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.

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

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.

“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.”

“Ava, are you all right? Did he hurt you?” Silas asked stirring her from her thoughts. “…N-no. He didn’t.” She shook her head. “Lucky for him then. If he had…” Silas let his words and thoughts fall silent not wanting to continue less he scare her. “I’m sorry.”