CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE

"Yes, I got it." He is listening to the message from the person he is talking to. He just nods.

"Got it, bye." He immediately hung up the phone after talking to the person on the other end and turned it off. 

He was still fiddling with his phone when he felt someone behind him.

So, he immediately turned around; it was his companion. 

"It's heavy!" They complained about the heavy bag they were carrying. 

He looked at it, knowing what was in the bag.

He just sighed. He walked towards his companion; he was about to help them when someone called his name.

"Charles, Giovane is calling for you." Vince said that he signaled him to hurry. "I'll help you with that."

He didn't reply anymore, so he just composed himself first.

"Where are you going to throw that again?" He asked.

"The boss said that the family shouldn't see it right away." 

He just nodded and walked away; he still had to face his boss, Giovane. He had taken on the role of his right-hand man, and as such, he was well-versed in the current information.

"Ah, you're already here, Charles." He immediately greeted him with a mischievous smile, his eyes brimming with greed.

"Why are you smiling like that?" He asked.

"Your plan is really good, Charles." 

"What plan?" He couldn't help but ask his companion.

"Ah, to kill and silence the child of Cuerdo." He even put his arm around him.

"Oh, I see." 

He laughed again. "I value your games, Jasmin, because you have a well-structured and effective plan. It really feels like magic is happening. For that reason, I saw my cousin and my half-sister Chesca, and it confirmed that she's not dead." Giovane said.

Giovane laughed again: "The crazy thing is, he trusted you, that you were the one providing the information, which is all lies. Shit, bro, you really love to manipulate people. Glad to work with you." At that moment, he was still under escort.

He didn't answer anymore. "So, what will you make me do now, Giovane?" He asked. "I know you; when you call me, you have something for me to do." He looked at him intently.

He only smirks at him. "Yes, I have a task for you." He said to him.

"Try to convince Mikaela more; let's make her more pliable in your hands; she's easy to manipulate, but I want to know the truth about this cousin of mine. Ask her if Jake is working on something." He told him while drinking a glass of wine.

"Why?" he asked.

"Why? I believe he has someone with him; the black market is slowly disappearing, and some of our partners are being silenced." Thinking about it while holding a glass of wine.

"Investigate it; you have friends in the police." He ended up saying.

"Ah, they're working in the shadows; they can't investigate immediately; they're also being cautious. Our enemies have very sharp eyes." 

"Should I investigate that case?" He asked.

He let out a weak laugh at himself. "Eh, focus on Mikaela; she'll come back. I will make sure of it." 

"Okay." He just nodded.

"By the way, be careful with your actions. I heard there are many conspiracies in the organization right now because of that bastard Fernan and his cousin." His eyes were filled with anger. "Be careful with the information you share with our colleague."

"Oh, don't you doubt me?" Charles asked.

He looked at him, and a mischievous smile appeared, accompanied by a soft laugh, and then he burst out laughing.

"You're so funny, Charles. If you are the one helping them," he was stared at by him. "I will kill you, right here." Someone even pointed a gun at him.

He calmly looked at Giovane then.

"But," he retracted and put away the gun, "I know you were not one of them; you are like me, Charles. You're a demon inside." He said.

"I'm leaving for now; I'll head back to the mansion." He said that after finishing the wine.

He simply nodded then; he turned around and walked away from him.

He drew the gun and aimed it at the retreating Giovane. 

"If I were you, I wouldn't do that." He heard a voice coming from behind.

He looked at it, and it showed itself to him. "If you kill him, you won't be able to answer your questions, Charles." Zenne said.

He hid his gun.

"How's your job?" He ended up saying it to his colleague.

"Felix is already taking action; he can no longer avoid what's happening now." He couldn't help but say it to him.

"Why didn't you save Jasmin? You know that you can do that."

"For our plan, when we are here, we won't be able to escape the watchful eye on us. Giovane is not gullible, so be careful; therefore, keep your actions hidden, Zenne."

"I know, I know." He couldn't help but say it.

He also walked out of their basement; the surroundings were beautiful but shrouded in darkness.

He saw his companions. How many more women and young people will have to sacrifice themselves for this trend to stop?

He saw that another body was being buried in a pit; they were managing many operations.

The body is returned to the family, or the heartless mad scientist uses it for experiments. When they tire of it, they throw it into the grave with all the dead and unrecognizable corpses.

Even though he has seen this many times, his feelings have not dulled; his anger towards the innocent victims who live peacefully in the world still grows.

His conscience is still gnawing at him, haunted by the deaths of Fernan and the two siblings, and now it's focusing on the remaining two.

"I still have something to do." He briefly said to Zenne.

"Yeah." After saying that, he turned around and walked away. He left the other members of the organization behind.

He will first look for the person he will talk to in depth today.