Chapter 428

• He heard crying and turned around. The three girls with hoods on their heads were huddled in the corner. Ben walked over to them. They shrieked when he touched them.
• "Shhh! It's ok, the police have arrived. We will get you home." They froze when he said that. He saw their hands were zip tied and had nothing to cut them loose with. The hoods just had string ties so he was able to undo those and pull the hoods off. They blinked in the bright light of the room and looked up into his kind eyes. They threw themselves against him and cried. One was speaking French but the other two were speaking a language Ben didn't recognize at all. They looked alike so maybe they were sisters.
• The police busted into the room, pushing the corpse to the side and started yelling... something. Ben raised his hands and two burly men grabbed him and pulled him back from the young women. Ben continued to reassure the young frightened girls. The police cuffed him and left him on his stomach on the floor. He sighed. The two ladies from the bedroom were screaming something to the police and crying. The officers looked at him and one knelt down by his head.