CHAPTER 5 Tuck and Sam stared at the clock So he keeps Foggy Harbor foggy with this But how and why Sam asked Tuck shook his head and together they placed the clock back on the shelf
Above them the hammering had quit and they heard Uncle Mitch’s buzz saw start up again Let’s get out of here before your uncle finds us Tuck said heading for the stairs But Sam was already exploring other corners of the hidden room One shelf held dusty bottles of murky liquid with peeling labels on them their names too faded to read Another shelf held a long wooden spear with a sharp metal arrow tip lashed on with rope This one didn’t look old like the whale harpoon upstairs It looked new and polished like it had been recently handmade
Come on Sam Tuck said But she shook her head Moving around with Mom who didn’t talk about the past Sam never had any mementos no family photos nothing to prove that she’d come from somewhere Now here was a room full of secret treasures carrying loads of clues to her past and Uncle Mitch could answer them all She flipped open a trunk pulling out a handful of white lace A wedding dress I bet this was his wife’s dress she said Sam dug further into the trunk as Tuck walked over to the staircase ready to head up At the bottom of the chest sat a small box Sam
