
[1 month later.].
The days passed quite peacefully after the kidnapping incident carried out by the Red Devils, After that the only remaining members were Ezra and Chloe in the dormitory. Although Chloe still has Ezra as her partner, it is undeniable that Chloe honestly still feels sad to have lost some of her friends. Even with Ezra, although outside he looks tough but he also feels worse than Chloe.
Since the death of their friends Ezra prefers to be alone and busy himself with a pile of documents on his desk, As a result, he rarely came out of his room even met with Chloe only 2 times a week even though they live in a room. As for the cleanliness of the dormitory and other duties, changing hands is Chloe's responsibility. That way Ezra is only focused on office affairs and documents that have been his responsibility since the beginning.
Although now they rarely communicate, Chloe still trying to do the task as she can, trying to ease the burden of Ezra so as not to get worse with her condition. Although Chloe herself is still recovering from her sadness, Karna is her partner. Everything will be peaceful at the right time.
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Srak!
Her hands stretched out putting a basket of groceries and a few snacks at the cashier, a cheerful smile splashed on her pretty lips until her eyes narrowed slightly. The cashier smiled back and started counting the shopping items one by one.
"The total is 200$,"
He reached into his sling bag to hand over some money, after which he received a bag of his shopping. He intended to leave from there, but the voice from the television broadcast stopped his steps. For a moment he stole hear what the news host said in the broadcast.
[Breaking New: A dead body figure has been found in a lake with a depth of 10 meters, It is known that this figure was drowned 2 months ago, And only discovered by one of the people who was fishing here at the time. Unknown identity of this corpse, Here is footage from the scene.].
The next second the voice of the host sounded faintly in the girl's ears, her blue Netra was only focused on the camera screen which was currently highlighting a corpse that had just been lifted from the depths of the lake.
He was no longer surprised to hear this kind of news, Already invulnerable and repeatedly such news was received. For him death and murder is no longer a new thing after he passed many trials in the dormitory and surrounding areas.
Visitors around him began to whisper after the news spread throughout the room, even some of their whispers until heard by the girl.
"It's really weird huh, lately there's been a lot of homicides,"
"Yes, not even a few rich people are suspected of being the culprit,"
"Gruesome, what good is it that they kill such innocent people?! I was angry but also scared,"
"Of course for their own benefit,"
"Hey, I heard also from other rumors that Raizel Freymon disappeared before this news appeared. Do you guys know?"
"No doubt, even the agency did not tell the reason Raizel Freymon has not appeared on the television screen in recent months,"
"Could this news have anything to do with him?"
"No way, surely Raizel was just taking a long break for his break. Understand that he's an idol,"
"Without her group, she would never have done that much less if she didn't already have permission from her manager,"
"Ssttt.Already, this is just gossip is not necessarily true. We are just a handful of cloud people who know nothing about the lives of idols. Hurry up, it's your turn!"
For a moment the blue-covered girl was silent after hearing the skewed gossip about Raizel sweeping through her hearing, Unknowingly both her hands clenched tightly without being noticed by the people around her. His head turned back to look at the television screen.
Only the watch the corpse wore made the girl quickly recognize her figure, Yes no more wrong. That's Raizel Freymon. Because the last time he met was the clothes Raizel wore exactly the same as the figure of the corpse, that's what he remembered.
He turned his gaze helplessly at the news, If he guessed who the murderer was then he would guess Liam the answer, if he did, It is not wrong because Liam had been targeting the members of the dorm even for no known reason or indeed Vivian was the one who told him to destroy all the members of the dormitory.
For now he does not want to constantly dissolve in sadness, however everything has passed, all he needs to do is continue the struggle Justin and other members with Ezra. But the problem is he needs to remove Ezra from his slump even though he suspects it will be difficult.
He pulled his hoodie hood up to cover half his face, with a casual step the blue-covered girl left the shop area.
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Cklek!
Blam it!
"I'm home!"
Silence greeted him only a room full of silence as long as the eyes looked, A moment of breath could be heard from the girl. He took off his shoes and put them on the shoe rack. Slowly he stepped into the kitchen room, intending to put the items he had just bought as well as cook lunch for the two of them.
Blam it!
While the blue netra caught a familiar figure sitting at the dining table, it seemed to focus on working on document maps that stacked with a laptop screen that lit up accompanied by a cup of coffee.
"Oh, Mr. Ezra. What are you doing here?" Chloe stared in surprise, Because after the death of their friends Ezra will rarely be seen out of his room. It's only been this month that Chloe's met Ezra.
The man even prefers to date the document map rather than having to go out of the room, every meal hour must be Chloe who delivers her food. So Chloe thinks this is her first meeting with Ezra in a month.
"Where have you been?!" Instead of answering Ezra instead asked back without looking at Chloe and preferred to focus on the document.
"Um..from the store, I shopped for a while because we had little food," The girl walked past Ezra, she opened the refrigerator door and put groceries in it. "Don't you usually leave the room, you're waiting for me?"
