Chapter 6: More questions than answers

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Lillian stared at her little brother in disbelief

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Lillian stared at her little brother in disbelief. He had a few leaves in his hair and dirt on his clothes, “Wha…what the hell are you doing here?!” she glared at him as she pulled him close and started to remove the leaves from the kids hair. Yugi had a blush covering his cheeks as he held still, “I um…I saw you sneak out and followed you. I…I thought you were running away again.” He spoke in a soft yet and concerned voice. Lillian sighed as she caressed his cheek, wiping away some of the dirt on his cheek. “I wasn’t running away Yugi. I just…had something I needed to check out.” She pinched the bridge of her nose before pulling away before turning back to the door way, she couldn’t send him home on his own. She was impressed he got here on his own.

The short teen followed his sister deeper into the manor, he looked around, finding no photo’s on the walls, no personal items to indicate who lived here. He looked at Lillian as she slowly scanned the rooms as they passed them. Yugi cleared his throat as they reached the entry hall with a grand staircase leading upstairs, “Um Lillian…why are we here? Whose home is this?” His sister glanced back at him, well they were already here, and she might as well come clean. “This is…the Kaiba manor.” Yugi’s eyes widen and was about to shout when Lillian covered his mouth with her hand. “Shhh!” She glared at him before turning her attention to the ceiling, listening carefully as she narrowed her eyes…she could hear faint footsteps coming from above her and hushed voices…there was someone else here.

She placed her finger over her lips, a sign for her brother to stay quiet. The teen wanted to ask what was going on but nodded, keeping silent. Lillian motioned for him to follow her as she ascended the stairs. Was it stupid taking him with her? Absolutely. Should she have taken him home when she discovered he was there? Probably. Should she tell him to go call the police? Maybe. But there was no turning back now. It was nice having an extra set of eyes and she would rather keep him close if trouble were to arise, she could protect him more easily that way.

The siblings reached the top of the stairs, and walked slowly through the empty hallway, Lillian noticed the light in Seto’s office was on. She could hear voices coming from inside. She reached back and pulled her brother closer, “Stay close.” The boy nodded as he held onto his sister. He would admit that he was frightened, he didn’t understand what was going on or why they were even there…but he trusted his sister and was determined to help her.

Lillian moved closer to the office and peered inside, there were four suited men busy going through Seto’s things, the office was as mess, papers lay scattered everywhere, books had been pulled from the bookshelf and was strewn everywhere. And in the centre of the room was Roland tied to a chair, he had blood from his nose as it looked broken, his one eye was swollen shut, his lip was busted and bruises covered his face. It looked like he had gone a few rounds in a boxing ring with Bruce Lee. Lillian felt bad for the poor man, she had to find a way to help him.

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