Chapter 68: Chapter 68
MYSTIC HOLLOW
Homicide
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BY NAOMI INNOCENT
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CHAPTER 68
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"Why is she taking long? Should we go to the Bellos and find out what's wrong?" Peter asked Alex with a worried expression.
"I said it. This was a bad idea, going to the Bellos mansion is like going into a lion's den. What if she didn't make it out? What if.. " Alex lamented and stopped as he brought out his phone to dial her number.
"Stop... " Peter said taking the phone from him.
"Don't call her, what if she is in a tight situation right now and her phone rings then she gets caught?' Peter asked as Alex scratched his hair, he doesn't know what to think of again.
"And let's try not to be negative. Let's hope she gets out of this alive and safe. All we should do is hope and pray" Peter added as Alex breathed down.
He handed the phone back to Peter which he took and sat on the couch.
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Laura watched as Emily slept soundly on the bed as her fingers worked fast on the phone.
She kept hearing the noise from the sitting room, her heart raced real fast but she has to do it.
She searched for the chats and saw the chat she had with an unsaved number.
"This must be it" she muttered to herself as she scroll through the chats and read.
# Tell your men to seize fire for now. Wait until you receive my signal. And tell Zoe I said she should remain there with the guards and make sure to text me the situation of things. Thanks
She typed the text as she began to wonder if Emily would add a Thanks in her text. Then she immediately removed the thanks after going through the previous chat between Emily and the number.
She stared at her sleeping body on the bed as she saw through how autocratic that female might be.
"Ok, she's not the type to tell her client or anyone thanks" She muttered to herself as Emily's phone beeped.
Another text.
## Ok ma'am
The anonymous number replied.
"Wow! It worked!" She smiled feeling happy.
## Ma'am, did you ask the troops to seize the fire?
Zoe sent her a text
##Yes I did. And I want you and the guards to remain there and tell me the situation of things there and wait for my next order.
Laura replied.
## Ok ma'am
Zoe replied.
"Yessss!!! I'm so good at this stuff!" Laura danced in the room then she remembered she had to leave.
She dropped the phone on the counter and walked to the door as her mind drifted to a thought.
(What if she regains consciousness and decided to let hell loose by alerting her troops to do their worst?) Laura thought of this as she walked back to the room.
She picked the phone on the counter and smiled at Emily's sleeping body.
"I'm just gonna borrow this, Mrs. Mayor," she said looking at her wristwatch.
"And in 3 hours, the paralytic venom would pass out of your system and that of Liam's, I'm so sorry Mrs. Mayor," she said to the sleeping body as she dropped the phone in her purse.
She walked out of the room as she bumped into a maid who was going into Emily's room.
"What were you doing in Madame's room?" The maid asked furiously as she dropped the tray of food on the floor, she wanted to rush to Emily's room but Laura held her back.
"I'm Liam's girlfriend, she was having a bad dream. She asked me to sing a happy song for her which I did, then she fell asleep. I don't think you wanna wake her up. You know she's been having insomnia after Sarah died?" Laura expounded as the maid gave her a quizzical look.
"You can go check her out yourself," Laura said with a shrug as the maid rushed to Emily's room.
She saw her fast asleep as she smiled.
"Thanks, miss.. "
"Ariel. My name is Ariel" Laura lied as the maid smiled.
"Thanks, Miss Ariel. Madame has been finding it very difficult to sleep. She had to take sleeping pills before she could sleep and always wake up to a nightmare and a headache. I'm glad she's sleeping soundly now" the maid said sincerely grateful as Laura smiled.
"I'm glad I could help. I love Liam, so I love his family too" Laura said faking a smile.
"I'll quickly rush to the kitchen now. I have to prepare the mayor's favorite dish before he returns" the maid said picking up the tray as she walked away.
Laura stood there for a while watching her leave as she breathed down.
"I'll be in Liam's room," Laura said as she walked away too.
The maid got to the kitchen as she went to the sitting room.
She walked out of the mansion as the Mayor's car drove in.
She walked away very fast as he pulled over not noticing she came out from his house.
"Hewww, that was close" Laura said walking to the roadside.
Mr. Bellos came out of his car as his guards closed the door before him.
Mystic Hollow drama was giving him headaches already.
"Where did everyone go?" He muttered to himself as he walked inside the mansion while his bodyguard stayed outside.
He took off his suit and unbuttoned his sleeved shirt.
The maid came out of the kitchen when she heard a noise from the sitting room.
"Good day sir," she said bowing as she walked to him to take the suit.
