Emily had been hardly in Rhys’ thoughts for almost a week now, but that wasn’t very surprising considering the amount of time he had put in his real work and his private investigation on Randy Dahl. He was able to dodge Ryan’s suggestion for a double date and sneaked into Randy’s house late at night for clues that could provide him answers. But when he arrived at the beta’s house, everything had already been wiped clean. This had raised more questions than answers. Rhys went home more upset and antsy. But when he received the Sunday’s local newspaper, hope rose in the pit of his stomach. He straight went to the obituary section and, lo and behold, was another coded message from his secret friend. He wasted no time and worked the rest of the day and night trying to decipher the message. R

