The Lighthouse Keeper
mysteryEveryonePete pulled on his boots and rowed Mara across himself. 'The last keeper was my best friend,' he said. 'He vanished one winter. Never found him. I always wondered if he just didn't want to be found.' The light flashed twice above them as they reached the rock.
At the top, they found no one, just a wall covered in carved tally marks counting the days. Pete touched the latest mark. The cut was fresh. 'He was here,' Pete breathed. 'Today.' A door at the back of the room stood slightly open, leading down to caves they never knew existed.
What happens next?
1 ways forwardThey followed the stairs down into a dry cave with a cot, a stove, and shelves of food. The old keeper had built a home below the lighthouse. He stepped out of the shadows, calm and kind. 'I never left,' he told Pete. 'I just got tired of being watched.' The two old friends shook hands, and the secret was finally safe.