Gwen came over to meet Phoebe to ask her if she was okay but Phoebe was still recovering from the shock. “Phoebe,” Gwen nudged her shoulders and Phoebe regained herself.
“uh?” she asked while staring at Gwen.
“What’s going on?”
Phoebe turned to look at Chad’s room and the words he said flashed into her mind. She shook her head and hit her head several times to get her head straight. She didn’t answer Gwen and left. Gwen was curious to know what happened so she followed her.
“Tell me what happened.” Gwen was whining and pleading that Lucas and the Prince had to look at them.
“Stop pestering me, Gwen.” Phoebe warned her.
“Did he…”
Phoebe looked at Gwen wondering what nonsense she was going to say. “Did he what?”
“You know…” She formed her lips in form of a kiss and was bringing her lips close to Phoebe. Phoebe shifted back a little and escaped from Gwen.
“You are crazy!” She told her.
“I know, I know.” Gwen winked at her and blew her a kiss.
The prince walked over to Phoebe to ask if she was okay. Phoebe nodded. “You don’t have to worry about me.”
“You don’t have to do this.”
Phoebe knew that the Prince was trying his best not to come in between her family but what can she do? She really wants to help those people but then, her family?
Phoebe hugged him and said, “You don’t have to pretend that everything is okay. I know that you want this more than I do. Think about your people, they are all expectant of your return with the hope that you will come with the solution, I can’t let you go back the same way you came.”
The Prince hugged her back. “Thank you.”
Chad overheard the conversation and he went to meet Claudia. He knocked at the door and she told him to come in.
Claudia was keeping a box somewhere in between two wardrobes. He quickly looked away when he saw her turning to face him. “Are you going somewhere?” He noticed some clothes on the bed and a bag.
She nodded. “I need to go out of the city for a while. It’s been so long I took myself out on a vacation, don’t you think so?”
Chad smiled and nodded. “When will you be back?”
“I should stay for a week but in case something comes up, I should be back in the next five days.” After she was done putting her clothes in the bag and zipping the bag, she turned to face him. “Why are you here anyways?”
“Um…” he had intentions of telling Claudia the truth but he couldn’t bring himself to tell her.
“If you are not going to tell me what you came here for, you can as well leave so I can finish packing.”
“I will leave you to continue what you were doing.” Chad was about to leave when Claudia called him back.
“Take this to the car for me.” She passed him one of the luggage.
He took it and left the room.
“I don’t know yet.” Phoebe said.
Gwen looked back and saw Chad with a luggage, she rushed to meet him. “Where are you going? ” she asked.
Phoebe and the guys came to meet him, Phoebe didn’t say anything all she could do was stare at him.
“It’s not me.” Chad answered.
“Then who?” Phoebe asked.
He didn’t reply her. He took the luggage out of the house and into the car.
The Prince and Lucas looked at her to make sure she was OK.
Phoebe didn’t know why but her heart ached a bit.
“Girls,” Claudia called as the girls looked up at her and saw her fully dressed in a blue flowered dress and a beach hat on her head. “come and help me with this.” Gwen ran to get the luggage from her. “Take it to the car.” Gwen did as she was told.
“Where are you going?” Phoebe asked.
“Hawaii,” she answered. “I need to enjoy myself a bit, don’t you think?” Gwen and Chad came to join them. “Who knows, I might be able to see a man there.”
“Are you going for a vacation or you are going to look for a man?” Phoebe asked.
“Well, I am doing both.” She answered her. “In case you both need something, let me know okay?” They all nodded. She turned to look at the Prince and Lucas. “Can I trust you to take care of them?”
Lucas and the Prince nodded.
She hugged the girls and placed a kiss of Chad’s cheeks then she left.
They all saw her to the door and when she got into the car, they bade her good bye.
“Is anyone thinking what I am thinking?” Gwen asked.
Chad had gone inside to avoid listening to the conversation.
“What is that?” Phoebe asked.
“Mom is not around right now which means…”
Phoebe and the rest thought about it and they finally came to the realization that now would be the perfect time to search for the amulets. Phoebe pulled Gwen and hugged her. “You are a genius.”
“Of course I am.”
They went inside and they saw Chad sitting on the stairs leading to the bedroom with his arms folded across his chest. “If you want to get to the room, you have to get pass me first.”
“Chad.” Gwen called. She was surprised at his behavior. “We all agreed to do this, remember?”
“He’s no longer on our side, Gwen. Who knows, he might have already told mom about it and she is just pretended not to know anything.”
“What?” Gwen looked at Chad with surprise written all over her face. “But…”
Phoebe held her shoulders and she immediately stop talking. She walked up to Chad and said, “If you don’t want to help, then don’t stop me,” She climbed the stairs and Chad didn’t stop her. Gwen and the guys followed Phoebe to the room.
Chad left them alone to do what they wanted to do.
Phoebe tried to open the door but it was locked. “How did we get the key?”
“Who need keys these days?” Gwen pushed her aside, took a hairpin out of her hair and used it on the lock of the door and within few seconds, the door opened. She opened the door widely for everyone to come in.
“You are really a genius.”
“I know, I know.”
Lucas and the Prince smiled. Phoebe quickly searched the place she saw Claudia putting it but it wasn’t there. She turned to look at them and when they saw the shock on her face, they knew it wasn’t there. “It’s not here.”
Lucas and the Prince sighed. Where on earth are they going to start with?
“I guess we have to search everywhere then.” Gwen told them. They nodded and started searching the room.
Will they find it?