"They are here!!" the three girls said in unison when I told them the bad news.
"And they aren't going away either. We can't leave with Alicia from the front door." I added.
"How many are they?" Diane asked me, a trace of nervousness could be heard in her voice.
"A group of four. Two of them are inside, two at the exit," My eyes were fixed on Diane's. "They said they are on a mission to rescue Alicia from you, Diane."
"What?!" Diane said, taken completely off guard.
"This is a lie! If it wasn't for her, I would be dead now. Diane would never do that!" Alicia said in a nervous voice.
"That's probably the official story they are telling people." I said.
"Official story?" Sarah said, dumbfounded.
"Richard, what do you mean by that?" Alicia asked me with a questioning look. Sarah was looking at me with a pretty similar expression.
Diane was the only one of them that was following my thought process. Her face carried a serious demeanor and her fists were clenched in anger.
