Chapter Twenty-Four
“Daddy, do you have the guides set up?” Jo asked Alan Strauss as he slid down the long length of rope hanging from the ceiling.
“Yes, your mom just finished testing them,” Alan responded.
He walked over to where Jo was covering a stash of weapons under a false floor. He waited until she was finished and had stood up before he reached out and pulled her into his arms for a fierce hug. He breathed in a sigh as he felt her arms wrap around him.
“I’m so proud of you and your sister,” he murmured. “When the police came to tell us….” His voice faded for a moment before he continued. “When the police told us you both had disappeared and they suspected foul play, I have never been so frightened in my life. Now, I can’t think of a time when I have ever been so proud.”
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