Chapter 32 Not all days are Sundays

“Protect the family!” Inspector Michael instructed immediately and all police officers surrounded the family of five, taking out their shields to protect them.

The gunshots were so sudden that they had no idea where the shooter was.

Tessa’s eyes were almost popping out of their sockets. She was frozen on the spot and her mouth was on the ground as she stared at the three bodies of the kidnappers lying in a pool of blood.

They had been shot in the foreheads by a sniper! Had they been thrown under the bus by their leader? Tessa could only wonder.

This was clearly a move to shut them up. Whoever did this didn’t want them to disclose his name or his filthy secrets. But there was nothing hidden under the sun.

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“W-what just happened?” Tessa’s lips trembled as she asked gingerly.

She could still hear the continuous ringing in her ears from the loud sound and her heart had jumped to her throat.

“It’s ok, Tessa. Do not be afraid. I’m with you. There’s someone with a gun out there and we need to

leave this place at once,” Aaron said.

It was only when Tessa heard Aaron’s voice that her heart began to reduce its erratic speed. She noticed how his presence made her feel relieved, otherwise, she would have still been scared

witless.

They were escorted to the car. Tessa and Aaron got in the back seat, while a police officer got into

the driver’s seat.

“The military is already after the sniper. They will catch him soon. He must be the mastermind behind the kidnapping and the human trafficking. There are a lot of women and men in that container.” The officer stated as he started the car and sped off.

Tessa held Willa to her chest and felt relieved that they had found the kids. When she thought

about how they were almost shipped off to God knows where. She felt like a thousand ants were crawling inside her skin, eating her from the inside out.

Her brows furrowed as she thought about it. Who could have tried to do something as evil as

human trafficking?

No matter how much she wracked her brain, she couldn’t come up with a name for the potential

mastermind.

All the people she knew were kind and righteous.

No one was capable of performing such atrocious acts. Or so she thought.

was deep in her thoughts when Aaron’s words made her

waking up? Their

crept into Tessa as she just realised the child she was holding in her arms was burning up. Her eyes widened

had been caught up in feeling relieved that she didn’t realise how abnormally quiet the kids were. They

hospital. It’s an emergency!” Tessa exclaimed as tears brimmed in her

eyes.

with the kids?” Aaron asked

never fully taken care of kids before, so he didn’t know what was normal and what

not.

though. He knew a high rise in temperature and not

them to arrive at the children’s hospital. The kids

my kids, Doctor?” Tessa

hours straight. Even though

she could do but

was a mother.

her to survive. She couldn’t afford to rest or relax until she was sure of

He didn’t know the whole story so he pointed at Tessa and scolded, “How can you overdose your kids with sleeping pills? What sort of irresponsible

words hit Tessa like an avalanche, threatening to take her under.

didn’t. It

them, you could have given them up for adoption. Now the poor kids would have to have their stomachs pumped to clear out the drugs. In the meantime, I’m calling the police. Mothers like you need to

in Tessa’s throat felt bigger as she tried to

she furrowed her brows. This Doctor didn’t care to find out the reason the children were like that

Aaron’s voice sounded on top of her head.

the kids’ admission at the reception and had just

the ordeal. Please, refrain from making such remarks. We are hurting as a family.” Aaron said

icily

and apologised to Tessa,

will be

Tessa realised she was no longer alone. Those times that she used

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for the kids alone. Now, they had a father they could look

when she was about to fall. She let out a breath she was

A protector.

there for her and the kids. Putting them

was all that

but they were still weak so the doctor advised

admitted.

the killer was still out there, Aaron had brought in about ten bodyguards to guard the

she gazed upon them with so much

the moment he saw

here, sweetheart,” she

Daddy? I want Daddy-”

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