Chapter 560 - Escape...

Cheryl walked carefully on the floor trying to avoid the broken glass pieces. Her eyes were now carefully scrutinizing the dining room, while she did not speak a single word. She could feel somebody was watching her very closely, but she was not able to spot anybody.

She carefully walked further towards the broken glass wall looking at it with scared eyes. It looked like the wall had hit something round, which made it shatter instantly. She looked at it carefully when somebody grabbed her waist from behind, making her scream out loud. The man placed his other hand on the girl's mouth preventing her from shouting any further. Cheryl struggled to get free from the man's grip but she stopped moving as the man pointed a gun right on her temple. She also did not want to put pressure on the baby so she immediately stopped struggling.

"You dare move and you will be lying dwn lifeless on the floor the next second." Cheryl heard the masked man's warning and stopped the struggle. "Move. And tell me where the two kids are hiding." He pushed the girl out of the house, towards the backyard. Cheryl heaved a sigh of relief thinking that atleast the kids were not in their hands but she was now extremely worried about her sister. "But... but... f.. first tell me where my sister is. Then I shall tell you were the kids are," Cheryl mustered all her strength and turned her neck to look at the masked man.

The man jerked her neck roughly making her look back in the front as they walked in the backyard slowly in between the painted board games. "Your sister is with our men. Till now se is alive and if you want to her to remain alive tell me where the kids are. Fast!!"

Cheryl's brain was now thinking of some plan as she slowly walked on top of a colorful painted game on the floor. She quickly had to think of something, before it was already too late. Her eyes once again scrutinized the entire area and she spotted the iceland in one far end corner of the play area and she suddenly thought of a plan. "Oh! I remember, they were telling me that they wanted to go build a snowman in the iceland, over there. They must be inside that frozen cave." Cheryl pointed towards a white snow covered cave, at the far end corner of the backyard. Tje iceland was created to look like 'Antartica' with several artificial penguins standing at several corners.

The man looked in confusion at the iceland and then turned to look at Cheryl. "Are you sure? If you lie to me, I will shoot you right here." He spoke in a stern voice, glaring at the girl, studying her facial expressions.

"Why will I lie to you? Do I want to get myself or my sister killed? Those kids do not mean anyhting to me, so I would rather want you to kill them, than to kill me or my sister. The iceland is their favourite spot to play amd hide. I am damn sure, they are inside that ice cave." Cheryl spoke with a poker face, sounding extremely sure. The perks of being a good actor was now coming in use.

The man hesitated for a few seconds and then nodded his head in an approval. "Fine. I will go and check it out myself." Hearing the man Cheryl heaved a sigh of relief. Though she did not know, where the kids were hiding but she was sure that they would not go inside the iceland. Owing to the change in weather, she was sure that the two kids would never dare to go inside the frozen land, inside which their was drastic fall in temprature. They also did not have the proper attire or shoes for the ice laiden place.

The masked man waved his hand looking towards the jungle, and looking at his sign another masked man, who had held Sheryl's hands behind her back appeared. His other hand was pointing a gun towards her temple, as they walked closer to where Cheryl and the other masked man were standing. Cheryl looked at her sister with guilty eyes. Tiny blood droplets were falling from Sheryl's forehead, making Cheryl cry her heart out, looking at her sister's condition. Both the sisters were looking at eah other with fear and remorse in their eyes, not sure of how long they would stay alive.

"The girl says that the kids are hiding in that cold region. I will go and check. Keep an eye on these two." The masked man waved his hand again and two more masked men, dressed in similar attires appeared from behind the jungle trees, walking towards them. Sheryl and Cheryl shivered looking at the other two men. The two of the girls were now held tightly by the three men as the fourth man walked towards the iceland, where the ice laiden cave was situated.

A few minutes later, their was no sign of the man and the three masked men looked at each other in confusion. "Is this some kind of trap. You bitch! Why is our partner not back yet?" The man who was holding Cheryl, jerked her head roughly in one direction in extreme anger.

Sheryl immediately grew scared and spoke up abruptly. "The caves are pretty much slippery. Maybe he needs help picking up the kids. May be one of you should go and help him. The kids are definitely inside the cave." Sheryl suggested with a staright face, concealing her all expressions. The three men looked at each other and one man waved his hand on the third man, who nodded back his head in approval and walked towards the iceland. Sheryl and Cheryl looked at each other, feeling slightly victorious. They knew the iceland was a tricky place owing to its very low temprature and slippery floor. Anybody is bound to get hurt by falling without proper attire or caution.

A few more minutes later, the two men did not return and the men keeping an eye on the two girls were also confused. "Why the hell are they not returning?" The other man, who was holding Sheryl pushed her and gave her a tight slap. "You bitches. What game are you playing with us? Where are the kids?? Just tell me!!" He shouted at the top of his voice startling the two girls. Sheryl was thrown on the ground dur to the high impact of the slap and Cheryl had tears in her eyes, as her sister had roughly hit the ground, making her knees bleed.