TRICK OR TREAT

“T-the police?” Daniel said with a stammer, his eyes wide open like he had just seen a ghost or heard the screams of a zombie. “The police were here?”

All eyes turned to Daniel with his sudden reaction to Dorothy’s information, and the unusual fear skittering all over his face. Haylee in particular, squinted her eyes, and could not but imagine the worst.

“You got a problem with it?” Haylee deadpanned.

He regained his composure, and cleared his throat, “Why would I? I don’t even know why they are here.” His words betrayed his voice, but it did not matter, as long as he was able to fool them.

“Why were they here?” Mrs. Greene asked, facing Dorothy with sheer curiosity.

“Someone made a report that a member of this family kidnapped Elijah,” Dorothy answered, her eyes still obvious that she was keeping out more details than she ought to reveal.

“Ridiculous! Who made such a report?” Daniel retorted immediately, looking sideways.

“I don’t know about that I was wonderin
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