Salute To The General

Chapter 2090



It was nine in the evening. Kylie and Ava were having dinner with Queenie at a fast food outlet.

Queenie looked distracted. She hardly seemed to pay attention to her chicken wings and ice cream. Looking up at Kylie, she asked softly, "Aunt Kylie, is my mama all right?"

"Didn't you say that my papa and mama will come and get me? Why aren't they here yet?"

"Don't worry, Queenie." Kylie smiled reassuringly. "Your dad called this afternoon. He said he had rescued your mom, and he just called to say that they will come right now and get you."

"Eat while you can, they'll be here any minute."

Queenie nodded but didn't touch her food.

Instead, she stared out of the window

impatiently.

Someone took advantage of the fire at summer camp and kidnapped mama in the confusion.

She cried looking for her.

for Queenie when Kylie and Ava told her

wasn't reassured, however. She needed to see her

restaurant swung open, and

hopefully, thinking that her parents and maybe Uncle Colin had arrived at

it

before.

appears to be a tall and thin man with an awfully pale face. His most striking feature was his dead-set eyes, which resembled a fish.

his gaze and turned away

man with the dead-set eyes smiled when he saw the effect he

these people were trained professionals. They reeked of murderous intent, almost as if

and hadn't stopped to wash. The pestilence

mercenaries. By this time,

we share a table?" Vann leered

of them all the same. "Excuse me, we do mind," she said spitefully. "There are a

only want to

picked up a piece of chicken that she was in the middle of eating and ate it whole. He chewed and suckled for some

Vann

line," Kylie shouted. "Ava, teach him a

soon as she saw them coming in. In an instant, she was on her

was quick as lightning. If

other skilled martial