"Search the lake."
I don't know why I said that.
Maybe because Richard wanted us to chase him.
Maybe because for twenty years every clue had led back here.
The lake.
Always the lake.
Lucas nodded first.
Then Ethan.
Even Vanessa agreed.
Richard disappeared into the forest.
But none of us followed.
Instead, we turned toward the dark water.
Toward the place where our lives had changed forever.
The sun was beginning to set.
Golden light stretched across the surface.
Making it look peaceful.
Beautiful.
A liar's beauty.
Because beneath that water...
Something had been hidden for t