Taking action

Alessandro's POV

“Good afternoon, sir,” Shelton's voice came from the other end of the line.

“Afternoon, how is the search party going?” I went straight to the point. “Has any of the fugitive prisoners been apprehended yet?”

“Yes, sir. The orchestrator of the plan and two others were caught today,” He responded. “It remains Laura and one other lady. I'm highly certain they will be caught very soon.”

“Alright, thanks for your help.” I said, before hanging up and averting my focus to Catherine whose gaze was fixated at the void in front of her, as she laid beside me on the bed.

After news of the prison break broke out, Catherine became more reserved and quiet. She rarely spoke and was always spacing out.

It was so bad that she had cut herself with a knife earlier today while dicing carrots.

“That was Shelton,” I said, when she looked at me. “Three out of the five escapees have been caught. It's only a matter of time before they apprehend her.”

“I hope so,” Catherine whispered,