The next morning, Sofia's secretary from the company comes with two other executives. Even Evelyn and Adam, who no longer work at Vintage Vega, are also in the group.At this moment, there’s no one else there looking after Sofia beside Alex alone. They find Alex sitting half asleep next to Sofia, looking terrible for not getting enough rest.“Oh, you guys…” Alex welcomes them in a bit startled.He then gets up, intending to offer his chair toward Adam, who happens to be the oldest in the group.“It’s okay, it’s okay!” Adam pats Alex, allowing Alex to remain sitting in the chair.“How is she?”“The Doctor said she is already much better now.”Alex’s attention is a bit attracted to Erin, Evelyn’s daughter. The little girl is whispering to her mother asking about Elly. Alex just smiles, knowing that he is not the only one who still believes Elly is still alive.Alex leaves them for a moment, simply to wash his face. When he comes back, he finds everyone waiting for him in front of the do
Alex's attention is more focused on Dylan than Teddy McDonald. He doesn’t seem at all happy to see him there. “Joe, Rey! Take that kid out,” he issues. “Sure!” The two big dudes walk approaching Dylan with their unfriendly stare. They simply push him away toward the exit. “Hey, he is with me,” Tedd informs. “Shut up!” Joe pushes Tedd toward Alex. Dylan tries to retaliate and forces his way to join the meeting. He doesn’t make it easy for Rey, which even almost provokes a fight between them. “Take it easy, kid! My boss doesn’t want you to be here.” “Fuck off!” Dylan rebukes by pushing Rey on the chest. But his push isn't able to move Rey an inch. The big dude pays him bak by coldly throws Dylan crashing to the ground. Dylan feels so humiliated by it, and his emotions flare up. Thankfully, Boris appears and tries to reason with him. “Look! Alex is not in a situation when you can argue around. Think about his situation. He could just snap at any moment and kill that man. We do
Austin turns back, showing his disbelieving face, and immediately grabbing Gunnar’s collars. “You?!! Have you gone nuts?” Gunnar just keeps his mad grinning, and then coldly shoves Austin’s hands. He nonchalantly walks away toward his own car, while naïvely showing his smile toward Austin's children. “It’s really such a waste for Imani to have a soft offspring like you.” Austin McIntosh keeps staring at him from behind with so much displeasure. Unlike Gunnar, he has some kind of pride as an educated and civilized gentleman. Despite running a garbage business like his late father, Austin still has his own moral standard. He is a man of principles and a prideful businessman. To keep things running effectively, he always believes that he still needs to set a certain moral standard, even for his underground activities. His wife knows about his underground activities, and never minds with them. But he can’t deal with drugs, prostitutions, and exploitation of minors. He may still be
Inside the house, there are only Gunnar and his sick brother, and one of his lackeys nonchalantly sitting on a coach while changing channels on the TV. And suddenly, a commotion occurs from the second floor which shakes his attention.“Jancok! Jancoook!!!”The man sighs, seeming to know who is making a ruckus upstairs.“Not again!” he whines as he walks toward the stairs.As he gets to the second floor, he finds his friend just coming out of a toilet.“What is it?”“It must be Tommy! Go get some ropes, quick!”That man rushes toward the kitchen looking for some ropes. It’s not clear what they are going to do with those ropes.While the other one rushes toward Tommy’s room, and there he finds that sick man is currently pinning Gunnar down on the floor.“Hey, calm down, man! It’s me Gunnar! Your brother!”But the sick brother is still pinning Gunnar while grabbing his collar, shouting something so close at Gunnar’s face with some saliva coming out of his mouth.“Pangananmu ambek, Jancoo
It’s not just the dead bodies inside that toilet. There are also some cleaning tools that are also dirty with blood, the tools which were used to clean the house by someone after killing those people.“Hey, Charlie! What is it?” asks Gunnar.Charlie just stands there with his pale face. He is a genuine thug, but he still finds it hard to withstand the nightmare he is currently watching inside that toilet.“Dead,” he mumbles lightly in fear.“What?” asks Hector before coming to him.“They are all dead,” utters Charlie, turning around to show his pale face toward his friend.And soon after he turns around, he notices that Alex is currently holding some kind of small dagger in both hands. There’s one “King Tut’s Ancient Dagger” in his right hand, and one old karambit which Alex holds with clenched fist in his left hand.As Alex starts making his move throwing the ancient dagger, Charlie immediately shoves Hector away. And…Zap!Charlie managed to save his friend. But Alex’s dagger hit Ch
No one can follow Tommy’s words, except Alex. Both Boris and Pablo look a bit startled by Alex’s sudden madness.It’s the same with Gunnar. He never expected Alex would really take the risk to kill him, since he believes Alex still needs him to find his daughter.“You?!”Now he begins to regret his decision and naivety to play with Alex’s feelings. He likes to plead, but he finds it hard to just utter a single word. He can only hold Alex’s jacket as Alex keeps stabbing his chest with the twin karambits so many times.“Alex! That’s enough!” Boris pulls Alex’s back, preventing him from killing Gunnar. “We still need him to find your daughter.”Alex just shuts silent with his short breath. He has really lost his sanity, due to rage mixed with his agony and frustration. And slowly, his mad face gradually turns so pathetic as if enduring the pain of losing his daughter.He simply leans his back to the wall, and his back slowly slides down until his butt hits the floor. While Alex covers hi
Before dawn, Gunnar’s house has been surrounded by the police. The one who leads the investigation is none other than Detective Barnes from NSW Police Force, accompanied by his new partner, that young cop named Jack Hayden.After hours of investigation, one of the most convincing theories they can come up with is that the man named Tommy killed everyone with a knife that dropped from his hand.“The name is Tommy Peterson, 44 years-old. No crime record, but he was diagnosed with schizophrenia a while ago, and also with a strong indication of split personality disorder.”“And this one, Gunnar Peterson, 47 year-old. He killed his own brother with Beretta, and managed to make an emergency call. But we were too late to save his life.”However, not everyone is convinced by that theory. One of them is Detective Barnes himself. Because Tommy and Gunnar are brothers by blood, and it’s hard for him to understand the motive behind that massacre.“It’s so weird,” mumbles Detective Barnes with an
The conflict between Vega Family and McIntosh became a hot topic for a while ten years ago. It ended with the downfall of McIntosh Corporation, and followed with the sudden success of Vintage Vega, Inc. Some people speculated that the case of Imani murder had something to do with Rodolfo Vega, but no one can prove that theory until now. Not to mention that Rodolfo was seen as the protagonist in that conflict as the one to be wronged by Imani, so most people didn’t like to say any bad things about Vintage Vega. But now, Detective Barnes found two murder cases, targeting the people who have connection with Imani McIntosh. And Austin’s daughter is missing, not long after the kidnapping which happened to Sofia Vega’s daughter. He can’t explain how, why, and who did the killing spree and the kidnapping. But somehow, he has strong feelings that everything is connected with the conflict that happened in the past. “Let’s pay that woman a visit,” utters Detective Barnes. “Where are we goin