Alex looked at me, and I shook my head saying I don't know.
Without any more issues, we hiked to the spot we had planned and gathered around to have lunch. The girls admired the view when we gathered to discuss what we found with Paul through the call.
"Paul, Liam called suddenly and asked us to be safe," I said.
"DO you have any idea why?"
"Hmm no. he said he will meet me after I get back," said looking at Markus.
"Sir, we found a house in the wilderness and a clearing area that looked like used for shooting practice," said Markus.
"Did you find anything else?" asked Paul.
"Well, there must have been someone last night in the house. As we found some empty food packs plus we found some information collected about Mr.Alexander,"
"Really?"
"yes, my hunch is there is something to do with the late Mr.Alexander," said Markus asking his team to share some photos that have taken.
"What about the other area?"
"Hmm, well we found about dozen empty bullets, and they seem to have had some target practice, sir," said Alex's team head.
"That means we need to investigate this area thoroughly. I advise all of you to head back and send me the location so I can get the warrant to do it,"
"Ok, sir,"
"Paul, do you have any idea what is going on?" I asked as I was clueless.
"I am not sure about anything. But I knew that Alexander had a few rivals among them. My guess is this can be one of them,"
"Do you think Liam knows something?"
"Could be. We'll meet when you guys come back. But I would want you guys to be safe. As we don't know what they might be up to,"
"You mean we could be a target?" asked Alex.
"Yes," was all Paul said.
When we thought all of this was over another thing seemed to start. But this time this is mysterious. Who can be behind this? Is it someone who was hurt by Mr.Alexander or one of his subordinates for revenge?
"Ok, then we all can head back home," I said looking at the girls.
"Ben can we wait till the sunset?" asked Meg. And I didn't have the heart to say no, but they don't know the situation we are in.
"Maybe next time, Meg. I have to get back tomorrow because of an urgent matter in the office," I said finding this to be a valid reason they can believe.
"It's ok Ben. We'll come next time, so we are free to enjoy all this, Meg please..." pleaded Sarah to Meg. She knew Meg liked going out most as she s mostly stuck in the hospital.
After a while, Meg agreed and we started to go back to our campsite. But tonight the others also stayed with us with sing-a-longs and night watch out.
The next day at the same time we started to go back the CIA came in to investigate the area. We met some officers we had known earlier and they thanked us for finding out about this place. Plus they informed us that Paul is waiting to meet up with us.
"Little Bud," I looked for Sarah after we came back home. As she seemed a bit tired from the trip I made her some snacks.
"I am here, honey," she said coming out of her closet, well actually her treasure chest. Yes, she has this special place full of little things she gathered from our outings.
"What did you find from the trip?" I asked while sitting beside her on the floor.
"Look at this,"
"WOW, this is pretty," I looked at what she showed me. A tiny heart-shaped multi-color stone. Which she had packed and labeled with the trip and the date already.
"Do you want to keep it inside?"
"Hmm... do you have a place in mind?" I asked looking at the almost full cupboard. Plus making a mental note to make this area more organized with a new layout for her as a surprise.
"You can put it any place you like," she said with a smile and munching on the snacks I bought her.
The next day at the office, while I was going through some files, Alex came in.
"Paul called me,"
"Hmm.. what did he say?"
"They have found some more stuff and they had got some information that someone had come back to visit the old house where the old inn was last night,"
"Have they found out who is it?"
"Not really, but they think there is something going on. That we might not be able to figure out soon,"
Now, this information worries me the most. This only means we need to be on alert and worry about our families.
"When is Meg scheduled to depart for training?" I asked as I remembered that she had to go out of the country for a month for that.
"At the mid of next month,"
"Then we will have to try to sort this out within one month," I said with a starn look.