Chapter 10 : The Secret Room

Me and my Brothers went back slowly as someone body fell down, the face was Dad. "Help your father up, will you?" Mom said walking in with some policemen.

"Dad!" we said and helped him up. We layed him on the couch, he looked messed up and injured like he got into a fight or something. "Kyle please take your dad to our room" Mom said and walked over to the policemen to thank them.

Kyle took him upstairs while and Brian stared at a policeman like he has seen him before, luckily the man didn't even notice he just kept listening to mom. The man had a short beard with brown eyes and had a fair complexion.

"I know that guy" Brian said dragging me and pointing my head to his direction. "Really, from where?" I asked.

"You remember when I went to the basement during Kyle birthday, I saw his picture.

The policeman walked towards us like he could here us or something, he had his hand behind his back I was afraid of what he was hiding.

"Wait here please let me go clean up their father" Mom said and walked away. I became more scared when he brought his hand to me I was afraid to look.

"I think this belongs to you" he said, he had a bold voice. It was my project, I couldn't believe it.

"Thanks, where did you find this?" I had to ask. "Inside that car, I found your name inside and your mom told me everything about it in the station" he replied pointing to Kyle new car. I thanked him as he gave me a hand shake, when mom came running downstairs.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting" my mom apologized. "Not problem, can we take our leave?" one of them said.

"Yeah sure" Mom and shut the door. Brian rushed upstairs to go meet dad and I had to follow too. We knocked the door and waited for a response then opened, Kyle had gone to his room already and Brian was disturbing dad by asking silly questions.

"Can you guys give your dad breathing space he had a long day and he seems tired" Mom said shutting the door behind her back. "Okay, good night mom" we both said and went to our room to sleep.

"Wake up sleepy head" Brian said. I could see him by I blinked my eyes repeatedly.

"Breakfast is ready" Brian said this time he removed the blanket and got up from the bed.

"Just a second" I said in a low and sleepy tone. I got up had a shower and headed to the dining for breakfast, but I saw mom and dad shivering, well mostly mom, I was glad dad was back and better.

"Erin thieves are in the house" Mom said looking around. "Well where is Kyle?" I asked. "He his right behind you" Mom said while I looked at my back and saw Kyle calling the cops.

"Their numbers are not going through" Kyle said. I looked at Brian and said, "So you think the best way to get me up from bed is by lying to me" I said.

"I had to, look their entering through the front door" Brian said pointing to the door.

"What kind of robbers enter the front door" I said, I wasn't that scared. "The armed one" Dad answered eating crackers with sprayed cheese.  "Armed?" I was now terrified.

Dad crackers reminded me of the secret room. "over there, let hide" I said pointing to the wall and pushed them inside. They all fell on the floor except Kyle. I closed the wall immediately, I could here the robbers smuggle their way into the house.

"Erin, how do you know this place?" Dad asked shocked. "Shhhhhhh! I will explain later" I said cutting him short. Mom Was also surprised, I could tell.

"Is that supposed to be breakfast?" Brian asked looking at dad spray the cheese in his mouth. "No, breakfast is in the kitchen, let me call the cops" Mom said reaching out to her phone in her pocket.

"Let me try mine" Kyle said. "Ohhhh no I have no credit" Mom said.

"My battery is dead, I forgot to charge it last night" Kyle said. "I left mine in my room" I said.

We all stared at dad as the only one who could help. "Sorry guys I haven't seen my phone since the day I was kidnapped" Dad said. Suddenly Brian phone rang, "It Charlie" Brian said happy that he called and quickly picked it.

"Hello, Brian am outside your house" Charlie said through the phone. "Charlie listen I need you to call the cops and do not enter the house cause thieves are there" Brian said immediately.

"Well, okay" he said and immediately hang up. "Look a door" Kyle said as he sighted it, we all rushed to open but It was locked it could only be open at the other side.

Not long enough the cops came to our rescue, they seemed shocked about her hide out. "Thanks again officer" Mom said.

"No problem" he said and left with some of the robbers.

"You guys must be starving, there are some fried egg with toast" Mom said as we rushed to the kitchen to get our meal.

"So about the room" Dad said reminding us about it

"Dad let not please talk about it I have to right my speech about my project" I said and carried my breakfast to my room avoiding the consequences that will come from the answer, Kyle will be in so much trouble.

"Hey!" Kyle said, he knocked this time. "What do you want?" I asked angry at what he did. "I just want to say am sorry for what I did" Kyle apologized. "No problem, I have to finish this project speech" I said looking for a paper I can practice on.

"Can I help?" Kyle asked. "Okay" I answered an brought out the note that was on the table when dad was missing, I had it in my pocket and just noticed it. "Isn't that the note that went missing" Kyle said.

"Yeah" I replied.

But something went missing, I figured it out, it was the words. They were all gone but the ink was there, someone wiped it off but who?