Chapter Sixty seven

By the time she got to the house, a few persons alerted to the disappearance were already there moving about the room. When Jessica entered, the first thing that met her nose was the sweet smell of the chloroform. She had been meddling with the chemical too often in the school's laboratory to miss its smell. Although it was hours later, her heightened sense of smell could pick the smell up as clearly as if the chemical was right before her.

"Jessica. You're here." It was Mrs Lopez who spoke to her. Aside from Mrs. Lopez, Mr, and Mr.s Norbert, there was also Mr Gonzales who limped about with the utmost urgency and alertness.

"I came as fast as I could," Jessica replied, gazing at Vicky's books that were scattered on the floor. "What really happened here?" Jessica asked, puzzled at the scene and what she heard.

"Our girl has probably been kidnapped." Mr Gonzales spoke up. "By who, we don't know yet but we can tell that whoever did this was careful not to be found." He added.

Jessica