The children were taken to a room. As soon as they entered, the door was closed and a crisp click told them they were locked in.
Maya’s eyes glowed with terror. “I’m scared. I want Mommy!”
“Stay strong, Maya. Mommy and Daddy will come to rescue us,” promised Nina as she held Maya’s plump hand tightly.
Juan and Kyle examined the place. They were inside a room with three solid walls and one glass door that led to a balcony. Unfortunately, bodyguards had that glass door heavily guarded so that not even a bug could fly out without them noticing. It was virtually impossible for the kids to flee under those circumstances.
Kyle couldn’t figure out the motive so he asked his siblings, “Why do you think he brought us over?”
Juan sighed and guessed, “Maybe it’s because he likes Mommy and wants to force her into marrying him.”
Nina scolded angrily, “Stealing another man’s wife and kidnapping children. How despicable!”
Maya was upset as well when she heard how Levant wanted to take their mommy away from their daddy.
Her round eyes burned with fury as she growled, “How can Mr. Levant do something like that?”
“Why are you still calling him Mr. Levant? Call him ‘meanie’ from now on!”
Maya was a little out of it after being scolded by Nina, but the former still nodded.
Kyle suggested, “We should focus on getting out of here. Daddy and Mommy must be worried sick now.”
Juan chimed in, “That will only happen if we can fly. Actually, scratch that. Even a bug can’t get out under these circumstances.”
“Nevertheless, we still have to try. We can’t be sitting ducks here.”
The four little ones ended up staring at the walls as they thought long and hard about how they might be able to escape.
At the estate.
Evan and Stephen had been working on it for half a day. They were surprised by the amount of effort Levant had put in to keep the kids’ location a secret.
Neither Stephen’s bodyguards nor Evan’s subordinates could find even a clue of where the kids might be.
Jeremy, who had been tailing Levant, also failed in his mission and lost the guy. Despite being ashamed of his defeat, Jeremy returned to the estate with his head down.
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