Chapter 57– Tension

Chapter 57

ALLESIA

It took over twenty minutes for the officers to come out of the house with Luca and two of Russel's men trailing them. On sighting them, I noticed that Russel raised a questioning brow and the first thing Luca did was to give him a reassuring nod, which seemed to calm him a bit because there was a momentary relief on his face.

I needed no telling that if anything goes wrong, none of those officers would leave this place alive because Russel still had his hand presser tightly on his gun holster, which the officers did not seem to notice. Not only that, but all four of them seemed to be communicating with their eyes and I felt like the only odd one out because I didn't understand what was going on.

“So,” Kegan cleared his throat, “Did you find anything?”

The officer shook his head, “Nothing for now.”

“I told you,”

“But we'd love to question your staff.”

At this point, Russel hissed, “Whatever for?” he raked his hand through his hair and scoffed, “Are you accusing