Ghosts. With chloeas and need2speed.

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver sat in the driver's seat of the car after placing the vehicle in the park position. His hands gripped tightly onto the steering wheel as he stared out the windshield at the mansion. His heart was already beating more quickly in his chest

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[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver nodded slightly, glancing at Chloe and then over at Mia. "Or anything that mentions 'The Traveler' for that matter," he added, opening the top drawer of his father's desk and carefully rifling through some papers, glancing over them and then setting them aside.

[need2speed]

"Okay," Mia drawled, flipping through the books. She didn't know what all this 'traveler' stuff was about, but she figured she'd find out soon enough.

[chloeas]

Chloe smiled when Mia just started researching, no questions asked and turned to the opposite end of the shelf, starting to go through books there.

[dl_greenarrow]

When he'd searched the entire desk from top to bottom and didn't find anything of relevance, Oliver moved over to one of the file cabinets, pulling open the top drawer. There were a lot of files--the usual stuff--warranties, medical records, insurance records, even a couple of Queen Industries things, but nothing that had anything to do with Veritas.

He moved to the next drawer, pausing when he spotted a file labeled 'Travel Records.' He plucked it from the drawer and set it on the desk, flipping through it.

[need2speed]

Nothing, nothing, boring books about business strategies, nothing...

Mia kept searching, blowing strands of dark hair off her face as she worked. Every so often she'd sneak a glance at Ollie's face to see how he was doing.

[chloeas]

Chloe knelt down on the floor to look at the bottom shelf, there was an encyclopedia, and although it looked perfectly normal, she started pulling the volumes, one by one, and looking through them.

Nothing. Until she pushed the book back into place with a soft thud. Frowning, she did it again. A hollow sound, different from every other place on the shelf.

"There's something behind here," she announced, leaning forward and starting to pull books from the shelf, piling them on the floor next to her before leaning in, knocking against the wood before feeling around it for any kind of opening.

[dl_greenarrow]

Oliver turned at her announcement and set down the papers he'd been going through. He moved over and knelt down beside her, his heart beating quickly.

He felt around on the wall just behind the bookshelf, freezing when he felt a small raised bump on the wall. He pressed his thumb against him and a small compartment opened with a soft whooshing sound.

[need2speed]

"Wicked," Mia exclaimed, her eyes brightening at the thought of a secret compartment. Suddenly the house was a lot less boring. She wondered if there were secret rooms and tunnels all over the house.

[chloeas]

Chloe held her breath and sat back on her heels, giving Oliver space but keeping an eye on the small compartment, whatever it was, it had to be connected to Veritas, or so she hoped. She didn't know what Ollie would do if he found out his dad had even bigger secrets.