Larry, Nick and Jessica were at Rebecca's house, sitting in the living room. Rebecca was in with Hailey trying to get her to talk, but with no luck. Hailey never said a word at the museum or on the way home. Everyone was worried about her.

Rebecca finally emerged from Hailey's room. Everyone looked at her with the same silent question. Rebecca shook her head as she sat on the couch next to Larry. For awhile no one spoke. They were trying to figure out a way to get Hailey to talk, but they knew nothing they did would work. Hailey was very hurt and was betrayed by the person she was close to.

Ten minutes had passed when Jessica gave an irritated sigh. She stood up and marched to Hailey's room. The three left in the room stared at the closed door, wondering what Jessica was going to do.

Hailey was sitting on her bed with her knees pulled to her chest and her arms wrapped around her legs.

"This is ridicules." Jessica said. "I know grandpa hurt you, but that's no reason to become a zombie. Are you going to be like this forever?"

Jessica waited for Hailey to answer, but she didn't. She continued to stare down like she hadn't even heard her sister. Jessica became even more annoyed so she walked over to Hailey and slapped her across the face. Hailey finally looked up.

"What did you do that for?"

"I got you to talk." Jessica smirked.

"I'm sorry. Grandpa promised me he was done stealing. I trusted him and he betrayed me."

Jessica sighed as she sat next to her sister. "Hailey, people are going to betray you throughout your life. People you are close to or acquaintances. I know it's hard, but you can't let it bring you down or stop you from living your life. If you do then life is going to pass you by and you don't want that, do you?"

Hailey shook her head. "No. I just-"

"Do you want to go talk to him? It might make you feel better."

Hailey thought about it. She really didn't want to see him at the moment, but Jessica might be right. It might make her feel better to at least find out why he did.

"Yeah, I do."

The two sisters stood up and walked back out into the living room with the others. "I'm going to go see my grandfather." Hailey said, which surprised everyone. "I need to find out why he did it. That is the only way am going to get through this."

"Do you want me to go with you?" Rebecca asked.

"No, Jessica is going with me. You all have been so good to me and I consider you guys family, but this is something Jessica and I have to do alone."

"I understand. We'll be right here if you need us."

"Thank you so much."

Hailey hugged Rebecca then she and just took a left the house. They took the bus to the jail and on the way there Hailey was feeling so many emotions. She was nervous, angry, hurt, and betrayed. She didn't want see her grandfather at all, but she had to find out why he did it. Why did he break his promise? Was everything he said and the relationship they had a lie? She was questioning everything and she didn't think she would be able to trust her grandfather again.

The two sisters arrived at the jail, but they did not go in. Hailey stood outside, staring up at the building. Her stomach was tied up in knots just thinking about him. He had done her wrong and she wanted nothing more to do with him, but she had to know.

Hailey slowly made her way up the steps and into the building. Jessica did all the talking to the officer while Hailey fidgeted with her hands. After a few minutes of talking the officer allowed Jessica and Hailey to go back. Jessica wasn't as nervous as Hailey because she did not have the close relationship that Hailey had with their grandfather.

As they were waiting in the room time seemed to be going by slow. Each tick of the clock seemed to echo around her as she was becoming more nervous and frightened. Finally the door opened and Cecil walked in the room.

Cecil was surprised to see Hailey. He saw the many scrapes and bruises she had over her body. He knew he had caused those. If it weren't for him Hailey wouldn't have ended up like this.

"I'm surprised to see you here." Cecil said. "I was sure you wouldn't want to see me again."

"I don't want see you again." Hailey said. "But I have to know why. Why did you do it? And why did you drag me into it? You promised in you broke that promise. I was stupid to believe you."

"Listen to me Hailey, I didn't have a choice in this."

"You always have a choice and you chose the wrong choice. How could you do this to me? You betrayed me and that hurts more than you'll ever know."

"I do know and I'm sorry. I regret it and I wish I could do it over."

"Then why did you do it?" Jessica asked. "Did you even think about us? Did you think about Hailey?"

"Of course I thought about you two. That's why I did it."

Both Hailey and Jessica looked at Cecil in confusion. "How does that make sense? You should have known this was going to hurt us so why did you do it?"

Cecil sighed. "I didn't want you to know what I did. I did something I'm not proud of and I didn't want you two to know."

"You've already done something you shouldn't be proud of. You stole from the museum. What else have you done that you don't want us to know?"

"A few years back my friends and I were in Florida. The museum there just got a new artifact. It was very valuable and worth a lot of money. We were going through hard times then and needed the money. We made a plan to steal it. We were going to go in at night and no one was supposed to get hurt. We had the artifact and we were going to leave when a guard tried to stop us. I was just going to knock him out so we can escape."

