Chapter 169 - The Sisters' Worry

That afternoon, Anna and the twins couldn't stop worrying about their eldest sister. Even Owen himself looked nervous, and his smile looked stiff when he found out that Cathy was not in her room.

Anna kept trying to contact Cathy's cellphone, which was only connected to her voice mailbox.

The siblings also tried to reach Benjamin, but they couldn't get him as the man was out of the country for a business affair.

Anna refused to give up and tried to contact Steve and Kitty while hoping that Cathy was with them. However, both of them had no idea about Cathy's whereabouts either. Thus, Anna assures them that Cathy is fine so as not to worry them about unnecessary things. She didn't want to disturb them and bother them both. After all, maybe Cathy just went shopping at the market without carrying her bag.

But it's been six hours since they realized Cathy wasn't in her room, so Anna was anxious.

Owen himself also contacted the members and the chairman to report the situation on Red Rosemary. In an instant, all Alpha members acted and find out where their second miss is.

In far away from Red Rosemary, a young girl played piano in her house casually when she noticed the red light on the cube box. She stopped her playing and took the red cube.

She pressed the tiny button, showing a series of words. After reading the contents of the message, the young girl contacted someone.

"Zero, my members panicked because they lost track of the second miss."

"She's with Vincent."

"Vincent? I thought he was on a mission to retrieve data at snake's lair?"

"It seems that yesterday Martin managed to kidnap the second miss, and by chance Vincent found her."

The young girl... aka Alpha, massaged her forehead because she was tired of all this.

"Don't you find it strange? I'm sure the old snake has followers we don't know. How is it possible that every time we send someone to infiltrate, our people always fail? Until now, we couldn't find anything to fight that sneaky snake. Do you think that guy knows we're after the file and purposedly caught the second miss? That way, Vincent wouldn't steal the file but saved the second miss instead."

There was a sigh from the other end. "You're more talkative than usual."

Alpha just smiled at that.

"You know I'm right on this point. You better investigate whoever supports Martin. I will mobilize all my members to protect the West sisters."

After cutting off the connection, Alpha called Owen to tell him that Cathy is safe with Vincent. However, Alpha forbade him to tell anyone and acted as if Cathy's whereabouts were still unknown.

Alpha also told him that some elite member would look after Cathy's three sisters so that Martin or anyone else would not easily approach Cathy's three sisters.

Dozen years ago, they used Benjamin and Vincent to lure Chloe out. This time, they wouldn't let them use Cathy's sisters to lure the second miss.

"Make sure nothing happens to the second miss's three sisters, Owen. We won't be able to do much if they manage to kidnap one of the sisters and lure her out."

"I understand. I make sure the second miss's sisters will be well protected."

Owen sighed with relief, knowing her second miss was fine. Owen still blamed himself for being careless twice. How could Cathy be in danger when he was there to protect her? Owen felt he was not worthy of being a member of the Alpha's right-hand man.

***

That day, Lina and Lizzy go to school as usual. Because this is their last year in high school, they participate in various school activities to support their final school exam scores.

Anna is also going to college as usual and is preparing to participate in a Paris student exchange program for the following year.

The three of them are both focused on their studies, but still... the fact that Cathy disappeared without news made them restless.

Their eldest sister never ran away from home or left without informing them first. That's why they were so worried and nervous that her sister suddenly disappeared. Plus they couldn't contact the sister which added to their worries.

Anna knew her sister had changed drastically since Vincent's disappearance. She knew her sister was upset and low-spirited because Vincent left without saying anything.

She knew her sister needed some time alone to accept their separation. Therefore, Anna and the twins always try to keep their sister company. She didn't want Cathy to be alone then cry while biting his lip back.

Anna and the twins agreed always to accompany Cathy and not leave Cathy alone. They decided to come to Cathy's room on certain days and not just Saturdays.

Now they regretted why they didn't sleep with Cathy yesterday. Last night Cathy came home with a strange attitude. For the first time, Cathy didn't respond to them as if their sister were in a world of her own.

It felt like Cathy shut the world out and couldn't hear their voices nor see them.

They questioned Owen about Cathy's strange behavior, but Owen himself didn't know the answer either. They tried to peek through the door of Cathy's room only to see Cathy's condition.

Their sister didn't cry nor bite her lip which was good news. But they couldn't help but worry when they saw how their eldest sister laid on the bed while staring at the ceiling in a daze.

"Did something happen when she met her friend?" Lizzy asked curiously.

"Shh... let give her some time alone for now. We will cheer her up again tomorrow," suggested Anna to her younger sisters last night.

Correct. Anna herself suggested that they leave Cathy alone. She felt that Cathy really wanted to be alone and didn't want to be disturbed.

Now she regretted it... pretty much. If she were to force herself to join her sister, maybe she would know or wake up when her sister decided to leave.

The only thing she could do now was to wait.. She had already given Aunt Len a message that if Cathy were back home, the older woman would immediately let her know.