Ellie and Rindley followed the noise, until it stopped. “Who was it?”“It was not Friedrich, I think.” Ellie said. “Not that I have heard him screaming a lot, but…” She shrugged. Rindley pulled her to him and cupped her face, making her look straight at his eyes. “Did you and that guy… ?”She took a while to understand the meaning of his words. When she did, she wrinkled her nose. “Yikes! No!!” She said, pushing Rindley away. “How disgusting!” Rindley smiled, satisfied. “Good.”Ellie narrowed her eyes at him. “I don't know why you are so satisfied, Mr. Fairfax.”“Don’t you know? Well, then I have to make it clear: I am interested in you. romantically, I mean, just so you’ll have no more doubts.”Ellie bit her lower lip. “Hmmm…” She said, looking down. Then, she took a deep breath and looked ahead. “We will chat about this later. Now, let’s find out what the hell is going on around here.”Rindley nodded and they kept walking, until Rindley saw a hand. Instinctively, he put his
Brandon looked at the police officer, seriously. “No, sir. I didn’t.” He said. “I came here because of the video I saw about my girlfriend being dragged here by Mr. Montgomery. I didn’t even lay a finger on him, since she kicked him, as I told you. And then, we heard the noises.”“And then, you didn’t call the police right away?” The police officer asked.“The signal here is very difficult. You can see by yourself, officer.” Brandon pointed to the forest. “And the lady?” “What about her?” Brandon frowned. “Has she did done more than just kick Mr. Montgomery?”Brandon clicked his tongue. “She is a small woman, officer. She kicked him in the right place, but not enough to kill him. Please, do talk to her. You’ll see she is harmless.”“A woman who kicks a man right in the balls is no harmless.” The officer laughed. “I’ll go talk to her. Thanks for your testimony, Mr. Ashford.” “My pleasure.” Brandon stayed with Chung-hee, watching as the police officer went to Lucy and started to
The Ashford group's shares dropped a little, after all, the media reported the case and some people thought that Friedrich was the culprit, even though there was no evidence.“That's exactly why I'm sure the ball must take place. It will calm these people down.” Brandon said, sitting in his chair, talking to shareholders who looked worried."You didn't...you didn't kill the Montgomery boy, did you?" One of them said, a short man with thinning hair. Mr. Stanford.“No, Mr. Stanford. I didn't kill him. Even though he took my girlfriend into the woods and tried to rape her, I didn't kill him.” Brandon replied, seriously.“Of course, of course.” The man said, as if apologizing.“Anything else you wish to ask or point out?”“No, no…” The shareholders muttered and soon, Brandon was alone in the office.Lucy had taken the week off, as she was very shaken up and he was in no way going to force her to work.“Friedrich?” It was Ellie. Since the company was full, she wouldn't call him by his real
“Brandon, we have looked everywhere!” Ellie said, almost crying. She liked Lucy and she feared for the girl’s life. Do you think… ?” Brandon put the black rose on the table. “They took her. And it is my fucking fault!” He should have listened to Chung-hee, he should have backed away from Lucy, for a while. But no, he couldn’t control himself. Then, something flashed in his mind “What is it?” Ellie asked, noticing he changed his face expression. “What if she is pregnant?” He mumbled. “Come again?” Ellie frowned. “Her mother thought she might be pregnant!” He repeated, this time, louder. “My woman might be carrying my child! They took they both!” Chung-hee had not gone to the party because he had issues to solve. There was an attack in another part and now, Brandon suspected it was all part of the plan, so Chung-hee would not be around to help protect Brandon and Lucy. “What has the security said?” “Nothing. Those fuckers got to mess with our security system.” Brandon got up f
The place was not exactly poor, but the houses seemed to being a bad condition. Rindley saw two men talking and one of them entered the house and started to drag a big black plastic bag. As the bag appeared, Rindley couldn't help but think that it could be a person. A corpse, to be more precise.“...the fuck?” He thought and when one of the men, the one who was not carrying the bad, saw Rindley looking at them, he nudged the other man and indicated the car with a flick of his chin.The guy dragging the ‘corpse’ let the bag drop and looked at Rindley, who accelerated the car. Soon, he saw another car, one that was parked near the house of those men, following him. “Fuck!” Rindley said under his breath. He tried to cut through streets, but to no avail. Those men were not easily deceived. His phone started to vibrate and it was Ellie. He smiled by reading her name, but that was not the moment to talk to his woman. She insisted. “Baby, I am kind of busy right now!” He said, after ac
Rindley and Ellie decided to keep their relationship a secret. There were a few reasons for this. For starters, the fact that Brandon, Ellie's friend, was going through the trouble of Lucy's disappearance; then there was also the question of danger, as it was not known exactly who the kidnapper was and what he wanted; More so, Rindley's family, who wouldn't want their son to marry a girl with no relevant name in society. And Ellie wasn't about to say how much money she had just to ensure a relationship,, even if it was with Rindley."I want to marry you, Ellie." Rindley declared and she looked at him startled."Rindley… we just… for the first time.""And? I know I just want you.” He shrugged as he caressed Ellie's shoulders, lying on his chest. "I didn't get involved with any women after I met you, Ellie.""Are you saying it just to keep sleeping with me?" she asked, provoking him, but thrilled. Ellie thought that Rindley, who had a reputation as a womanizer, had dated several women i
The police entered, guns drawn, pointing at Chung-hee and Brandon as if they were thugs. “Don’t move!” The two looked at each other and remained still, except when one of the officers, apparently their boss, ordered them both to put their hands up.“Now, behind your heads!” There was no resistance on their part and so, both were taken to the police station to testify for being on private property, without authorization, after a complaint of invasion and suspicious movement in the area. Brandon and Chung-hee were clearly not arrested, but during the conversation with the sheriff, Brandon was harshly questioned. He was in foul mood, since to him, they were wasting time, while Lucy was being dragged to some hell hole and he, there, inside that damn place, could do nothing!Deputy James Sullivan was not one to be intimidated by anyone's social status. He investigated who he had to investigate, and if some rich man was found guilty, he would mercilessly arrest him.This behavior made B
Brandon went to his house and was really stressed. “Call the IT team. I want to know the members of the Gang, I want to know where Lucy is!” He was ranting and Ellie knew it. No hard feelings. “Ok.” She said and started to make her calls. She called the butler of the Ashford Manor. “Mr. Hartley? Hi!” “Hello, Miss Patterson. How may I assist you?” The butler’s voice echoed on the other side of the line, as politely as ever. “Mr. Hartley, please, I need you IT team working with mine.” She explained the whole situation for him. Of course Harold Hartley was not just any butler. As much as he was old and worked as a mere servant in the eyes of others, he was far more than that. His family has been working for the Ashfords for centuries. Some people are butlers, just butlers, but some are part of one of the four great clans, that give their lives to serve their masters. No, not slaves. They receive a great payment for their services, since they are well trained as fighters, strategis