Chapter 180

Isla Collins frowned. "That's weird. We checked the area earlier, didn't see anything like this." "Maybe someone just put it there," Vanessa Brooks said, flexing her fingers like she was ready for action. "Anyway, you first or me?" "I'll go." Isla took a breath. This was her family's mess, after all. Bringing Vanessa along was already asking too much-if things got risky, she should be the one leading. She carefully climbed up, peeked in through the window. The only person inside was Charles Collins, lying unconscious in the hospital bed. No sign of movement. Feeling relieved, she dropped in soundlessly and motioned to Vanessa. Vanessa started scaling the ladder but couldn't shake the sense of being watched. Halfway up, she glanced around-nothing. Still, that prickling at the back of her neck wouldn't go away. "How weird..." she muttered, but kept climbing. Once she slipped inside, David Armstrong and Leander Steele stepped out from behind a big tree nearby, where they'd been watching u