Chapter 4

Luke was sitting at home. He had let Lulu talk him into having a tea party with her and Lesley.

"Thank you," he said as Lulu filled his cup with pretend tea. Before he could take a drink the phone rang. "I'll get it," he said.

With difficulty, he got out of the small chair and walked to the phone. "Hello?"

"Luke, it's Mac."

"Oh, hi," Luke said with a sigh. "What happened that you wanted to blame on me now?"

"Luke it's not that. It's about Laura and Bobbie."

"What about them?"

"Luke, the bank was robbed this morning. The robbers are holding hostages inside the bank. Laura and Bobbie are in there." There was no response. "Luke? Luke!"

"Hello," said Lesley's voice.

"Lesley, where's Luke?"

"I don't know. He just dropped the phone and ran out the front door."

"Ok, thanks," Mac said. He exhaled sharply before turning to Taggert. "Spencer's on his way," he said.