Chapter 1635

Only the supporting pillars of the structure remained standing. John was worried about Caprice wandering in there. What if one of these columns collapsed just as the child was passing by?

He suddenly came to a stop.

Caprice was leading him by his hand and stopped as well. She turned back to her father with a confused expression.

John spoke softly, “It’s not safe, we can’t get closer, let’s just stand here and watch from a distance.”

Caprice was slightly disappointed to hear this, but she was a very well-mannered child and did as she was told.

Still, her childlike curiosity had to be sated somehow. She did not want to stay here and watch.

She had John take her for a lap around the burned house where they could continue surveying the structure from different angles.

She curiously observed the structure as they walked.

John was very patient and followed her on the walk. He wondered what spurred the child’s curiosity. The house was rather large, so it took them some time to wrap around the house.

Eventually, they reached the back of the house.

John had not investigated this area yet, so he cast a vigilant look around him in hopes of finding some new clues.

While he was looking elsewhere, Caprice suddenly sunk into the ground. Fortunately, she was still leading. John by his hand.

shrieked as she fell.

and quickly clenched tightly onto Caprice’s hand and tugged

large pit where Caprice

stacks of burned leaves

somewhat large

John’s eyes widened.

hole here?” Caprice gazed down at the

An underground hole?

shock. He quickly turned around and located where Jason was and called out urgently, “Jason, tell those police officers to

sprang to action immediately. He turned and ran deep into the woods where the officers were last sighted.

branches

revealed that the underground hole led toward the

astonished by

by the massive grin on John’s face,

underground hole and asked, “Daddy, why is there a hole in

dug a tunnel leading to

dig a tunnel?”

was trying to escape from the house.”

Caprice was speechless.

police officers entered the hole.

the entrance, holding Caprice in his arms so she would not wander off.

remaining officers waited patiently for their colleagues to provide

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