Other than the knocking, no other sounds came from the outside, and it scared the children even more. Even Mrs. Berry’s knife-holding hands were trembling.
Holding a small knife, Charlotte slowly walked over and looked through the gap of the broken door.
At the same time, an eye was staring into the gap from the outside.
When the two eyes spotted each other, both parties started screaming.
“Ahhhh….!” The children screamed along with their mother.
“Call the cops! Quick!” Charlotte hurriedly tried to grab her phone.
“Hold on. Wait a minute. I think it’s Zak.”
Looking through the gap, Mrs. Berry realized it was indeed the security guard, Zak Jones. She promptly opened the door for him.
“Mrs. Berry, you’re at home.” Zak was about to call for backup through his walkie-talk when he saw Mrs. Berry and stopped. “You scared me. I thought something happened to your house.”
“Something did happen. There was a…”
“There was a thief who barged into our house trying to steal something earlier, but together we managed to get rid of him.”
not want anyone else
called the cops?” Zak asked as
not,” Charlotte said with
need to change a new door.” Zak briefly checked the condition of the door. “We have new doors at the price of four
eight hundred?” Charlotte could feel a headache coming
queried. “I’ll
Berry bargained. “Since
at the kitchen knives in her hands, Zak shuddered and agreed, “All right. Twenty percent off it
else we won’t be able
his colleagues to come to Charlotte’s
the
children before she
her phone as she mulled over the day on the couch. Should I call the
has happened. When
I’m the one who told
my job, and he might
wants to blame me for this,
revealed too. Will that gigolo try to take
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