Ava brought them a pair of coffee cups filling them as she greeted them and asked if they needed more time only for them to rattle off their order without looking at her. Without missing a beat Ava wrote down the orders repeating it back before departing. Silas scowled at how they dismissed her.
“Alexis your mom is here to pick you up,” the teacher announced. Alexis tilted her head and frowned. Why would her mother be there? She should be at work. It was Monday and three days since she met their father at the aquarium. They had been waiting for him to make his next move bu
Nearing the office she called, “Mom.” Lynn turned at her daughter’s voice. She was surprised to see Alexis approach alone since the boys never left their sister unattended. She hurriedly closed the distance and pulled her into a firm hug. “It’ll be okay, mom,” Alexis whi
As she expected stepping off the elevator it was a short walk to a spacious office. Dimly she heard the clacking of keyboards and idle office chatter but it was indistinct. They were definitely not being escorted through the main area of the floor probably an off hallway. They were ushered into t
Theo sighed for the tenth time as he peaked down the hallway. After successfully making it to the computer room without being caught his job was lookout while Sean did his thing at the nearest monitor. Minutes ticked by and Sean’s fingers continued to fly over the keyboard without pause.
“Black SUV, right?” “Right.” “Okay got it.” Alexis gripped her mother’s hand. “Stay with me mom. I told you everything will be all right.” “But Lexi, what is going on?” “We’ll explain later. Promise. We’re ready, Sean.” “Here we go
“Yeah, they have the woman and the girl now,” his partner said as Mike watched the proceedings gripping his steering wheel with white knuckles. “No. No sign of the boys. Got it. We’re supposed to stay with the mother and daughter. The other team will stay to keep watch over the brothers.”
Silas fled the board room practically hysterical at how long it had taken for them to reach their consensus about the company’s projected profits for the next quarter. None of it mattered when Ava and Alexis were in trouble. Thomas met him as he exited and quickly fell into step. “Wha