Free Web NovelChapter 216: What’s Missing?
The ambulance’s siren was blurring loudly in the quiet of the night as it zoomed past them and halted outside their home and paramedics rushed out. There was someone they were lifting from the ground covered in blood.
Zyair stopped the bike at a distance, understanding something had gone terribly wrong. He dismounted the bike and helped Skyla down.
"Zyair, what’s going on?" She asked with widened eyes as soon as he took off her helmet. Her heart was beating like a frantic deer.
"I am not sure, but you stay here. I will be back soon, let me find out." Zyair had decided to send over a police officer to stay with Skyla so he could talk to other Police Officers and assess the situation.
Kail was unavailable, he had taken a few day’s leave for his sister’s wedding.
"Be careful," she whispered, clutching his arm while he turned her away from the scene. Panic gripped her like a bloody vine.
"I will, but keep your face the other way." He didn’t want her to see something disturbing and panic. She nodded in understanding but her heart refused to ease.
Zyair walked away and within a minute a police officer joined her who kept her distracted and didn’t let her turn towards their apartment.
"What’s going on?" She asked him in a shaky voice.
"We are trying to figure that out, Ma’am. Someone tried to enter your place so we are still investigating. Stay calm, you are safe with me." Officer Fanington assured her as he kept glancing at his fellow officers.
More police cars and ambulances arrived and people began to gather. So they cordoned off the area with Barricade tape.
Zyair returned to her side after half an hour with his eyes reddened from anger. She couldn’t see his face but the way his brows were knitted together and his forehead had ridges forming she knew something terrible had happened.
"I will give you two a minute." Officer Fanington walked away to join the rest of the Police Officers.
Skyla touched Zyair’s arm and concernedly asked. Her heart was sinking, that horrible feeling she had for days now, returned in full force.
"What is it? Talk to me."
Zyair leaned against his bike and rubbed his face in frustration before speaking. freewёbnoνel.com
"Someone shot Dan (their guard who was usually on duty during the night.)"
Skyla’s hands went to her mouth as she stifled a sharp cry. Tears collected in her minty eyes and her world shook.
"Is he...?" The words got choked in her throat.
"They have taken him to the hospital. We will have to wait and see. Police think someone wanted to enter our house because one of the windows is broken and the steel rod has been removed. For now, they are checking if someone might still be hiding inside. I have given them the camera footage from the outside cameras and they are monitoring it right now."
Zyair’s voice was strained. His privacy had been breached and his man had been attacked. His mind kept wondering if they had been home, what would have happened?
He was more than capable of handling someone but with Skyla there he wouldn’t want to put her in such a position. And there was only one person who sprung to mind. Only one mad person would go to such lengths to get someone shot and invade their privacy. But Zyair didn’t want to say his name and terrify Skyla.
"I just hope Dan is ok. Who could have done something so atrocious? Just to enter our home, they had to shoot someone," Skyla lamented and deep down her heart ached with the thought that it could be Doran.
Both of them had the same line of thoughts going on but they were afraid to voice them.
"He will be and don’t tense yourself too much. Police will catch whoever it was." Zyair took her hand and pulled her closer to him. The incident had shaken him.
A police officer approached them.
"Mr Zyair, we have observed the footage and whoever it was that had entered your house was wearing a full mask so it’s impossible to recognise. We have searched your whole house and there is no one inside. Now, both of you need to take a look inside the house and check if something valuable has been stolen. We will accompany you."
"Did you get a look at who shot Dan? Was it the same person who entered our home?" Zyair inquired, pressing Skyla’s hand lightly.
"We are not sure yet. It seemed like he had been shot with a sniper rifle from a distance. Because no one could be seen on the camera except your bodyguard at the time he was shot and the person who entered came after an interval of several minutes. Do you have any enemies that could be behind this? Anything specific they may be looking for? Because they seemed to have known what they were doing. They didn’t enter through the main door so as not to trigger your alarm system." The police officer asked with a straight face, while holding his pad to jot down the answer.
Skyla gulped hard at his question, she knew exactly what someone must have been looking for and who could be. Her heart dropped in her stomach and tears of helplessness descended in her eyes. freewebnσvel.cѳm
What had she done?
"Yes, I have and I will give you my statement after I check my house and drop my fiancée off at a safe location. This house is not safe anymore." Zyair answered grimly. He knew in his marrow that his life was about to be toppled over. He firmly held Skyla who seemed to have been trembling uncontrollably.
"We must proceed," The Police Officer said and they began to walk towards the apartment.
Every step seemed to take an eternity for Skyla, her heart pounded so loud and clear in her ears and a sweat-like sheen broke out on her forehead. Her legs were completely numb.
She rushed inside along with Zyair, throwing a cursory look along the way. The living room seemed untouched, it was exactly the way they had left it. But that was not Skyla’s destination, it was their bedroom.
She hurried along with teary eyes and rapid breaths leaving her. Her vision was blurry and she prayed and prayed that by some miracle it would be still there.
Throwing the door open she staggered inside their bedroom and her eyes went to the empty side table where they had kept that framed picture. It was gone and the reality of it stung Skyla like a poisonous serpent. Spreading its venom inside her body and turning her legs to putty. They gave way and she fell to the ground with a small shriek leaving her. Her hands covered her face as she rocked herself amidst shivers.
Zyair entered behind her and he lowered himself on the floor beside her, grabbing her by the waist he held her close.
"What’s wrong?" He desperately asked, his concerned globes were glued on her shaking frame as tear after tear poured out of her guilty eyes.
"Ou—r picture, it’s go—ne."
