Leah glanced at Shawn in front of her and calmly said, "Why are you asking this? Move aside, I need to go out." She walked around him and headed downstairs. The little boy followed her down, imitating her every move.
Leah turned around and saw him following her with a troubled heart. She grabbed her purse in frustration and stomped her foot saying, "What are you doing? Don't follow me!"
"I'll go with you. Who do you want to save?" Shawn's voice was low, tinged with doubt as he had heard Leah talking on the phone earlier. He remembered seeing Rose leave hurriedly after answering the call.
They must have been in trouble.
Shawn's innocent mind did not realize what his father Elliot had done that made people dislike him so much.
Leah blinked her big eyes with fluttering eyelashes as she stared straight at Shawn's face wondering if he could be trusted or not.
After several minutes of contemplation, she made up her mind that it would be better to have someone else help them rescue Sean rather than going alone without any backup plan.
"Okay then, come along," she said finally.
The two little ones sneaked out of the villa they were staying in and hailed a cab outside which took them directly to Sean's location - a two-story detached villa with white walls and red tiles surrounded by lush green grasses.
They hid behind some bushes outside the villa observing their surroundings before Leah led Shawn towards the backside of the building where there were fewer people guarding it compared to its main entrance which was heavily guarded by security personnel who wouldn't let anyone enter without proper authorization or clearance.
Fortunately, for them though, there was no one guarding behind, so they managed to sneak into a small garden area where they could see Sean standing near an upstairs window and looking down at them.
The siblings waved their hands excitedly when they saw each other.
Leah pulled Shawn through the outside flower bushes, hiding in a corner of the small garden.
However, Shawn's eyes widened suddenly when he saw the boy by the second-floor window, who looked almost the same age as him. Wasn't that... wasn't that the boy who had saved him before?
And he looked exactly like Leah!
What is going on here? What is their relationship?
"Sean, what should we do now?" Leah gestured towards Sean upstairs while trying to communicate silently through hand signals since speaking loudly might alert anyone nearby.
The two communicated with gestures for a while, nodding at each other when they finished. After that, Leah had an idea and went over to pick up a stone she could handle. Seeing Shawn still standing there, she remembered there was someone else who came with her.
Looking at Shawn's confused expression, she explained simply, "My brother said the window is locked and can only be opened from the outside. I'm going to use this stone to break the lock." She lifted the sharp but not too large stone in her hand.
"How do we get in? There should be people inside the villa," Shawn asked as he took the stone from her and examined it with a worried tone.
"We climb up through this pipe; it's our only option." Leah lightly patted on the white pipe on the wall that extended all way up to second floor exterior wall. If they climbed along it, they would end up right by one of second-floor windows.
Shawn looked carefully upward and nodded his agreement with this plan. The boy upstairs saved him earlier today; he must save the boy now!
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