Chapter Sixteen - An Unexpected Interruption
Jackson pulled his flashlight from his pocket and was about to switch it on when the room suddenly became flooded with light. Horace abruptly clasped both hands to his head and gave a low moan of pain as the sudden brightness washed into his eyes. Gwen and Jackson turned around in alarm and saw Beckmann standing by the door with his finger on the light switch. The little man was wearing a blue silk dressing gown over his pajamas, and he had a triumphant smirk on his face. He moved further into the room, and behind him came Carl, fully dressed. The leader of the kidnappers was holding a gun and looking a bit too eager to use it.
Horace froze where he sat, horrified, his mouth agape. Gwen looked up at the ceiling and gave a resigned sigh of disg