"Where's everyone?" He asked removing his tie.
"Liam is in his room with his girlfriend, Ariel, and Madame is fast asleep in her private chamber" The maid explained with a bow.
"Hmm. That's new. Never knew Liam had a girlfriend already" he muttered to himself as he walked to his private room upstairs.
"Should I bring your food to you, sire?" She asked.
"Not now. I need to think" he said as he got to his doorstep, opening the door, he closed the door behind him after he entered the room.
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"Peter, you have to see this? Emily's allies have seized fire!" Alex said excitedly as Peter took a peep at his phone.
"Wow! She did it!" Peter said as they both hugged and danced around the room.
"I hope she's OK," Peter said as Alex made to dial her number.
"I'm perfectly fine," a voice said as they averted their gaze towards her, Seeing Laura there.
"Wow, you did a great job. They've seized fire" Peter said excitedly.
"And how did you come in without us noticing?" Alex asked as she smirked, removing the big earrings she wore.
"I'm a hacker you know. I work with my fingers" she said smiling as she peered around the room looking for something.
"Where are my clothes? I feel so uncomfortable in these" she said looking down at the seductive clothes she wore.
"It makes me feel like a whore" she said and frowned.
"They're in the basement," Alex said as she nodded, dropping her purse on the sofa, she walked to the basement to put on her normal clothes.
"What do you think Elena would be doing in the woods?" Alex asked Peter after he took Laura's phone from her purse.
She saw the tracker there and the location of Elena's phone that has been tracked is at Mystic Hollow Woods, looking at the map of Mystic Hollow.
"Is she nuts, what would she be doing there? Nobody ever goes to Mystic Hollow woods" Peter said.
"You should know Elena by now. She always does the unthinkable" Laura said walking towards them.
She was putting on her normal clothes now which were a pair of black trousers and a blue top, her hair was packed in a bun.
"What if she went back to that cottage she told us about?" Peter asked.
"She wouldn't go there without us knowing. As in, why would she keep secrets from us?" Alex asked a little bit annoyed.
"I don't know and I don't care. Let's just go get her. I hope she's not in danger because I don't like the fact that her voicemail is responding to us instead of her" Laura said as she took her phone from Alex.
She brought out Emily's phone from her purse and inserted it in her back pocket.
"Who owns that?" Peter asked.
"Emily Bellos. Now let's go. We don't have much time" Laura said as they all walked out of the house with Alex locking the door behind them.
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"How come we haven't seen any moving car? We've been waking for approximately two hours now" Elena said as Sarah nodded.
"I just wish a car would just pass by soon. I'm tired of waking" Elena said.
"Me too" Sarah agreed as they kept walking.
"So, you said Logan didn't attack you but the killer. Who the hell is this killer. You know I've been suspecting your dad had a hand in this. I don't just trust him. He seemed so relaxed about everything that's going on in Mystic Hollow, but then, why would he try to attack you?" Elena asked as Sarah frowned.
"How's Charlotte?' Sarah asked as Elena's eyes bulged.
"What? You knew Bonnie is Charlotte? You knew?" She asked as Sarah smiled.
"I know an old soul when I meet one," Sarah said as Elena was not liking how creepy Sarah was getting.
Luckily for them, a car was passing by as Elena stood on the road and shouted at the car.
"PLEASE HELP! WHOEVER YOU ARE! HELP!" She screamed at the driver who slowed down and stopped.
He looks like he was in his mid 30's and after a careful look at him, Elena concluded he was a pervert.
"Sir, please you have to help us. We're going to Mystic Hollow. We are stranded, please help us sir" Elena said rushing her words.
"What are you both doing here? There's no settlement close by" he said trying to figure them out as the man stared at her half-exposed breasts.
"Are you helping us or not?" Elena was getting frustrated.
He licked his lips and smiled loving what he was seeing as Sarah held her stomach which was stabbed. They both looked dirty as if they escaped an ongoing war.
"You have nice boobs, my lady. Mind if I touch them?' The driver said smiling as he brought out his hands to touch her breasts then she took the gun out from her pocket.
"I'll blow your skull off if you touch me," Elena said pointing the gun at his head as he urinated on his body. She was done playing nice, a geek like this ought to be handled roughly.
"I'm sorry... Please don't... Don't kill me" he said almost crying as she smiled.
"Good, now you're gonna take me and my friend to Mystic Hollow, understood?" She asked as he quickly nodded.
She opened the car door and called on Sarah to come inside which she did. She still pointed the gun at his head as she entered the back passenger's seat with Sarah.
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TBC