Kidnapped by a Dragon Billionaire - Chapter 43

“This is not a joke. We will let you off this once but if you call again with this prank, we will take action,” the policeman warned Zi Mei sternly. He didn’t look too pleased. The police patrol car came about 10 minutes after they called them and they unlocked the door to let the two police officers in.

After about 10 minutes, the two police officers came out looking rather annoyed. Pissed, even.

“There was no one inside and everything looked to be in their place, there was no sign of any break in,” one of them said.

“Do both of you live here?” he asked.

“No, it’s my house,” Zi Mei said. He frowned at her.

“Look, there was no one inside, we checked everywhere, there were no signs of any intruder at all,” he said.

“We noticed that you have installed security features such as grille on the windows and the skylight so it was impossible for anyone to get in without breaking through your front or back door, unless you didn’t lock your doors,” he looked at her questioningly.

“No, I always lock both my doors and check to make sure all my windows are locked too,” she said.

“Yet you called us to come check? Do you think it’s funny to prank us? You, young people have nothing better to do? Look, we have wasted our time here, please think before you call us next time,” he said, scowling at her. He and his partner got back in their patrol car and drove off.

Zi Mei looked at Darren and he shrugged.

“So, maybe it was your imagination?” he said tentatively.

She has to admit that it was just a feeling she had. She never did see anyone in her home. It just felt like someone was in there watching her. The sort of creepy feeling you get when someone is secretly watching you.

She is still standing outside with Darren next to her. She didn’t feel like going in. The police has said that there was no one there but there was something ominous about the house now. As if it was holding its breath, waiting for her. Something in there was waiting for her. She can feel it.

“Let’s go in…I will check everywhere with you again,” Darren offered.

She could feel her hairs standing on end again. She shivered. She couldn’t even bring herself to go near the door. She was not one to believe in supernatural beings and ghosts but for once, all the horror movies of ghosts and evil manifestations came to mind. Try as she might, she couldn’t get rid of the image of a ghost, a spectre, waiting for her in a dark corner of the house, waiting to pounce on her.

“Let’s not Darren…I…I can’t go in there,” she said.

“Tell you what, I will go in then,” Darren said. He opened the door and walked in before she could stop him. He left the door open. She peeked in as he walked around the front living room and went further inside. Soon, she couldn’t see him anymore. She held her breath in trepidation. What if that thing, whatever it is, caught hold of Darren? What will she do? What can she do??? She is not a ghostbuster. Heck, she doesn’t even believe in ghosts!!!

“What’s going on?” a voice asked next to her and she screamed. Zi Mei jumped almost a mile up, her heart almost stopping.

“Whoa…what’s with the panic?” it was Thorin. She didn’t know if she should kick him for scaring her or hug him. He scared the life out of her, if she has a heart problem, she would be lying dead on the ground right then and there. So she settled with a kick. She aimed at his shin but he sidestepped her easily.

“What’s with the violence…” he said nonchalantly. She went to him and hit his chest but he caught her hand easily. He brought it to his lips and kissed her hand. “Stop it lil Zi, let’s keep kinky play in the bedroom, eh?”

She spluttered in anger and snatched her hand away.

“You scared me!”

“Well, it’s not my fault that you were so engrossed with staring into your house that you didn’t hear me approaching,” he replied in his usual infuriating manner. Then, he turned to peer into her house.

“What are you looking at anyway? Something going on? Were there rats? Snakes? What?”

“It just felt spooky…I am sure something is in there,” she told him. She rubbed her arms which is still covered in goosebumps.

“Spooky? As in ghosts?” he asked, curious.

Just then Darren came out. He didn’t look like he was bleeding or frightened or was recently attacked by an unseen apparition.

“That doesn’t look like a ghost, he looks like your friend, Darren,” Thorin remarked. “I mean he’s not all that great looking but even I wouldn’t say he’s spooky,”

“Not him! He went in to check for me, not thanks to your disappearance!” she said.

“Disappearance? What are you talking about? I am here, aren’t I?” he looked puzzled.

Darren frowned when he saw Thorin. He came over to them and gave Thorin a curt nod.

“There’s nothing there Mei, I checked everywhere, even under your bed and the spare rooms, there was literally nothing, not a single ghost either,” he said jokingly.

“Ghosts eh? What’s with this sudden preoccupation with ghosts? Is it the time of the year already? I thought hungry ghost month is another month away,” Thorin said. He looked puzzled and amused at the same time.

“It was just a figure of speech,” Darren told him, rolling his eyes.

“Well, Zi Mei here looks like she’s seen a ghost, that’s for sure,” Thorin remarked.

“Probably that’s due to you being here now, after the police has gone. Where were you earlier when she needed you?” Darren asked, his tone accusatory.

“Why do you people insist on saying I was not here, I am always around for lil Zi, ALWAYS,” Thorin said, annoyance colouring his voice.

“Oh really? Check your phone, she called you and you didn’t pick up,” Darren challenged him. Thorin scowled at him, then looked at Zi Mei. She nodded in agreement.

“Fine, here, I’ll show you, she didn’t even call me,” Thorin said. He took out his phone and sure enough, there were no missed calls or messages from Zi Mei.

“See? No calls from her since….oh, since a few months ago…” he said, showing them his call history. When Zi Mei was living with him, she didn’t see the need to use her phone to call him. After all, he was within easy reach.

“It can’t be! I dialled your number and it went to voice mail, I am sure of it!” she said. She took out her phone to show her call history. There were no outgoing calls to Thorin, Jessica, Jazzmine or Sheena. The only call she had made that day was to Darren. She is certain she dialled those numbers!

The two men are now looking at her with weird expressions on their faces. They must think she is losing it or that she has lost it. But she knows for a fact that she made the calls. She dialled the numbers. She sent messages to them. She checked her messages. True enough, there were no messages sent to Thorin, Jessica, Jazzmine or Sheena.

What is going on?

“Maybe you need to go in and rest,” Darren was saying to her. She glared at him. He is her best friend. He, of all people, should know that she wouldn’t lie about this!

“Darren, you believe me don’t you?” she asked desperately.

“Maybe…you forgot?” he said, uncomfortably.

“No, no, no, I did call and send messages…I really did!” she insisted. She noticed a look passed between Darren and Thorin. It seems the animosity between them was now gone in light of her ‘craziness’.

“Let’s go in and rest, lil Zi,” Thorin took her arm gently. He tried to guide her into her house but she refused to go in. She could sense something in there. Something evil.

“I am NOT crazy! There is something there! I am sure of it!!!!” she said.. She pulled her arm free and then she ran.