Cecil sighed as he closed his eyes. It was so long ago, but he relieved what he did every day and he regretted agreeing to that job.

"Without thinking I grabbed the closest thing to me and hit the guard over the head. He fell to the floor, motionless. Blood started to spread across the floor. I called 911 for help then me and the guys got out of there."

"You killed him?" Jessica gasped.

"No. I found out later that the man slipped into a coma. He was in a coma for six years before he woke up. I took six years away from him and I have never forgiven myself for that. I didn't want you to know. I didn't want you to think badly of me."

"So you decided to steal from the museum to protect you secret?" Hailey asked in disbelief. "Either way I would think badly of you. You stole from the museum. Why did you think that would be ok? Didn't you think I was going to hate you for that? You broke your promise to me and I don't think I can ever trust you."

Hailey turned her back and headed for the door.

"Hailey-"

"I think you've said enough." Jessica said.

Hailey and Jessica soon left and Cecil was put back in his cell. He felt bad for what he had done. He shouldn't have done it and now he might not see Hailey again. He had broken her trust and that can't be easily repaired.

On the way back Hailey was silent. She couldn't believe what her grandfather had done. She had never felt more hurt in her life.

"Are you going back to being silent?" Jessica asked. "I'll slap you again."

Hailey sighed. "No. I just can't believe what grandpa did. I thought he was better than that."

"Everyone does things we don't expect. We can't change what happened. What we have to do now is live with it and go on with our life."

Hailey knew her sister was right. Nothing can change what happened so all she can do now is move on. It won't be easy, but she'll do it.

When the two of them got back to Rebecca's, everyone wanted to know how it went, though no one said anything. They knew this was hard for Hailey so they were going to wait until she wanted to talk about it.

It only took Hailey an hour to tell everyone what happened. They didn't understand what Cecil was doing either. He had to have known that if he did go through with this then Hailey wouldn't talk to him again. It looks like he messed things up more than before and who knows if it can be repaired.

Hailey soon told Alexis and Evan what had happened and to cheer her up they had given her a fun day out. They went to the arcade, movies, the mall and had a water fight in the park. It really helped Hailey cheer up.

Throughout the summer Hailey had gotten better, but she never went to see her grandfather. She still felt hurt and betrayed and didn't know when or if she could ever forgive him. Jessica had only visited him one other time, though after that she didn't go again.

Hailey had gotten a job at the museum during the day. She worked as a tour guide and she loved it. Some of the kids always came back because she made learning about history fun.

It had gone by faster than anyone would have liked, but summer was coming to an end. Hailey was happy and sad at the same time. Sad because summer was ending and that meant she couldn't spend all night at the museum. She was also happy because this was going to be her last year of high school.

Hailey wasn't the only one who was sad. Ahkmenrah was also a little sad since he wouldn't be able to see Hailey as much, but he knew that her education was important.

At the moment the two of them were sitting in Ahkmenrah's tomb. It had been a long and chaotic year. Even though Hailey was still hurt by what had happened at the beginning of the summer she was still happy in the arms of her boyfriend.

It was still strange to Hailey that she was dating and Egyptian pharaoh. She didn't think she could ever be a hundred percent use to it, but she wouldn't change it for anything in the world.

"This is the last night we'll be able to stay up all night." Ahkmenrah said with sadness.

"Just think only four more months then it will be winter break."

"That's too far away."

"It will go by faster than you know it."

The night also went faster than either of them realized and it was a few minutes until sunrise. Ahkmenrah gave Hailey a kiss then climbed into his sarcophagus. Hailey then made her way to the lobby. She knew she would be able to see him. It was just with school starting she couldn't stay out all night, but for some reason she felt very depressed.

The summer had come to an end and it went by too fast. Hailey hoped that the school year would go by just as fast, but it never did. School always went by slow, but Hailey looked on the bright side of that. This would be the last year she would be able to hang out with Alexis and Evan so the slower the school year goes the more time Hailey will get to spend with them.

Many things had change this past year and this year will bring more changes. She didn't know what the future holds, but she will remember the advice that was given to her. Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It's learning to dance in the rain.

And that is the end of the story, but fear not for there is a sequel in the works. ^_^

Thank you to everyone who read this story. Your support makes me want to continue to write.

I'm not exactly sure when I'll have the sequel up. I'm still trying to think of a plot. I kinda know what I want to do, but I'm also thinking of something else. If any of you have ideas or want to see something in the sequel then let me know and I'll see what I can do.

Thanks again to everyone ^_^