Lilliana pointed at them to make herself seem more threatening, but she forgot that her hand was stained with Emily's blood.
The man with the tie frowned when he saw the blood. He did not dare to waste any more time.
"Missus Addison and Miss Lilin might be injured! Men, go in and look for them right away!"
"Yes, sir!"
The men in black suits busted in through the door and started searching through every nook and cranny of all four floors.
Lilliana and Sherlyn were rattled.
Lilliana got up and went to stop them. "What are you doing? I didn't say you can come in! Don't touch my stuff. Get out, or I'm going to call the cops!"
However, she could not stop any of them, and none of them took her threats seriously either.
"Ma'am, you can call the cops if you want. We'll talk to them once they're here. In the meantime, please get out of our way," said the man with the tie.
"You guys are no better than goons!" spar Lilliana through gritted teeth.
She would have called the cops if she could; she just did not want the cops to find out she had injured Emily.
Judging by how fast they were going through the house, it would only take them another few more minutes before they found the two women and the little girl locked in the attic.
Sure enough, before they could even come up with a plan, Lilliana and Sherlyn heard one of the men upstairs say, "I found them! Missus Addison and Miss Lilin are locked inside the attic! Hurry, call the ambulance! Missus Addison's friend is injured!"
Some of the men in black rushed upstairs to help both women and the little girl down while the rest called the ambulance.
The man with the tie reported the situation to Adam. He sighed with relief when he heard it was Emily who was hurt. 'Phew! Good thing Missus Addison and Miss Lilin are okay. Otherwise, Mister Addison will have my head!'
However, he knew how important Emily was to Melinda. His head would roll too if Melinda was sad about Emily's injury. 'D*mn it! We shouldn't have stayed outside. We should've come in with Missus Addison and Miss Lilin so that nothing like this would happen!'
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