She didn’t have a look at me however leaned again in her chair and watched the ocean. I learn the clue after which smiled, amazed how nicely my father knew Natalie and that she appreciated to take the labels off wine bottles to place the clue there. It additionally made me a bit envious and decided to know all the things I might about Natalie. I had gotten to know her so nicely within the final week however I wished to know all the things about her.

I might inform she didn’t wish to discuss in regards to the clue simply but and there was one thing else on her thoughts. I didn’t say something however waited.

“Do you’ve any thought what your father’s endgame is right here?”

Natalie didn’t have a look at me as she requested however I regarded over at her. She was sporting a pair of sweats and a long-sleeved shirt, her knees bent up round her as she hugged them to her chest. Her pink hair was unfastened and blew softly within the breeze. She had by no means regarded extra lovely or extra weak to me. I used to be positive it was as a result of I used to be seeing a aspect to her that was hardly ever seen that made her much more particular to me. She wasn’t a lady who allowed folks in simply and I wished to suppose she was letting me in.

“Solely my father is aware of and he isn’t going to inform us. Or he’ll, however in his personal time.”

“Do you miss him?”

“Daily. But. I really feel like he’s right here; that he has been with us the entire time. No matter we determine to do subsequent with the present, he will likely be with us there too. I feel he wished to offer us this time to grieve him but additionally to recollect him. As soon as we had we might transfer on previous him and determine what our subsequent step is. You?”

“Similar. I didn’t wish to do that however I’m glad we did. I really feel like I’m nearer to him than I’ve ever been. A part of me doesn’t need this to finish as a result of I really feel like I’ll be letting him go. However there’s one other a part of me that may’t anticipate this to be over so I can transfer on. But, as quickly as I feel that I really feel like I’m betraying him and his reminiscence.”

“No, in no way. I feel that’s precisely what Dad would need us to do. He gave us this opportunity to have a final goodbye with him so we are able to certainly say goodbye and begin our subsequent chapter. No matter that could be.”

I didn’t inform her that I wished that chapter to be us, collectively. Not solely working collectively however being collectively. I had come to admire and respect Natalie however I used to be falling in love along with her too. She was essentially the most unimaginable girl I had ever met and I wished to discover a solution to have her by my aspect.

“What would you like?” she requested.

“To maintain my father’s legacy alive, to do proper by him, to do proper by our workers, to discover a solution to hold no matter now we have occurring, going.”

“You suppose that would work? Don’t you suppose that we would find yourself hating or killing one another ultimately? It isn’t like now we have the perfect monitor document with regards to working collectively.”

“True, however so much has modified within the final week. I’ve modified. I feel you’ve modified too. I feel we’ve began to see one another in methods we by no means thought was attainable.”

“I’ve actually seen extra of you than I believed I’d,” she stated with fun.

“Are you complaining?”

“No. I wished to be with you. I don’t remorse it.”

Her phrases made it sound prefer it was previously or that it might finish after we obtained residence and I didn’t need that.

“I don’t both. I feel we’ve turned a nook in how we’re with one another and the way we’re going to be going ahead. I don’t wish to lose that.”

“You’re good at your job. Most likely top-of-the-line I’ve ever seen. I don’t suppose I ever informed you that, in all probability as a result of I didn’t wish to admit it both,” she stated with a delicate chortle.

“And also you’re unimaginable at what you do. You would possibly suppose you have been Dad’s sidekick however you have been as a lot part of the present as he was. I do know you can also make it yours. We are able to make it ours.”

She didn’t reply me and I questioned if she had even heard me as she stared out onto the water for such a very long time. I wished to know what she was considering, what she wished. I wanted to know the place I match into all the things along with her. However I might inform that I had stated an excessive amount of and I had pushed her.

“We don’t need to take care of any of that now. We are able to take care of one drawback at a time and proper now that’s ending this hunt and see the place it leads us,” I stated.

“To the best treasure we are going to ever discover,” Natalie whispered.

“What was that?” I requested.

“That’s the top sport. Rick stated that when he gave us our clue and I requested what the top sport was. “To search out the best treasure you’ll ever discover.”

“What do you suppose it’s? Do you suppose Dad had some type of inheritance for us? Some prize he wished us to have?”

“I don’t know,” Natalie stated and shot out of her chair. I might see her pent-up power and frustration on the dialog. “And the one approach we’re going to discover out is that if we end this factor.”

Reaching down she picked up the paper with the subsequent clue on it and skim it. I waited to see what she would say. Any additional dialogue about us, our future, or something in addition to the hunt have been now fully off limits.

“It’s a lighthouse, however which one. Are you aware if there’s one which overlooks Avila Seaside?” she requested.

Supply: www.seynovel.com