Chapter 44 : Hide and Seek

All three of us were shocked into inactivity for a long moment. We stared at each other in horror, wondering how Valerie or Bernard found out about the missing computer in such a short amount of time.

I was the first one to rise and slowly walked toward the hallway that Valerie’s office was down. My legs felt heavy, like I was walking through water. I peered around the corner and gasped when I saw the mistake I had made.

I had forgotten to close Valerie’s office door when I left. Jeremy and Bridgette could only hack into the cameras for twenty minutes.

Our time was up.

I turned to the other two, gripping Valerie’s laptop tightly in my hands.

“We need to hide. Now,” I ordered Dante and Charlotte.

Neither of them argued or questioned my urgency. They knew the severity of the situation. Both of them knew what could happen if we were caught.

We raced down the hallway in the opposite direction of Valerie’s office. Quickly, my mind raced considering