60 Red Pool

Yve is now on her way back to Vince's penthouse. She decided to head home early to cook dinner for him. In her car are three boxes containing the first 3 years of financial transaction of SkyMu. Upon arriving she decided to park in front of the building and asked help from the guards and have the valet parking settle her car.

She guided the guards to put the boxes in the living room. Afterwhich, the guards left and she decided to go to the room to change her clothes. Little did she now that she isn't alone. In the study room, there are 2 people hiding. They were shocked to hear the sound of the elevator door opening.

"Boss, didn't told us that someone is coming this early." One of the 2 intruders said.

"Well,maybe boss also didn't know. Moreover, Boss seemed like a newbie in this kind of work."

"So what shall we do with the person in this house?"

"Nothing. We are just here to obtain the files from the computers and we have accomplished it already. All we need to do is to find the right timing to leave."

"Okay."

Yve, on the other hand is on the kitchen cooking dinner when she remembered that she left an important document in the study room. She was hoping she can read it first and to give a feedback to Edward before the night ends. Since it will still take quite some time to soften the meat, she decided to go to the study to get the file.

As she open the door and turned on the lights, she noticed that some things were arranged differently especially her laptop. The cooler of the laptop feels warm. It was as if the laptop.

Deep inside Yve's heart, she felt scared. She knows that Vince isn't home yet and that this house was supposed to be empty not until she arrived. Acting light nothing happened, she turned the lights off and closed the door behind her. She then, run towards the living room, grabbed the landline and dialled Vince's number. But before she could even finish, a strong object hit her head causing her to fall down on the floor and releasing her grip from the phone.All she saw were two pairs of shoes on the floor in which one pair approached the phone and picked it up.

"So you plan to call your prince charming, ei?" Were the last words she heard before she lost consciousness.

The intruders of Vince's penthouse confidently went down from the building using the staircase acting like nothing happened.One of them even bumped Vince's shoulder and apologized. Vince, knowing nothing about what happened to his Queen, accepted the apology and walked straight to the elevator while humming happily.

Vince is now outside the penthouse but somehow, he can't understand what are the emotions inside him. It's like his brain is telling him that something is not right and as he touched the doorknob, he knew his instinct is correct.

He opened the door and immediately saw the kitchen which is still messy. It looked like Yve is cooking. He approached the kitchen to see that the burner is turned off despite the meat is not yet cooked. Yve isn't like that. This time Vince can tell, he feels nervous. Something might have happened to Yve.

Immediately he saw red liquid on the floor near the edge of the living room. Couldn't be?? He ran as fast as he can towards the source and saw something that he never dreamed to see, her queen lying on the floor bathed in her own blood.

Vince hurried to his Queen's side, picked her up and checked for pulse. He can still feel her pulse but in a weaker state. Using his smartwatch, he called Edward.

"Yes, bro?" Edward answered.

"I need you to investigate my penthouse. Someone broke in and hurt Yve."

"WHAT? How is she?"

"I am on the parking lot now, and I will be driving her to the hospital."

"Bro, who could…"

"I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ON WHO THEY ARE! I want you to find them and show no mercy!"

Without waiting for Edward's confirmation, Vince ended the phone call, driving as fast as he can to the nearest hospital. Vince can't help but look at Yve, who's now lying at the back, through the mirror.

"I promise that they will certainly pay for this!" Those were Vince's last words before he maximize the speed of his car.

Meanwhile, in one of the darker areas of the parking lot in a commercial building, the intruders are now waiting for their 'boss' to hand in the documents. Then a black car appeared and stopped in front of them. The driver of the car opened the window and said,

"So?"

"Inside this USB are the soft copies of the documents you asked for." One of the duo said.

The driver reached out for the USB and exchanged it with an envelope.

"Good. Did anyone saw you?"

"Yes, the lady of the household. But don't worry boss, she has been dealt with."

"Really?! Are you sure?" The boss asked them.

"Yes. Maybe tomorrow you will hear a good news then."

"Okay, then I'll give you a bonus for doing a job well done."

The boss gave them another envelope. They even checked the envelope and saw how thick the contents are. They were happy and said,

"Thank you boss."

"Okay. Now, don't contact me. Just wait for me to call you if I want you to do something for me."

"Yes, boss."

Then the driver closed the window and drove the car away until even the backlights of the car can no longer be seen.

"I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ON WHO THEY ARE! I want you to find them and show no mercy!"

These words are constantly running inside Ed's head as he found himself on his way towards Vince's penthouse. Because of Vince's tone and how he wanted things to be done, he brought the best from the CONFERENCE to investigate instead of the police.

Finally they arrived at Vince's penthouse. They went inside and the group of five people excluding Edward walked towards the room. There were 4 men and the fifth member was a young girl.

"Secondo, is Primo okay?" The tallest of the 4 men asked/

"What do you think?" Edward answered with toughness in his tone.

"But if Primo is fine, then whose blood is this on the floor?" The young girl answered.

"Someone important to Primo which is why he entrusted you this task of finding out who did this." Edward answered their inquiry.

"And if we do, what shall we do?" The man in eyeglasses asked.

"You should report to Primo and ask him yourself."

"Okay!" They all answered and went on their ways to investigate.

"Are you really sure you want to use CONFERENCE's power on this, bro?" Edward asked himself as he knelt down touching Yve's blood which was almost dried.

Vince, on the other hand, has finally arrived in the hospital and was welcomed by a group of nurses and doctors. Seeing how much blood is on the car and on the patient, one of the nurses asked,

"Sir what happened?"

"Someone trespassed in our home and attacked my wife. When I arrived, my wife is already on the floor with her own blood. Please save her." Vince plead the nurse as he saw Yve being taken to the emergency room.

"We will do our best. Now if you please follow me to the information."

Once more, Vince felt helpless as he can't do a single thing to save Yve. He promised to protect her and to keep her away from harm but he failed miserably. Ever since they reunited, nothing good happened to Yve.

He thought, "Maybe Yve was right to leave me behind. No good would ever come by staying with me."