172: Chapter 172 – He realized he was being tracked and run away

Chapter 172 – He realized he was being tracked and run away

"Are you sure that somebody is living there? There aren't any lights."1

Robin was skeptical since the security lights were all off. It was okay for the internal lights to be off since it was late but for the security lights to be off raised a doubtful question in his mind. 

Daniel was equally confused because he was sure that they got the hacker this time around.

"This is where the map brought us. We should just go in and see."

The driver was afraid of his boss getting hurt or something. Being better trained in self-defense, he made a suggestion, 

"Sir, please let me go in first, just in case." 

Robin did not see the need in letting the driver go in first since his intentions were only to have a chat to convince the hacker to work for him. He was ready to pay anything just to nail Mara.

"We are going in as civilized people and not spies. Knock and wait for a response," he refused and rather suggested.

The driver obeyed and knocked for the first time but there was no response. He knocked again but still nothing. When he knocked for the third time without still any response, he turned the knob and went in. 

It was dark but warm since the heaters were turned off not long ago so he switched on the light.

As soon as Robin and Daniel saw the light, they went in together. 

"Hello, is anybody here?" Daniel began to yell but was met with nothing. No echo and no response.

"Hello, we are not here for trouble," Robin said after Daniel while carefully looking around the small but cozy living room in a small cozy house in the middle of nowhere.

Nobody responded but there was a coffee cup on the dining table. When Robin touched it, it was lukewarm and the content was half empty.

"Somebody was here not long ago," he observed and remarked.

"Let's check the rooms," Daniel suggested. There were only two rooms so while Robin checked one, Daniel checked the other while the driver checked the kitchen.

As they did, there was nothing of interest to them. 

"Do you know what I'm thinking?" Daniel asked and Robin responded,

"He must have realized he was being tracked and run away."

"Exactly," Daniel admitted, feeling like his hard work was flushed down the toilet.

"So, what do we do?" Robin asked, cursing silently in his heart for having lost the opportunity again. 

Daniel sought something that would make it easier to get the hacker's identity to be able to do a normal search instead of tracking him.

"Let's check and see if we can have some form of identity to work with," he suggested and again, the three men ransacked the two-bedroom cozy house.

They lost track of time as they searched for anything. Pictures, a name, or anything of interest but they still came back to square one.

"Did you get his name?" Robin asked, almost getting depressed. 

He was even more disturbed because of how Sabrina seemed to trust Martin even more than he, Robin.

"No. Just a stage name which would not do any good since it won't be on his ID," Daniel said in a disappointment-laced tone. 

Robin felt helpless, asking, "What do we do now?"

"I would have to start all over and make sure he doesn't know he has been caught when I get him. It wasn't easy though," Daniel recounted. 

Tracking an excellent hacker was very hard if the person did not want to be found.

"How long will it take?" Robin asked impatiently. Daniel shook his head, feeling sorry to disappoint him once again.

"I can't tell. Now that he found out and left, it would take longer, unless he wants us to find him. I'm very sorry."

Robin saw how disappointed and tired-looking Daniel was and felt sorry for him. He knew that his best friend worked very hard to get to this stage, thereby encouraging him,

"It's okay. Let's go back."

Whiles on the way, Robin could not sleep again because of the three hours of sleep he had before so he asked Daniel,

"Has things improved between you and Lizzy?"

He was hoping that should things improve between Daniel and Lizzy, then Lizzy could put in some kind words on his behalf through Daniel to Sabrina. Daniel smiled broadly at the thought of Lizzy.

He was beginning to believe his father's words after meeting Lizzy. His father was a hardcore player in his youth but he said that after meeting Daniel's mother, he lost taste in other women and the only one he ever desired was his mother.

Daniel did not believe in love by then but told his father that should he indeed find a woman who attracted him so much to make him feel guilty about his actions, he would stop seeing other women and he did just that.

It was very easy because he lost interest in other women and the only woman he thought about was Lizzy. 

He knew she was very busy and never disturbed her with incessant calls. He would drop messages here and then and add a note for her to respond only when she was less busy.

Lizzy would respond either immediately or later, which was encouraging enough for him, making him feel that she indeed had feelings for him too, not pushing him away like she did before.

"We have another date on Saturday. How about Zayla? I can see that Kennedy's investors are on his neck. If he gets arrested, how would you get your revenge?"

Robin was elated that things were improving between Daniel and Lizzy but his eyes darkened at the thought of Kennedy. Even his blood would not be enough to pay for what he did to Robin's mother and his daughter's blood would not be enough for what she made Robin do to Sabrina.

"I will. The law would not permit him to be kept there for too long. He is broke and his wife is not with him. I will wait and see who bails him out."

"That is easy. Zayla would," Daniel shrugged and leaned his head against the headrest while they undertook the four hours journey again.

"I will not allow her," Robin said defiantly but Daniel wondered how that was going to be possible when Zayla was Kennedy's daughter.

"How are you going to do that?"

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