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fifty-three.

It was easier than June had thought. Sarah had ridden her bike all the way from Tanny Hill to the Chateau, the girl appearing on the porch and earning a smile from June as she did. The March girl was seated on JJs lap, a permanent smile stuck on his lips as he recalled the night that June and him had shared after she came in from the hammock. Let's just say it was one that neither of them would easily forget.

"Well hello princess."  JJ greeted Sarah, June watching as the girl cast a look towards the boy.

"Whats up?" Kie said, June waving at the blonde girl as she crawled off of JJs lap.

"Shouldn't you be on Fisher Eight with your little group of polo players? Or did you break up with Topper?" John B said, earning a look from the blonde girl.

"We're just friends."

"He's just a friend. You have a lot of friends Sarah Cameron." John B said, June shooting him a glare as Sarah immediately shot back.

"Yeah and it seems like you've got some of your own too." Sarah said, turning and  dropping a hand on June's shoulder. June lifted her own hand to it, patting it as John B sat up.

"All right, what are you doing here? What do you want?" The brunette boy said, Sarah turning her attention away form him and to Pope who was sitting in his chair, his jacket covering him.

"I'm here for Pope." Sarah said, all of them looking at her in confusion before she spoke again. "I think I found the island room."  June shot a look to John B, the whole group quickly getting up and heading towards the van. JJ picked June up as she was climbing in, lifting her by the waist and putting her on the seat beside him, the girl giggling as Kie and Pope rolled their eyes at the pair.

The ride there June was sat on the floor,  Pope talking about the cross and what the diary had said. When they got there June sucked in a breath, feeling a small bit of anxiety at the sight of Tanny Hill, somewhere where she had spent a fair amount of time. She had an overwhelming feeling that she was going to come across Rafe, she also wasn't ready for the flurry of memories that would come back to her as she walked down the hallways of Tanny Hill.

Sarah led them through the house, June keeping her eyes glued to JJs back as she tried to avoid looking around and remembering things. The six teens walked into one room, all eyes immediately widening as they looked at the room whose walls were covered in a map, the wallpaper in shreds on the floor.

"Look."

"Whoa! You've got to be kidding me." Pope said, his eyebrows raising in surprise as he looked at the walls.

"Yeah I know right. It's the island room." Sarah said, looking at Pope.

"Whoa." June whispered, walking into the room and right towards a hole in the wall. She touched the wall, her eyes wide as she wondered what had caused it.

"It's been here this whole time."

"No freaking way." John B said, bumping June's shoulder as he remembered what the two of them had discussed the night before.

"This definitely means something." JJ said, his eyes glued to the walls as well as he walked inside.

"Yo this is a map of the whole island." John B said, turning around so he could look at another part of the wall.

"Yeah, John B, I think you're right because this is Rixons right here. And then there's the light house." JJ said, pointing at a drawing in the wall.

"Battery Jasper." June said, pointing to the old fort and then turning to Kie as she spoke.

"Guys,  look,  Parcel 9 and the well." She said, pointing to another drawing on the wall.

"So, if that's Parcel 9 , and then that's Rixons, then that's gotta be the surf break at Mase." John B said, him and JJ meeting by the far wall. June's lips turned up as they started to piece together the puzzle, June watching as JJ spoke again.

"Right. And look. Pope come here. This is Denmark's handwriting for sure." JJ said, a smile on his face as he held the paper up to the wall.

"The drawings, they match up. Denmark you genius! These are all his drawings. He...he painted this entire room." Pope said, a bewildered look on his face as he looked around.

"Yeah but the question is why. What's he trying to tell us?" Kie asked, her fingers brushing against the drawings on the wall.

"It's gotta have something to do with the key right? Right?"

"Yeah but what?"

"Maybe it's-" June was cut off by John B, the boy leaning over Sarah and asking her a question.

"How'd you know to uncover this?"

"I didn't." Sarah said, looking back at the boy. "It was like this when I got home."

"What?"

"Okay then who did it?" Kie asked, June furrowing her eyebrows as she got an idea. Who else lived in this house?

"I don't know."

"The freaks." They all jumped at the voice behind them, JJ sticking up his fists as they all caught sight of Wheezie. June's hand was clasped against her chest, her heart beating rapidly as she tried to calm down from having been jump scared.

"Wheeze."

"Wait...what freaks are we talking about Wheeze?" JJ asked, all of them turning to look after he younger girl.

"Uh...that sick lady and her attack dogs.  They...they showed up last night and they wanted to talk to Rafe." June shook her head as she realized who the girl was talking about, her eyes rolling at the thought of Tyler.

"Wait. Pale blonde lady?"

"Crutches?"

"Uh -huh." Wheezie confirmed, June letting out a sigh.

"That bitch." June said, JJ snapping his head to look at the girl.

"Language June. There's a child in the room." JJ said, shaking his head in disapproval as he gestured towards Wheezie. The youngest Cameron furrowed her eyebrows at him, crossing her arms over her chest as June flipped him off.

"What-what happened?" John B asked, Wheezie looking at him now.

"First, they search the whole house looking for something and then Rafe told me to go upstairs. But I didn't wanna miss out so I listened through the grate." Wheezie continued to explain what had happened, the six teens looking at her as she spoke. "And they were talking about getting across the sand flamingo."

"That's code. That's code for something."

"Flamingo? Uh I don't kno-" June started, the girl getting cut off by Pope.

"The cross. The cross of Santo Domingo?"

"Yeah that's it. And they were talking about angels. A lot of angel talk. I don't know." Wheezie said, all of them trying to figure out what that could mean.

"Wait wait. Pope didn't Denmark say something about the foot of the angel?" June said, snapping as she pointed at the boy.

"Yes, Denmarks famous last words. He buried the real treasure at the foot of the angel. They're looking for an angel. We have to find an angel in the room." Pope said, all of them immediately spreading out and looking around the room. They searched frantically, their eyes glued to the wall as they looked.

"There's a church over here!"

"Yeah check the church."

They all continued to shout theories, June telling something about a flamingo again and making John B give her another disappointed look.

"It's still there. Hey yo! Hey guys I think I found something. Come here! This humongous tree is still on Goat Island. You know what it's called?" JJ said, all of them gathering around him as he pressed his finger against the painting.

"Angel Oak." Pope said, June's mouth opening in surprise as she looked at JJ.

"Look there. There's the keyhole."

"Wait."

"That means the cross is buried at the foot of the angel. Wow , that must be where he put it." They all shared a triumphant smile before Popes eyes widened, all of them watching as he started to yell. "That must be where they are right now! We have to go!"

They all hurried out, JJ yelling as they headed towards the door.

"I think I'm Sherlock Holmes, all right? You're welcome by the way!" JJ shouted, looking after the group as they ran out the door.

"Yeah, hurry up Sherlock!" John B said, pulling the boy out of the room. June grabbed his face, pressing a sloppy kiss to his cheek and giving him a genuinely proud smile.

"That was so smart of you baby. Let go!"

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