CHAPTER 77 – False Alarms

ELIJAH's POV

Just when we thought we were out of one problem, another found its way around us.so it was like, from one problem unto another. We hardly ever got a chance to breathe.

"When was the last time you saw them, Melinda?" I asked the chief maid who was under the weather. I suppose she saw the lost girls as her own. At least, that was how it looked.

"just right after dinner. They had just eaten and were going to check on the chickens, before going to bed. At night, we all say a little prayer and go to bed. But one of the girls had been complaining about a running stomach, so I figured that's why they were both absent." Melinda explained, becoming more and more emotional with each time she spoke.

"so what made you realize they were gone?" I asked, trying to understand.

"I felt worried about the girl with the stomach issues and just wanted to check on them before I slept. See if they were okay. Basically, I believed one was tending to the other. But I entered their room, and neit