“Yes, it should be her.”
“No, she's been searched. She doesn't have any electronics.” Ivan said in a deep voice.
He was sure of that, because he was the one who searched her.
The assistant scratched the back of his head, “That's strange, since she doesn't have any electronics, how did it get exposed?”
For a time, Ivan was also silent.
After a few seconds, he closed his eyes and asked again, “Figure it out later. Where is Stanley and how many people does he take with him?”
“When I informed you, he was only dozens of kilometers away. Now he may be only ten kilometers away. I don't know how many people he takes, but I saw four commercial vehicles and three police cars.” Collier answered.
“Four commercial vehicles and three police cars.” Ivan gave a cold smile, “There are at least 20 people, it seems that he has made up his mind to save her.”
“What do we do now, Director Murphy?” Collier stood behind him and looked at him.
Ivan rubbed his temples, “Transfer our position now and install more blockers.”
“Ok!” Collier answered and hurried to carry it out.
A few minutes later, a group of people got into the car and was ready to leave.
Suddenly, there was a roar of propellers.
Ivan and Collier looked pale on their face. Subconsciously he opened the window, and then saw a few helicopters in the sky with ladders down.
People in the helicopter could be parachuting out at any moment.
“Attention, drop your weapons and surrender at once. Drop your weapons and surrender at once!” The warning sound came from a helicopter.
Collier was trembling with fear, “Director Murphy, they arranged helicopters, we are surrounded.”
Ivan did not speak, and his eyes went dim, but pondered.
After a while, he gave a wry smile, “Stanley even sent over the helicopter to save you. Are you happy, Violet?”
He turned to look at Violet, who was still tied up in the back seat.
Violet ignored him, looking out of the window.
If her mouth had not been sealed, she would have shouted to tell the people outside that she was in this car.
“Attention, one more warning, get off now, get off now!” The man in the helicopter shouted again when he saw that no one came out.
Behind, Stanley and Fraser stood at the door of the helicopter, looking down with goggles.
Fraser said, “Mr. Murphy, I really cannot find which car Mrs. Murphy is in.”
Stanley did not answer, but fixed his eyes on the cars below.
After a while, he held with one hand on the handle above his head, and with the other he touched the bluetooth headset in his ear. “Calvin, which car is your Mommy in?”
In the police station, Calvin sat by the computer and heard his question. After tapping the keyboard several times, he grabbed the microphone beside the computer and replied, “Daddy, mommy is in the middle car.”
In the middle!
Stanley squinted, fixed his eyes on the middle car.
“Give me the gun.” Stanley extended his hand to Fraser.
Fraser opened his mouth, “but......”
“Give it to me!” Stanley's voice rose in volume and tone.
Fraser knew he was impatient, and immediately gave him the gun.
Stanley took it over, aimed the muzzle of the gun at the front of the car, and pulled the trigger.
There was a dull muffling noise and the hood of the middle car lifted, black smoke rising.
It startled the people in the cars.
Collier was scared and he buried his head directly under the steering wheel.
Even Violet quivered and subconsciously closed her eyes.
Violet felt less afraid because of his words, she nodded, “Ok.”
She believed him.
He was always there when she was in trouble, and she trusted him to get her out.
Seeing that Violet trusted him, Stanley took a deep breath and urged Ivan to untie the rope on Violet.
Ivan did as he said, walked to Violet, lowered his head, and reached for the knot behind Violet.
When Ivan touched the knot, he suddenly narrowed his eyes, lifted his coat, and pulled out of a gun from his waist.
Then he grabbed Violet with one hand and put the gun against her head with the other, threatening, “Put your gun down, or, I will kill her!”
Then he poked the muzzle of the gun at Violet's head.
Violet could clearly feel the cold from the muzzle of the gun, which made her stiff and cold in hands and feet.
Ivan had a gun too!
No one had thought of that.
Stanley did not expect that and his face went dark.
Fraser was worried, “Damn, I did not expect he has a gun. Mr. Murphy, what should we do now? Mrs. Murphy is in his hand as a threat to us.”
Stanley knew that and what was why his face went dark.
He looked at Violet.
Violet also looked at him, trembling, with fears in her eyes, “Stanley......”
Stanley wanted to tell her calm down again.
But now that she was being held up by a gun, those words would not work.
So Stanley said nothing, but looked at Ivan, suppressing his towering anger, “What do you want?”
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: One night Two babies by Liz Pinelis