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Mr. Stone paced his living room as Mrs. Stone watched her husband. He was a good man, but sometimes very impulsive, reckless, and, yes, very stupid. His stupidest mistake so far was to tell Price that he committed a crime. Oh, correction. Based on Mr. Stone, it was all a simple misunderstanding.

"You know," Mrs. Stone started, "Why don't you talk to her about it?"

Mr. Stone sighed. "Because she might explode or realize that she could've told the board all this over a year ago,"

Mrs. Stone glared at her husband. "She's your daughter, trust her!"

"I can't!"

Mrs. Stone stood up and walked towards him. "She has your blood! At least talk to her about it!"

Mr. Stone groaned. "You don't get it! The board could put me in jail for life!"

"All it is a small mistake and it's not even your fault!"

"I don't have proof!"

Mrs. Stone sighed and whispered, "You brought her into this. You better fix it, because I'm not letting her suffer more."

And with those last words, Mr. Stone was left standing in the middle of his living room, watching his wife angrily walking out. He immediately felt guilty. He knew what he had to do. He dialed Catherine.

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Catherine walked over to the door to answer it, when her phone rang half-way. She frowned. She looked at the caller I.D and grinned. About time, she thought. She turned to face Zach still leaning against the doorframe, as if it was his life supporter. She felt sorry for him. But her sympathy was replaced with pride.

Looking at her son, she remembered her brother and answered, "Stone?"

She walked towards the kitchen, but yelled over her shoulder, "Get the door, please."

Mike got up and as he passed Zach he muttered, "Sorry, dude."

Mike opened the door and faced Sammy and Rich. Their faces were priceless. Rich was having a hard time to say something. Sammy was frozen, as if he was paralyzed. Mike was smirking. "Good to see you guys."

Rich was the first to speak. "Um, hey, Mike."

Mike smiled. "At least the cat doesn't have your tongue."

No one laughed. Mike cleared his throat. "Right, here come in."

He opened the door wide enough to let them through. When Rich reached the living room, she gasped at seeing Zach studying a picture on the right wall. Zach heard her and turned around. He didn't look surprised. Sammy was more nervous than surprised.

All four teens sat down, not noticing how Catherine muttered, "Shit,"

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I am in so much trouble, Preston thought as he walked down Bloom Street. Macey and Bex were on his side, ready to tackle him if he tried to escape. Cammie and Liz were behind, each buried deep into their thoughts. Ana and Jenny were bringing up the rear, thinking where Price could be.

Cammie sighed. Maybe it was a bad idea to tell the boys to search for Zach around the neighborhood once again. Or maybe it wasn't. She wondered why she, out of all people, had to move to this crazy neighborhood.

Cammie nearly laughed. Sure, it was fun and adventurous. Yet, she wondered why she had to be dragged into this. After all, she had her own problems. She didn't need anybody's help. Back at her old school, she was independent. Instead of hanging out with friends, she would stay at home with her mom to support her with her father's disappearance.

But now, here in this neighborhood, she gained new friends and re-united with old ones. She was quite welcomed in a weird way but was still accepted. At least she had great friends.

Her thoughts were interrupted by Jenny asking, "Does anyone hear someone banging?"

Everyone froze. Bex leaned closer to the sound. "It seems to be coming from this side."

Cammie was the first to follow her across the street towards a van. She was also the first to say, "It sounds as if someone's trying to escape."

Macey nodded, now everyone behind them on the curb. "Open it," Liz whispered.

Bex and Cammie looked at each other and nodded. Three, two, one! Bex mouthed.

Together they were able to open the doors and find themselves facing Nick.

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Price woke up with a huge head ache. She rubbed her temples before getting up. As soon as she sat up, she hit her head on the ceiling of the car.

She groaned in pain and grumbled, "Why me?"

She looked around and realized she was trapped in a car. Price panicked. What happened? Was I kidnapped? Where am I?

Price gulped and just before she could move slightly forward, she felt a hard pain in her head. It was as if someone hit her with a metal baseball. Suddenly, a flashback came.

Price was in her dad's office. He looked different. His eyes were hollow and he was nervous. His fingers kept tapping on the desk. Papers were set between him and Price.

"What's wrong?" Price asked. She was younger. A year or two.

Mr. Stone sighed. "I am so sorry, Ashley."

Price frowned. "Why?"

"Because of this," He pushed the papers towards her.

Price picked them up and studied them. She realized the difference. They were at least ten SAT tests. Every two was the same. Except for the grade. Those who received a low score were bumped up to average, manually.

Price gasped. "The-the,"

"Yes," Mr. Stone said. "Every test score was bumped up, therefore, being concluded as cheating."

Price got mad. She found her test. It was bumped up to a higher score than average. "Why?"

She asked. Mr. Stone didn't answer. His daughter glared at him and stood up. "Why, dad? You do know you can go to jail! I thought you were changing!"

Her father glared at her. "This is not my fault."

Price wouldn't listen to her father's yells. Instead, she ran out and headed to the bar, where coincidentally, was Zach, Sammy, Danny, and Rich.

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Mrs. Morgan stared at her sister, waiting for a reaction. Just recently, she asked Abigail what she was doing during Mr. Morgan's time of disappearance. All she got was a deep breath.

Rachel leaned across the kitchen island and whispered, "Abigail, you better tell me what you were doing or I swear I'll call Edward and tell him about that time you and Joe went exploring."

Abby blushed and watched as Rachel leaned back, a smirk on her face. Abby controlled her feelings. She was stronger. She was… trapped. "All right," Abby started, "I was with Edward and the team."

Rachel nodded, telling her to go on. Abby sighed. "We were assigned to track his movement. We got distracted and the next thing you know, BOOM! He's gone! I swear that we had him locked and his position was safe. We didn't know that he was going to wander off by himself with not unit whatsoever!"

They both started to have tears in their eyes. Rachel was ready to go on a breakdown but managed to ask, "Who else was in your team?"

Abby sniffled, ready to kill anyone who dared to question why she was acting so weak. After all, she was a strong soldier, one of the best, in the army. Abby took a breath and said,

"It was Edward, Catherine, and Steve."

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