Chapter 168

As soon as the door was broken down and the officers gained entry into the room, they found a man, his wife and two kids tied to the wall.

“What!”

“What’s going on there?” the commanding officer asked from outside where he maintained his position.

“The boys aren’t here but we have hostages who are tied and gagged. We believe they are the inhabitants of the house.”

“Is there no sign of Harper or the boys?” the officer asked his men.

“There is no ‘No’ sign of them sir, we’ve gone through every nook and cranny in this house and we couldn’t find any of them—no Harper and the boys aren’t here too.”

The officer directed them to quickly untie the victims. They were mumbling in the background as he communicated with his men.

As the cops approached the tied up victims, the mumbling increased, they wondered why.

“What’s going on with these guys?” The puzzled look on the cops’ faces suggested that question. They did not have to wait for long to g