The waitress was bothering Lucy so much that when Lucy spotted Greg entering the diner, she could not hide her relief. Seeing the look on Lucy's face, the waitress turned to look in the direction that made Lucy breathe happily, and as soon as the waiter's eyes fell on Greg Chase, she scampered away immediately. Lucy was shocked to see this. Greg ignored the silly waitress and advanced toward Lucy directly, with a poker face. He only managed to flash a sly smile when he was very close to her. ''Lu...why are you bothering me like this?'' Lucy asked Greg as he sat opposite her, his expression disapproving of the fact that Lucy brought him out at this time, to this place. ''Why did she run away from you like that?'' Lucy asked, speaking of the waitress. ''Who?'' Greg asked Lucy back, pretending not to know what Lucy was talking about. Also, he did not imagine that he was so popular for the waitress to know him enough to run away the way she did. Lucy glanced at Greg meaning

Barter was demoralized.Had he not lost everything? The woman that killed his sister was still aboard and living freely. Yes, Laura was back in Mr. Ban's house, but she was locked up in a room, with meals being served daily and on time, and she lived like an average person would. But she was not an average person. She was a murderer, and she had to pay for her crime. Yet, she felt better than Barter. Eating and sleeping, and screaming to be let out of the room she was kept in. That was some guts, to think that she had the right to ask to be let out after doing such a hideous crime. Barter drove home from the hospital after Mr. Ban had been confirmed to be in a critical coma of which it was unknown when he would wake up. Nothing made sense to him anymore, and nothing interested him. He was empty. He got home and walked along the long corridor with heavy strides, likely making Laura hear him so that she could upset him and he would beat her again. After all, Mr. Ban was not around

Charles Ban had waited long enough, hoping that the substance that the counter sales lady had given to Laura would come in handy, but as far as he was concerned, it didn't.He had been waiting to see Laura show up for close to a week, and she had not. It started to bother him.Apart from the fact that the mishap happened just when he was about to get into Laura's pants, he started to realize that she had been kidnapped and might be in danger. But what could he do? He was not even allowed to be seen sparingly in the city because of fear of what his enemies would do to him, so going to the police to report a missing person seemed far-fetched. ''Naaa... can't do that...'' he said to himself when the thought of going to the police crossed his mind. So was he going to forget about Laura and act as if he didn't know that she had been kidnapped?That would be terrible of him. He would be no different from the kidnapper that took her. That morning, he went to work at Greg Chase's company.

Greg Chase could not understand why Charles Ban was on him the way he was, concerning the supposed issue at hand that bothered Charles.''I don't know where I come in here, but...Mr. Ban, it's shocking to see you count on me like this. I mean, not as if I have notably handled any problems for you, have I?'' Greg Chase asked. ''You are a powerful man in the city...'' Charles directly replied. Greg eyed Charles carefully, wondering if he knew anything about the war that Greg was involved in with his brother. ''Okay. In case I want to help with your kidnapped friend...what am I supposed to do first? I bet you don't have a clue about who even took her. Did you see anything?' Greg asked. Charles leaned back in his seat.''Just tell the police. I can give you a description of her. All you need to do is to tell the police that she is directly involved with you, and I bet they would swing into action immediately...'' Charles Ban replied. Greg scoffed lightly. He observed Charles Ban for

''Are you a Ban for real?'' the colleague that joined Charles Ban at the police station asked him after they left. Charles Ban rolled his eyes. ''You heard the policeman, didn't you? There's no need to ask me again...'' he replied impatiently. ''So how come you are working with the boss? Greg, I mean. Are you not arch enemies with him?'' Charles' colleague asked. Charles glanced at the man and saw that the look on the man's face was highly perplexed. He was disturbed. Charles didn't reply. ''Why are you not working for your family man? The other Ban, Damien. I heard he is in the hospital now. He is in a coma. How is he?'' Charles' colleague asked him. Charles's eyes widened as he looked at the man beside him. ''What did you just say?'' He asked the man. Charles' colleague was taken aback, thinking that he had said something to offend Charles. ''Is he not in a coma? Did you not hear of the war between him and our boss here, Mr. Chase?'' Charles' colleague asked. Charles wa