45. The Family

It was just before dawn when Alex went to the kitchen to make some coffee. He was still wearing his jeans and shirt from the day before. He couldn't sleep and wanted to get an early start looking for Arystyn. Just then he heard something and peeked around the edge of the door just in time to see Austin sneaking out the back door. Alex grabbed his keys and followed quietly so as not to alert Austin that he had seen him. Austin was in his car backing out of the driveway. Alex jumped into his own car and started it and followed Austin from a safe distance.

Austin drove out of town and turned left and headed south toward the interstate. Once on the interstate Austin drove for another 2 hours before turning right onto a gravel road. Alex followed for what seemed like another 20 miles before Austin finally took a left onto a long driveway where an old mansion was sitting.

Alex watched from a distance as Austin walked up to the door and without knocking entered the old mansion.

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