his number?"

"Of course, I have everybody's number!"

As Bex and Macey called Preston, Cammie looked up at Zach's house. She didn't care if some of the neighbors saw her. Her mom and aunt were working and only few adults were home.

Zach's house was empty. There was a 'For Sale' sign on the front door. Before she could break in and look for anything about Zach, Jenny came up to her and said, "I'm sorry that I dragged you into this."

Cammie turned around and said, "You didn't, Jenny."

Jenny angrily said, "But I did! If I hadn't given you that stupid letter to give to Ashley, then maybe she and Zach wouldn't be missing."

Cammie sent her a warm smile. "Jenny, it isn't your fault."

Jenny shook her head. "You don't understand. Someone bad gave it to me to give to Ashley. They threatened me and I thought it was some stupid letter but anything from Rich is simply bad!" She said in a rush.

"Whoa," Cammie said as she moved her hands around in a 'calm down' way. "What did you just say?" Cammie understood everything she said but it didn't make sense.

"It's true." A voice said behind them.

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Price nervously tapped her fingers on her knee. She looked over at Jason and noticed that he had a ring on his left hand.

Jason noticed this and smiled, "I'm married."

Price chocked on air. When she stopped (with no help from Jason) she half yelled, half said, "What?!"

Jason nervously smiled as he slowed to a stop on a red light. "Yeah, I came back to deliver the news."

Price raised her left hand. "Wait, when and how did this happen?"

Jason chuckled. "When I started my junior year, I met this girl in summer camp. She and I became good friends. We dated from junior year all the way to college year, since we are in the same college."

Price smiled as the car started to move again. "So, let me guess. You got the courage to ask her to marry you?"

Jason laughed and nodded. "Yeah,"

Price shook her head. "Unbelievable," It was silent for a moment when she asked, "What's her name?"

"Lucy,"

Price frowned. Why did that name sound so familiar? Something sparked in her and she realized why. She was a girl who used to go to her high school, but moved halfway through the year.

"What's her last name?"

Jason chuckled as he turned a left, following his GPS. "She used to go to our school. Her last name was Asher. Lucy Asher,"

Price nodded. Then, something sparked again. She frowned. Lucy was this girl who wasn't so good at school. Somehow, she ended up with enough credits to be in college. Price concentrated. A memory was coming to her. It was fuzzy but she saw her and her dad arguing on her first day of high school. She found something out…

"We're here," Jason announced as he parked across from the house.

Price smiled. "Thanks, Jason, and congrats!" She gave him a side hug and got out. She watched as he drove away. She was about to cross the street as she put on her backpack correctly, when she saw someone familiar walking up the steps to the house.

She hid behind a truck and realized that it was Zach. He was with a woman who looked strangely familiar. She noticed a ruby bracelet as she opened the door.

Price gasped. It was Catherine, the woman who wanted something important from her.

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Preston whistled as he walked over to his location. He decided that he didn't need a car since it was just a package. He was passing by the town shops when his phone rang. He picked up and heard Macey's voice asking (more like yelling) where he was.

He winced and said, "Ow! Calm down, Macey."

He was positive that he could feel her glare on him. "Shut up, Preston. Where are you?"

Preston heard voices whispering and someone being hit. He frowned. "Are we on speaker?"

"Yeah," Bex answered for Macey.

Preston shook his head and said, "I'm going over to pick something up."

"Is the location 191 Light Bloom Street?" A voice asked him.

Preston nodded and realized that they couldn't see him. "Yeah, who are you?"

"That doesn't matter! Are you going to visit a person named Catherine?"Jenny asked.

"Jenny, is that you?"

"It was her when she just asked." Ana replied.

"Oh ok,"

"It doesn't matter who it was! Listen, stay where you are, ok? Wait-where are you?" Liz asked. A Finally! Was heard in the background.

Preston looked around and said, "Um, I'm in front of a bakery named Day Grace."

"Stay there." Macey told him.

Before he could say anything else, she hanged up. Preston glared at the phone and stood by the bakery.

Why are they so worried?

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Sorry guys! This is it for today! But I will update. I might update 11 days but I will! Thanks for reviewing!

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