CHAPTER 34

IRENE

"Miss Irene!"

My heart leapt into my mouth at Nanny May's panicked voice and my thoughts flashed to my kids.

I was jumping to my feet at once, "What's wrong?"

"It's the children," she was crying. "Th-They were taken-"

"Taken? What do you mean ‘taken’?" I didn't let her finish. I couldn't. "Taken where?"

She was in tears. "I-I don't know. I tried to stop them but they knocked me out and when I came to, the kids were gone."

"No, no, no! What the fuck is this about!" I gripped my hair as I started to rush outside, still frozen from the news.

My thoughts were put to a halt and my whole mind and body was thrown into confusion and panic.

"Who did that? Who? Did you get a glimpse of them? When did this happen?" I trembled as I demanded to know.

My kids had been kidnapped. Karin and Carl- oh Goddess!

"I'm so sorry, Miss Irene. I should've stopped them. I tried. I didn't see what they looked like-"

I hung up, the rest of her words were useless to me as I moved back and forth, confused