Chapter Eighty-Three – To uptown.
“Not out of my own will, of course” Cara barked. Chris literally face palmed.
“We can check the uptown house though. Cara isn’t helping” Jasper reminded.
Chloe snapped her fingers, “Yes, let’s go to the uptown house. Jasper knows where it is”.
She give Jasper a knowing smile when he looked confused, as he didn’t know where it was.
“Bastard! That was a secret I told you! If you go there you’d be butchered like the other victims and thrown to the lake” Cara warned shaking her cuffed hands in frustration.
The female officer smiled at Chloe, “Thanks. I may just know the exact place. And it doesn’t belong to the Martinez but the Ramirez”.
Jasper clenched his fists on hearing that.
“Why’d Ramirez kidnap Kiera? It could be a collaboration” Chloe said.
“Nah, it makes sense. According to family history, Tessa Ramirez would have been the wife of the second son of Martinez. She still holds a grudge”.
“So this is a family problem?” Chris asked Nancy. She nodded.
He raised his hands up above his head. He hated family problems and this one was already horrific.
“How do you know the family history?” The police man was now bundling Cara to take her with him.
The female police officer parked her stuffs, she was to leave to the Ramirez house immediately.
“She's family, somehow” Chloe patted Nancy. Mrs. Bob gave Nancy a confused look.
“That’s a private property. You can’t just go there to make enquiries it’s a private proper…” The police van shut her up.
“She is right though. We need warrant to search the place” the officer tapped one if his own men who quickly drove off in his car.
“We would follow you” Chloe raised her hands as the police get into the van.
“I know you would like to. Since we can’t go in without the warrant first, I guess it’d be okay to let you guys come. You’ve done half my job already” the officer chuckled.
The team happily jumped into the vans. Jasper attempted to move to the back seat where he could be more comfortable but the action warranted a slap from Nancy.
“Sit where you are. This isn’t your dad’s limousine!”. He pouted.
“I’d send Mrs. Bob home. We'd meet you guys later” Charles nodded at Chloe.
She seemed sad to part but nodded slowly. Chris noticed this and rolled his eyes.
The van drove in high speed, and with the police sirens, other road users were clearing the way.
An accident nearly occurred but thankfully didn’t. Too many crises shouldn’t happen in one day.
“You guys would be surprised to see only her body parts when you get there. The wretched girl is already burning in hell now” Cara cursed.
“Are you admitting now?” the police man glared at her. Fear enveloped the team.
What if Kiera had already been killed by the time they got there. It’d been hours already.
If the Ramirez really had a grudge on her, that had stayed for son long, they’d be wanting to do many wicked things to her.
Cara looked away from the police man and scoffed, “This small complication shouldn’t affect my life. I have bigger things for myself”.
“And Kiera didn’t have a vision for herself?” Nancy slapped her head, as she was behind her.
The police man frowned at her actions and she apologized.
“You’d surely go to rehab after this young lady, you need God too” A police man cuffed Cara to the car as they came past a checkpoint.
There, the officer in charge of their team, called for backup to where he was going to.
They alighted, after hours ride, at a desolate building besides a lake. The building did look like shady dealings has been dine there.
Chloe saw a big heal of mud and it reminded her that it was here that the students would have come to get mud for the project.
She’d take hers from the timber house even if it’s a graveyard. She’d never be returning here again.
But then she wondered if all burial sites had mud.
Jasper looked down slowly at the lake to check if there was any sign if fresh blood in it. Or scattered body parts.
There was nothing. He heaved a sigh of relief and joined the others besides the tree.
There were security personnel, some in police uniform.
“The police works for them? Indeed they’re good and bad police” Chloe’s eyes widened.
Nancy pushed her forward as they take a spot closer to the building. The police men disperse after sharing some communication devices.
“Kids, they are about twenty men outside, more inside. We can’t engage them, be calm so not rise suspicions” the officer warned.
“And stay here. Just inform any of us if you see unusual movements” a police officer handed a talkie walkie to Chloe.
She looked at it with admiration as she felt like those detectives in movies.
The officer handed a gun over to Chris and left.
“Why are you given a gun and I’m not?” Jasper eyed Chris enviously.
Chris dropped the gun on him, “Have it if you want. It’s been long I’ve used one”.
Chloe pinched him and he smiled.
“What he meant was…” Nancy tried explaining to Jasper that was looking at Chris in horror, “He has a military dad and has gained practice. Also, unlike you who’s seventeen, Chris is eighteen so can use a gun”.
Jasper breathed out slowly. His breathing hitched when his phone began to ring.
He thanked his stars that his ringing tone volume was low or he’d have been the cause of everyone’s death here, even Kiera.
“It’s Jacob” he announced before picking up.
“I saw some uniformed men now. Are you aware police is at uptown?” Jacob's voice came in whispers.
“Dude, we are here too. Where are you?” Jasper sounded excited.
“Not anywhere exciting. But I see the men. They’re making a good entrance but they won’t make it. There’s good armed men inside. Tell them to go back”.
Jasper covered his phone to let Chloe communicate with the officers.
“Is Kiera still alive?” Jasper asked Jacob while Chloe explained.
“I hope so. Some men have been boiling water and sending into the house. I just hope she isn’t in much torture”.
Jasper nodded in agreement.
“Thanks Jacob, they’d wait for backup while looking for a way to get through indirectly. The Chief officer said to ask where you are and if anyone had left here?” Chloe enquired.
“I can’t explain where I am. Maybe at the back of the building. But the only person who’s left is madam Tessa. The grandmother of Carlos Ramirez”.
Jasper gritted his teeth on hearing the name. That boy gave him demons whenever he thought of him.