The first door was busted open, revealing a room with plain furnishings and nothing out of the ordinary.

He moved to the next room's entrance. "Keep breaking them down," he ordered.

What secret could be hidden in this room that Queena guarded it so tightly?

His men were about to swing their tools again when Queena's voice cut through from outside.

"Abner, what in the world are you up to?"

Queena had hurried over, a posse of villagers in tow.

Abner's status in the village was peculiar, and the arrival of the helicopter had sparked a flurry of gossip.

But since last night, rumors had started to circulate that Abner was a big-shot gangster who had wronged many people and was

now hiding out in the village to escape his enemies.

The gossip had reached a fever pitch, and the fearful ones among them started to stir the pot.

"If he's really a fugitive murderer, shouldn't we call the cops?"

"Now his people have clooking for him, and there's a chopper too. We can't stand against that."

"He's always looked too shady to me, not the good guy type. Better we chase him out of our village."

So, someone decided to alert the authorities that an escaped murderer had been spotted in the village.

The county police were on their way, but it would be at least another twenty minutes before they arrived.

Just then, someone ran up, panting, "That Abner is at the Temple family's place! He's smashing doors down."

Upon hearing this, the villagers were enraged and promptly rallied to the Temple residence, indeed finding Abner in the act of

breaking in.

saved your

he saw the wary faces among the

Besides, since you've returned, there've been

feels off."

from the crowd began

not one of us, but Queena is. She grew up here, is the

her a deputy director position, but she turned

right here."

to the people here, and now you're causing

remained silent, but the villagers spoke up

and when he spoke,

inside. I need to check it out.

door was promptly

in anger, and the

missing last night. Could his disappearance be

us, did this guy

his eyes swollen from

and said, "No, Abner's a good

left his mouth than someone whacked him on the head, leaving a sizable

you, and now you're siding

hoping to live

face flushed with humiliation as he muttered, "I'm not! Abner's been nothing

last night!"

Your dad might already be

"No, he's not!"

an outsider like that, you're

shaking with anger, tears

and gestured to him,

Tobias just stood there, crying, too scared

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