Chapter 170

My ears are ringing and I have to stop moving for a few seconds because I feel dizzy. I close my eyes also and it helps, for the ringing and dizziness fade away as quickly and abruptly as they came. I stand upright and I open my eyes, I don’t know why my body reacted that way, I have heard gunshots close to me over and over, and have even fired different kinds myself.

“Jen, what are doing? Get over here!” I hear Cara say and I lock eyes with her, I don’t see Natalie and I suspect that she has already entered the room where Rob’s father is in. Cara is standing in the doorway and she is waving me over.

I move my legs and I close the distance between us, the bodies of the four guards that were stationed at the door lay limp on the floor.

“What happened? You froze up,” Cara tells me and I shrug, not knowing exactly what to tell her.

“Let’s go, sir. This is for your own safety,” I hear Natalie say and when I look in the direction of her voice, I see her walking with a middle-aged man by h