The police captain had initially intended to arrest Janet, but Daniel said something to him. Then, the captain, as well as the other police cars, drove away from the scene.
Janet was shivering, and shrank in the Rolls-Royce car. She sighed and wondered why God was so unfair with her, and why the punishment had come so soon!
'Please, help!'
Calling for help was in vain, and then Janet was taken away by Daniel.
Without any words, Daniel drove her back to his own mansion, and threw her into an empty room at the third floor. He then locked the door and went away.
Was he gone?
Just like that? Without uttering not even a single word?
She seemed to hear the mansion's gates locking.
Janet was so anxious that she kept going around the room, not knowing what to do next. She was unable to contact anyone outside the mansion because her mobile phone was already taken away by Daniel; now she had only her handbag with her.
She checked if the windows were open, and they were, but she was at the third floor of the house, and it was a big jump! It was too high, and Janet didn't have the courage to jump out of the window.
But the longer she stayed here, the uneasier she became. So Janet eventually decided to escape through the window.
When she was looking for something in the room to make a rope out of, she heard some hammering noise coming from outside the windows.
She then saw a few people climbed on a ladder, and then opened a window, and said, "What are you guys doing there?"
"Placing security windows!" They threw out to her these three simple words and went on their business.
... Janet was shocked that Daniel had even thought of the windows. "No! Please, listen!"
Screaming, Janet tried to ask for help from the workers: "Sir, please, help me! I am being held hostage by an evil man!"
"Then why don't you ask the police to help you?"
This question dumbfounded Janet, 'Ask the police for help?' she thought. 'Wasn't she caught by the police in the first place?' "I haven't got a phone," she said.
"Girl, I'll lend you my phone. Call the police." The worker handed his phone with pity.
Janet had no choice but to accept his phone. Then she started to brainstorm and searched for any phone numbers in her mind that were relevant to her current situation.
She wasn't willing to let her parents know about what had happened either, and she couldn't think of anyone else who could actually save her. 'What should I do?' she pondered.
'Oh, right! Brian!' She remembered that Brian's phone number was made up of bomb serial numbers.
What was it? Brian had explained it to her several times. She thought hard and finally figured out the serials.
"Hello, Brian, it's me, Janet, please come and help me! I'm trapped in mansion No. 9 at the Royal Mansion neighborhood, at the third floor, in the room with security windows. Please come and be discreet about it, and please don't call the police."
"Janet, what's happening?" Brian was so worried about Janet that he was just about to leave with a small group of soldiers at his side.
But Janet said, "Nothing serious, but please come covertly, at night! Remember, don't inform the police!" Janet thought that maybe Daniel might be off his guard at night and more vulnerable.
At that moment, there was some noise coming from outside the door, and she switched off the phone and returned it back to the worker.
Daniel had already gone back to the company after imprisoning Janet in his mansion. He still had an important meeting this afternoon and had to leave her punishment for later, in the evening.
Brian looked at his phone with doubt, and nearly put on his military uniform. 'Come covertly at night? Don't call the police? Had Janet really been kidnapped?' he wondered.
'Anyway, I'll take action at night, as she instructed me!' But Brian then decided to first probe the situation.
Driving with his navigation's help, Brian drove to the Royal Mansion, but was stopped by the security guard at the neighborhood's gates.
The guard inquired with him which mansion he was visiting in the neighborhood. He actually told him a random number and, after the guard got a better glimpse of Brian's military uniform, he let him in.
He finally found mansion No. 9 and then got out of his car and inspected it.
He noticed a room with security windows mounted, which severely contradicted the overall style of the mansion.
He took out his phone and asked a soldier under his command to bring over a technician. He was planning to remove the security windows.
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