CHAPTER 15
“We’re never going to find it.” Ginger groaned and collapsed onto her back in the snow, eliciting a laugh from Eli.
“Seriously? You’d give up now when we’re just one clue away from finishing this thing?” No way he was giving up. Once he’d heard Sheena confirm the ten-thousand-dollar prize for the winning team, he’d vowed to keep going no matter what. He’d been given a glimpse of a way out of this mess, one that would let him stick around Rivers End for a while, and there was no way he was going to give up. Winning meant being able to make the next payment and get Russo off his back for now.
A little voice whispered that it would be enough to give him a fresh start if he just took off and never looked back. If he ran far enough—to somewhere warm with sandy beaches—maybe he’d b
