187 Treasure hunting

Audis wakes to a imp sitting on the side of his bed. Crystal winks at him and kisses his forehead. 

"My Audis it's time for breakfast , come on lazy bones it's time to get up. " Audis grins he is so happy to be home . Getting up he picks up Crystal and carries her to the kitchen. HeJin and Eva made breakfast and were just waiting for him.  Audis says good morning as he sits in his chair. Crystal takes the seat beside him. She looks at Eva and asks. 

"Auntie Norma gave me a treasure map she said it was your treasure.Would you like to help my Audis and me find it?" Eva looks puzzled what treasure does she need to find. 

"Of course I will help after all it's my treasure. Though I don't remember losing anything. " So they set their plans for the day. Brayden looks a little disheartening as he watches the three of them. Audis notices and asks the boy. 

"Would you like to go with us. I'm not sure I like being the only male looking for treasure. " Brayden looks at him mom for permission. Winona nods ok and the two kids take off upstairs to get ready. Winona's heart swells with admiration for the older gentlemen. He has welcomed them into his home ,given her a job and now including her son in family events. She is really happy that she came here. 

"Thank you for including him, he can be a handful so if he becomes to much trouble just let me know." Eva hears the sadness in Winona's voice. She reaches her hand across the table and takes it. 

"I'm sorry I thought it was a regular movie I didn't mean to pry." He looks at the stack and says 

"Looks like someone was missing the old days. Come let's watch we all have different home movies I'm sure I haven't seen some of these let's watch it will be fun." He sits as Winona turns the movie back on. He starts laughing. 

"I remember this day we went for a picnic at the quarry and Norma loved to dive off the cliff above it. We would have a boat in the water to make sure that everyone would stay safe. Watch each of us try." They begin to watch the antics on the screen. Winona can see the love and respect that they all have for each other. The kids just ran around and did their own thing. The parents sitting around laughing and joining in. She sees Norma about to dive it's from the perspective of the person in he boat. It's so high up you can barely tell who is about to dive. Wow she thinks yo herself this woman was fearless. After she dives. She sees a group of kids all holding hands jumping at the same time. Winona looks at Marshal and asks. 

"how deep is that lake?"  He turns and smiles as he shrugs his shoulders. 

"No one knows it used to be a open mine, they filled it when they stopped mining there. It's a water reservoir. We were crazy back then the reason for a boat in the water is because it is so deep that only a few feet at the surface is warmed by the sun. If a person is in the water to long they can get hypothermia. So we just jumped and swam at shot intervals so none would get injured. It's said that the mining company left all kinds of equipment behind and just filled the whole. There is even said to be a large crane down there. " Winona mouthed the word wow . Swimming there would be like swimming in the middle of the ocean . Marshal looks at her and leans in for a kiss , he hopes she won't reject him. Winona notices the direction of his thoughts and raises her mouth to his not letting him wonder anymore. 

Audis and the others arrive at Aisling's house the kids and Eva head straight for the tree house. Taking out the map Eva looks around for the clue. Going up to the hawks nest of the tree house she finds the symbol that matches the one on the map. Calling for the kids to come up the three of them. Eva pushes on the symbol and a small door opens. Inside is a box. Opening the box they see a small necklace and a letter. 

"Eva made this necklace at five years old. It was my Mother's Day present. Eva spent two days looking for the shells on the beach for it. This was her hiding place for her treasures. The clue for the next stop is I'm a large and deep body of water, you can jump and swim but never reach my bottom. " Eva looks through the box and sees a few of the things she treasured as a child. Her heart aches at the memory. Thinking of the clue she knows exactly where they have to go next. Giving Crystal the box but she keeps the necklace they go back to Aisling's house to get her dad. Calling Marshal on the phone she wants to ask him to come. 

"This better be good do you have any idea what you are interrupting?" He growls into his phone not wanting to stop kissing Winona. Winona hides her face in his shoulder. 

"Hey we need to go to the Quary can you meet us there. I'm on a treasure hunt designed by my mother so since you know that area best. Please will you come." Eva begs him. He just sighs and says ok. Looking at Winona he takes her hand and pulls her up from the couch with him. 

"You want to go see the quary with us. That was Eva she said that she is on a treasure hunt that her mom designed. They are heading to the quarry. You said you would like to see it so come on." Marshal drags Winona out of the house to head for the quarry. When they meet up the kids are standing on the edge of the cliff looking out over the water. Audis is with them making sure they don't jump. Eva runs over to Marshal and kisses his cheek in greeting. He embraces Ed her in return 

"So what are we looking for?" Eva pulls out the scroll and finds the symbol for at the Quarry. 

"We need to find this symbol. When we do we will be given a clue for the next stop." Looking around they begin to explore the area Audis takes Crystal and Marshal takes Brayden. Eva and Winona team up to look. Winona looks at the deep lake thinking how beautiful it is and that it looks like part of the symbol. Looking again she calls for everyone. 

"Hey guys, I think we are looking at it wrong. Look the shape of the lake is the same shape as this part of the symbol. It's alomost like an aerial view of the lake. " Audis shrugs and thinks for a moment. He pulls out his phone and makes a call. 

"yo Brian when Norma has you take her up in the helicopter where did you take her?" They hear him ask the person on the phone.  Whe gets his answer and explains. 

"Brian says that he brought her here to the Quarry she had him land on the north side so let's go across to that side and look. Walking around to the north side took about thirty minutes but when they arrived they found a sign with the symbol on the bottom. Looking around they find a large rock under the sign. Picking up the rock to see if something is there they find a small plastic box. Opening it they see a bikini and a pair of goggles. Picking up the letter they read. 

"Eva was always scared to jump so all the kids would hold her hand and jump with her. This was her favorite bikini when we would come. Oh she was such a timid chick back then. The clue for the next spot is, I'm a spot of a famous raid though My building is long gone . I am near the battle of two rivers. " Eva and Marshal look at each other and say "Harpers Ferry, the next symbol is there. Where could she have hidden anything there. We can't dig or move anything around it's federal property." Marshal thinks a minute then he remembers. 

"Does Auntie Dorothy still work there we can ask her to help us." Audis gets his phone and gives her a call. 

Looking at Crystal he tells them. 

"Our treasure hunting is over for today Dorothy will be working tomorrow. So let's head home I'm starving.