Chapter 158 - SEARCH
A knock on the door sounded, indicating the time had come. He glanced at his gleaming wristwatch and saw the time was seven pm. Exactly the time Lucas Nicholas and he agreed to go.
He rose from the single sofa. Before he headed to the door he grabbed his leather gloves on top of the glass table, and slid them on his fingers.
He took a deep breath before he reached for the knob and pulled the door open. His best friend was standing outside the door. He stood straight, legs slightly apart, and arms folded on his chest. He wore a mask of a paper-blank expression.
Lucas Nicholas wore a fitted black long sleeve and denim jeans with the same color. "You ready?" He asked, extending his gloved fingers as he handed him the gun.
"More than you are." He replied as he took the weapon from his friend's grasp. He sheathed the gun on the holster in his hip.
Together they marched outside the house in silence.
The ominous starless sky spread through the horizon like a dark cloak. Even the moon refuses to show up tonight making the sky unappealing.
A gust of cold wind brushed through him. In spite of the thick cloth he wore, he shivered. Perhaps it was an omen telling him that tonight he was stepping on a treacherous cliff and one wrong move he would plunge to his death. That's why he needs to be careful.
He opened the car door and hopped inside. Lucas Nicholas sat beside him on the driver's seat and turned the engine on.
The car traversed the dark and empty highway. He leaned on his seat and stared outside the window where he could see nothing but the weak flicker of lights from the street lights.
His gaze shifted at his best friend who's eyes were nailed on the road and he remembered their conversation before their preparation began.
Lucas didn't want him to go. It's too dangerous, his friend said. But Ace had made up his mind before he even knew that tonight the police would corner Samantha inside the Greyson Mansion and then arrest her.
He stood his ground firmly and told Lucas whether he liked it or not he was coming with them to arrest Samantha. He couldn't just sit there in the corner and wonder if they caught his stepmother or not.
He must do something. Samantha started this mess and he should be the one to end all of this. For the sake of Vien, Faith and Phoenix he will end everything even if it costs him his life.
If Phoenix knew what he was up to, she would go crazy. That's the reason why he didn't tell her right away that he was out of prison. His wife would never allow him to go and he couldn't go against her wish. It's better that she knew nothing for now.
His thoughts shattered when the car pulled into a stop into a dark corner. "We're here." Lucas said which brought him back to reality.
They climbed out of the car and together they traversed the dark path until they reached the Greyson Mansion.
The regal mansion was clad in sinister darkness. The absence of the moon and stars up the sky made the regal mansion darker.
As he looked up to the place where he spent his childhood, he felt nothing at all. The house looked creepy. It reminded him of a haunted house straight from a horror movie.
They got inside the property by climbing on the walls.
Surprisingly, there were no roaming guards around the area they were in.
As Ace made his way in front of the mansion, he noticed the eerie silence surrounding the place. The mansion felt cold and deserted as if no one had stayed there for weeks. He turned the knob.
Lucas Nicholas stood beside him, watching in anticipation. Surprisingly, the door was left unlocked. The door creaked open when he pushed it.
His eyebrows scrunched in confusion as he stepped inside the familiar foyer. Only a single light from the ceiling illuminated the spacious area and it wasn't enough to light the whole place.
The deafening silence wrapped around him as he stood there in the center. Chills suddenly run down his spine for an unknown reason.
There's a huge possibility that Samantha already fled from the mansion. He thought to himself as his gaze swept through around him.
"You go search for the second floor and I'll check all the rooms here." Lucas Nicholas said moving to the direction where the library stood.
He nodded his head and started climbing the elegant staircase of the Mansion while Lucas Nicholas vanished inside the library.
The police would soon arrive in Greyson mansion to arrest Samantha. But just in case she already escaped, she would be unable to leave the country so he didn't need to worry that much.
When he reached the second floor, he headed straight into the rooms and individually checked for a sign of life. He was unlucky and each room he visited were all empty.
Ace took a deep intake of breath and crept into the far end of the hallway where Samantha's room was located. He grabbed his weapon and kicked the door to her room open.
He moved forward with his gun pointed forward.
The inside was dimly lit. Only the lampshade on top of the night table helped illuminate the room.
The queen size bed was empty. It looked as if it hadn't been used for days.
He gingerly made his way to the huge closet and pulled it open. He was disappointed to see Samantha wasn't hiding there.
The closet was filled with clothes and there's no sign that Samantha packed some of her clothes and left the mansion. If she did leave the mansion then she should have brought her valuables and jewelry when she left but it was still there in front of the dresser.
That only means Samantha was still inside the mansion…. Hiding.
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