Frank Is Going To Kill Himself

Well, thanks to Alia and some of the other folks on my buddy list, I found out that Frank stugged the image that was on his Flickr. Apparently stugging is hiding a text file inside of an image file... anyway, what Frank said was he was going to end it all.

Considering he posted that image yesterday, I'm afraid it's too late to do anything to stop him. I'm sending him frantic emails, but I don't know if I have enough time. If only I had known about stugging before, I could have done things differently.

Well, I guess all there is to do now is sit back and wait for confirmation that Frank is gone. I'm having a hard time with this... I'm sobbing like a baby. A month ago, my life was fine. I don't know how things can change this quickly. Why does this happen?!

To Frank:

I don't hate you. I understand completely that you're having a hard time adjusting to the difficulties we've been encountering, and I understand that you need some time to yourself. However, Frank, we need you. Why do you want to just give up the fight like this? You seem to be semi-interested in helping the Victims of Miss Corinn, because you sent me the link to the Silver Garden website, so... What's wrong? I really wish you would contact me and let me know how you are. I'm worried about you. Your realtor said you never moved into the house. I don't know how you're staying clean, because you left all of your clothes in your car at the hotel. I guess you're out there somewhere, and you obviously have access to a computer, even though your laptop is in the hotel room. So I'm hoping you see this message. Please, come back and help us out. We're getting closer to finding Katrina every day... She is definitely alive and she seems to want you, even if she doesn't know it.

Frank, I miss you. And I do not hate you.

-Lucy

OK, so this is what I've been able to find so far.

On the first page of the Silver Garden website, Miss Corinn asks if we're ready to begin looking for answers. So, the answer is yes. Add yes.htm to the end of the URL, and you get

http://www.freewebs.com/silvergarden/yes.htm

That tells us to find the path. So...

http://www.freewebs.com/silvergarden/path.htm

That's very interesting. It asks us where the path leads to next, and if you look at Katrina Plessing's latest post you can see the stop on the path after the bench is the tree. Thus...

http://www.freewebs.com/silvergarden/tree.htm

Go us. Read over there, and it asks us to "play out the string" to the next location. According to Katrina, the path goes from the tree to the rock.

http://www.freewebs.com/silvergarden/rock.htm

And that's where the path ends, for now... Miss Corinn wants us to rest. Whoop Dee Do.

That website gave us a lot of information. It seems to me that Katrina is NOT dead... I think it's the PATH.HTM one that talks about someone giving Miss Corinn no choice, and she had to do what she did, and now "she" screams until she has no voice. That sounds to me like Miss Corinn has Katrina locked up somewhere.

Another thing... probably just a coincidence, but if you ask me the layout of the Silver Garden seems a lot like Stephen King's made-up world "Boo'ya Moon" in his latest book, Lisey's Story. I think I wrote about that book before... but whatever. I don't wanna ruin the book for anyone.

I'm feeling much better today than I did yesterday. This hunt through the Silver Garden has really gotten my spirits up... it seems we're getting closer to the answers. Did you all see the update on http://www.freewebs.com/phoenixfirecorp/red24.htm? Something is happening on November 17th. Vudofo... whatever that is.

Ok, well, I'm going to go to the library, see if I can't find me a good book to read right now. I need something to pass the time.

Talk to everyone sometime soon!

Communication

Well, I opened up the paper just now and you're not going to believe what fell out.

In case you can't read that (damn cell phone camera) here's what it says:

Lucy- this is probably the last time you're going to hear from me. I'm
going away. Please, though, don't hate me. Unravel the mysteries at
this site... came across it by accident. http://www.freewebs.com/silvergarden.

Haven't had a chance to go there yet. I've been so busy trying to get the damn picture online, it's taken all of my energy. I'm gonna post this, and then go check it out...

Nothing Yet

No word from Frank yet. I'll let you know when something happens.

What's Going On?

OK, I'm freaked out a bit.

I just got an email from Frank.

To: "Lucy Middleton"
From: "Frank Dawes"
Subject: (no subj.)

Be ready. I will contact you again tomorrow.

-Frank

Frank doesn't sound like himself... if I had to guess, I'd say that Frank was captured and someone is posing like him. It starts tomorrow, I guess! I suppose I'll have to be ready for whatever "Frank" throws at me.

Yikes.

Dimmick Inn A Dead Trail

Sorry, I forgot to post last night when I got back from checking out the Dimmick Inn and Steakhouse. I was dead tired, so I just fell right asleep and woke up about a half-hour ago. The Dimmick Inn is a really nice place, but I didn't see any signs of the Coven. Sylvia, I guess we were reaching a bit with the whole PA's Steakhouse/ Pennsylvania Steakhouse thing. There are no hidden trails leading off into the woods, because the Dimmick is in the middle of town. No woods near here. Also, there's nothing that looks like it could be the Silver Garden. I thought I might have finally been onto something, but I guess not.

So, did everyone hear Saddam Hussein is sentenced to death for what he did to those poor people in Iraq? I wish the same thing would happen to the Coven.

I'll be on AIM later if anyone wants to talk. I'm hoping Frank will try to contact me again so I can make sure it's really him who sent me that note.