Clara drove her vehicle at full speed. In the middle of the journey, Franklin sent her a message. And as expected, Franklin still wanted to do what he had conveyed to Clara some time ago.Franklin [I'm meeting my ex-girlfriend after delivering this package. So, I'll borrow your car for a bit.]Clara was sure the ex-girlfriend Franklin referred to was the woman who had once made Steven her affair partner."He must want to ask about Steven's whereabouts." Clara snorted.She pressed down harder on the gas pedal. Clara moved quickly and she had to arrive before Franklin found out where Steven was. Although it was impossible to find Steven, because that man never stayed in the same place.Steven had many residences, even his main job as the leader of a legal company required him to move from workplace to workplace. However, for Clara it was very easy to meet Steven. Her job always involved searching, so it was not a difficult matter to find something hidden."I know this may be dangerous.
"Damn it!"Franklin punched the wall in front of Clara. He was angry and confused because he couldn't find any trace of Vina who had suddenly disappeared from her school area. In front of Clara, Franklin started to lose hope."This must all be Steven's doing!"Clara had repeatedly told Franklin that Steven had never stalked his sister, Vina. Clara had even explained it from the beginning when she met Steven at the office building. However, Franklin still didn't believe her."Franklin, this is not Steven's doing." Clara reiterated firmly. "I almost died because of accusing him. You shouldn't go see him."Franklin, who was initially hunched over, immediately looked up. The look of anger was clearly visible in Franklin's eyes. How could it not be, he had been looking for Vina since school let out until midnight like this. But the result was nothing."How can you say Steven isn't the culprit? He hates me for no reason, Clara. He even stalked my sister for a week.""Franklin, Steven does s
The blowing wind grazed Vina's face, which had already turned pale from enduring the cold. Her back also felt stiff because Vina was forced to sit for hours on that dilapidated chair. The smell of dust wafted through, but Vina had managed to get used to it. However, the girl was not yet fully conscious since twelve hours ago after a man had given her a sedative. Not knowing the dosage, but the kidnapper had also grown weary of waiting for Vina to wake up.Now, the girl who had just come of age blinked. The cold state of the room forced her back to reality. Even though Vina felt a pain in her head, she immediately gasped."Mom..." Vina looked around her surroundings.But, there was no one to welcome her. Instead, Vina found a masked man sitting in front of her. Suddenly, Vina felt her heart pounding faster and irregularly."Huh? Who are you?" Vina stared intently. When she tried to point, she only then realized that her body was tied with a fairly strong rope."Hey, what are you doin
Past problems caused the Franklin family to be terrorized with Vina's kidnapping as the beginning. However, they still did not understand the situation that occurred, and even the perpetrator could not be guessed.Two days had passed, and Vina's whereabouts were still unclear. At the same time, Steven—the man who was once suspected of being the kidnapper—also disappeared. Clara had initially dismissed her suspicions, but based on the information obtained, it turned out that Steven had been missing for two days without explanation."The police also couldn't find my brother's last trace," Franklin complained.Since losing Vina, Franklin no longer worked as a drug or illegal weapons courier. His job as a package courier was also hampered, although Franklin was still in a safe position because Mr. Tio, his boss, did not reprimand him."I'll look for Steven," Clara stood up.Her statement drew Franklin's attention, and the man looked up and asked, "You said he wasn't involved. But why do y
As Vina woke up from her often uncomfortable sleep, she was unsurprised to find a woman she knew very well - her mother. While Vina might have hoped to be reunited with her mother again, she certainly didn't expect it to be in this dusty, damp, abandoned building where she was being held captive.Vina's hands had been bound for two days, the tight ropes cutting into her wrists. But upon seeing her mother also tied up, Vina tried to move closer to her. "Mom! Oh my god! Mother!" Vina cried hysterically, shaking her head as if to wake from this nightmare. "No! Mom! Why are you here?!" Her wailing seemed to rouse her mother from the effects of the sedative she had been drugged with the night before. In a confused daze, Mrs. Franklin was shocked to see her daughter Vina inching towards her."Vina, dear?!"Vina nodded, moving even closer. "Mom, why are you here?!"Her mother didn't recall the events that led to her being imprisoned with Vina either. One moment she was comfortably in bed, t
"He's...really my uncle."Clara was stunned as Franklin confirmed the information obtained by her secret agent. Clara may have been familiar with greedy sibling rivalries over inheritance, but this was happening to Franklin - a simple man who still worked as a package courier when Clara asked him to work for her for exponentially higher pay."Didn't you ever suspect him?" Franklin shook his head, he had no bad memories of Frans. However, the last time he saw Frans was when Franklin was little, and his photo matched the one the secret agent sent Clara."That was his face the last time I saw him, Clara. Now he must be older and I don't know what he looks like.""Really? So you haven't seen him in a long time?"Again, Franklin confirmed it. "Mom took me and Vina away to this city because my father passed away when we were still young kids." Clara tried to understand the situation Franklin described. From his explanation, there was nothing suspicious about Franklin. According to Clara,
Ouch!Clara winced when she saw Franklin's cheek grazed by the sharp knife of his sparring partner. Even though it was his first time, Franklin was handed over to Margareth, the woman who acted as a trainer at Clara's training center. This woman was highly skilled at wielding a knife tightly in her hand."Aren't you being too harsh, Margareth?" Although older, Clara still addressed all her subordinates by name. There were no honorifics when working with her. That was the principle Clara held in carrying out her work."Didn't he himself ask me to fight like a ferocious enemy?"Clara gave a wry smile. Perhaps she felt a little sorry for Franklin, who was overwhelmed facing Margareth. He had even gotten two gashes on his cheek and right arm while trying to parry."He's very amateurish, are you really recruiting him as a drug courier?" Clara leaned against the rack, folding her arms and crossing her legs. She focused her attention on Franklin, who was being given alcohol to clean the g
Days had passed, this was the fifth meeting since Franklin seriously trained in self-defense. After deciding to focus on finding his Sister and Mother, Franklin's days revolved around the training center, Clara's apartment, and Vina's school to search for clues.Franklin never once forgot about Vina and his Mother's existence. However, at that time Frans, who was Franklin's uncle, Franklin tried to find information about the man whose whereabouts had long been unknown."It's unusual for him to work so slowly..."Clara fiddled with her phone, bombarding the intelligence agent assigned to inform her about Frans, Franklin's uncle. However, for almost a week, the agent had never given any definite news."What's wrong, Clara?" Franklin asked, seeing the sour face of the woman who had been so kind to help him."Don't you want to go to the training center?"Franklin's focus shifted when Clara instead asked about the routine training. The man rolled up his long sleeves and showed a fresh scra