When 18-year-old Liam visits his late grandfather’s neglected grave to say a final goodbye, he doesn’t expect to find a mystery waiting for him. Hidden beneath the moss on the tombstone are strange coordinates, engraved in a way that feels like a clue. Intrigued, Liam follows the trail to a railway station’s cloakroom—and uncovers a painful family secret. In his final years, Grandpa had quietly tried to make Liam’s dream come true, even as Liam’s deceitful father nearly destroyed it. Now, the last chance to fulfill that dream rests in Liam’s hands.
With a heavy heart and a bouquet of white roses, Liam knelt beside his grandfather Robert’s overgrown grave on a cool autumn afternoon. Saying goodbye was hard—especially now that his family was leaving town after losing everything.
“Dad gambled all our money away,” Liam whispered through tears. “We’re moving into a trailer, fifteen miles west. He says he found me work as a mechanic… but Grandpa, my dream of building planes and flying around the world? It’s gone.”
As Liam wept and gently cleared the moss from the headstone, something unexpected appeared—numbers carved into the stone, arranged in a format he immediately recognized.
They looked like coordinates.
Memories of childhood treasure hunts with Grandpa Robert came flooding back. Excited and confused, Liam punched the numbers into his phone’s map app and found the location pointed to the town’s train station—specifically, a baggage storage room.
“Is Grandpa trying to tell me something?” Liam wondered aloud.
Brushing aside doubts, he jumped on his bike and raced to the station.
“Hi,” he said at the front desk, catching his breath. “Could you check if there’s a locker under the name R. Hudson?”
After searching the records, the receptionist nodded. “Yes—locker number 417. It’s been in use for over a year and has a combination lock.”
Liam thanked her and made his way to the room, staring at the locker as a dozen possible codes ran through his mind.
But nothing worked—until he heard the distant hum of an airplane overhead.
Eyes wide, Liam suddenly remembered something only he and Grandpa shared… and with shaking hands, he entered the numbers: 1…
[To be continued.]