Chapter 39
SOPHIE WESLEY
I froze. Here it is. The time to protect Nora.
Our eyes met for a moment. Her face was pale with fear.
Silence thickened in the atmosphere, lingering on longer than normal, and just as I was about to step in to say something, Lucas spoke first.
“The spare keys to the building never left their spots, sir. We had eyes on them,"
I stiffened, my jaw dropping to the ground.
What's going on? Did Nora manage to avoid the CCTV camera?
Dad sighed with frustration, but I was even more frustrated. Being this anxious was frustrating for me.
“What about the evidence? I mean what you told me the intruder left behind…” dad demanded with still little hope in his eyes, and my breath stopped.
My fingers tightened at my sides, my heart pulsing in my ears as I watched the
