Chapter 11 - A Mysterious Intruder Breaks Into Our Secure Estate
The digital security monitors mounted in our master bedroom flashed red at 3:14 AM. A silent perimeter alarm indicated that someone had scaled the ten-foot brick perimeter wall near the eastern garden. Alejandro rolled out of bed instantly, pulling a heavy steel safe open to retrieve a legally registered firearm.
"Stay here in the bedroom and lock the inner reinforced door," Alejandro ordered in a tense whisper. "What's happening?" I asked, grabbing my robe as panic spiked through my veins.
"Someone is trying to break into the house," Alejandro replied, chambering a round into his pistol. He crept out into the dark hallway, moving with the practiced stealth of a man trained in tactical defense.
I locked the reinforced bedroom door behind him, checking on my mother who was still sleeping soundly under sedation. Downstairs, the muffled sound of breaking glass echoed faintly through the ventilation system.
The intruder had shattered the reinforced French doors leading directly into my late father's old study. Footsteps padded softly across the downstairs hardwood floor, moving purposefully toward the back staircase.
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I held my breath, gripping my phone tightly as I dialed 911 on emergency speed dial without speaking. Suddenly, a deafening scuffle broke out in the upstairs hallway just outside our master suite.
"Drop the weapon or I will put a bullet through your shoulder!" Alejandro’s voice roared through the dark corridors. A muffled curse echoed back in a raspy, unfamiliar male voice that made my blood run instantly cold.
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