"Don't ge-er! I'm here because I'm hungry, and you don't leave a single snack or cereal in the fridge at all" Ezra snorted cynically, Glancing at the girl for a moment. "Where did all those snacks go? Why don't you spend it?!" tuding Ezra was upset.
"Hehehe, I accidentally spent it. That's why I bought more for stock for the next 2 weeks," Chloe laughed blandly, Rubbing her non-itchy nape. He turned back to the freezer. "There's not an egg, why don't you just cook yourself?"
Ezra squinted his eyes, Stopping his activity for a moment. "You want this kitchen to explode?! After all I can only make sushi and the like that are not cooked, except ramen and instant food. You don't leave ramen here either!"
"Eh? Not that since the beginning in this dormitory does not provide ramen except instant food huh?" Chloe closed the refrigerator door in astonishment, As soon as Ezra lost her words hearing Chloe's reply. It's not wrong, what the girl said is true.
"Ck! Quickly cook, I'm hungry to know!" Ezra clucked irritably to shift the topic, He resumed his activities while waiting for Chloe to finish cooking.
"Yes, yes" Chloe obediently washed her hands and started cooking for lunch.
Well, even though he's actually impressed to be like Ezra's lackey. But Chloe doesn't matter as long as Ezra's orders aren't weird, she appreciates it to ease Ezra's burden. Being a Ceo is not easy, so Chloe is trying to help as much as she can.
NAH! NAH! NAH!
"Well, by the way, did you hear this morning's news, about a body found in the lake?" Chloe started a conversation while cutting the chives.
"Hm, I already know the news,"
"From the watch he wears exactly the same as our watch clock, surely you can guess who?"
Chloe's activity stopped the girl silenced for a moment to remember the news. His voice sounded doubtful. "What is Raizel Freymon?"
"Hm.., uh...,"
"Why can you immediately guess like that, isn't the identity of the body unknown?"
Ezra stopped his activity, his head slightly lowered staring at the laptop screen. "Did you forget what Liam said that day?! He said he pretended to be Devian after killing him and infiltrated the dormitory to trick all of us. The bodies of Rion, Felix, Devian, Ian, and Aiden were found and buried in the same cemetery,"
"Only Raizel left is not known where he went," added Ezra without turning his eyes.
"So the letter that was found in the kitchen and where the Cafe ruins of Felix last time was..."
"False," Cut Ezra momentarily closed his eyes and opened them again, Breathing sounded from the man. "The writing written on the letter was just Liam's wits to trick us, I remember the last time I saw Raizel was when he came out of the dorm with Felix's gun,"
Chloe held tightly to the knife in her hand, her head bowed staring at the piece of scallions in front of her. "Now everything makes sense. The lily found in the ruins of Cafe's brother Felix and the pieces of the chain are proof that Liam was there to kill Felix's brother, right,"
"Hm.The plan is very mature without any gaps so that we do not even suspect him pretending to be a Devian," Ezra again sighed, He continued his activities that had been delayed.
Chloe was silent for a while and then she resumed her activities. "I hope it doesn't happen again,"
Ezra did not reply to let the silence surround them, Her mind hovering around a while ago before Chloe came home.
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[Ezra Memory On]
The clock tick continued to sound in a quiet room, accompanied by a man with a green Emerland who was focused on his work. Every now and then his netra glanced at the clock that was installed in the corner of the room.
For a moment he stopped his activity, resting himself from the attacking fatigue. His back rests on the back of the chair with the net focused on the laptop screen.
It did not feel like it had been 1 month since the death of his friends, The days he passed peacefully without intending to leave the room again. He needs time to himself even though the sadness and regret he still feels until now. Ezra does not know until when he will continue to avoid the outside world, Avoiding the crowd, Including avoiding the blue-blossomed girl. For the time being, she still feels reluctant to meet Chloe.
He exhaled, Some time he opened the desk drawer Justin just looking for something that caught his attention. Since Justin disappeared, this workspace has belonged to Ezra even though it is only used to complete his work. No one knows what Justin keeps in his workspace including Ezra, so Ezra occasionally finds out on the sidelines of his break.
His hand touched a map in there not only a map but also a neatly folded letter, with curiosity Ezra grabbed the map and opened it. Although he knows this is presumptuous because he did not ask permission from Justin before but his curiosity is greater want to know the contents of the map.
The srek!
When he opened the map he found a lot of data and the origin of the family of the blue-covered girl, Even her blood type, physical characteristics, and background are complete in the map. He read all the sentences without exception.
"So actually this girl comes from this family? Mr. Justin didn't even tell me anything about this," Ezra muttered through the map.
His eyebrows shriveled after several times rereading the map in his hand, Until now Ezra still does not know the agreement between Justin and Chloe. Because he knew the red letter was in the girl's hand.
Suddenly a feeling of doubt arose in his heart, if he handed a map as important as this to Chloe. Is Chloe going to leave the dorm and leave it? I don't know why Ezra suddenly felt sad when it happened. It would be very heavy if he handed over this map.
"Maybe I'd better keep this map until the right time, Let the rancid know nothing about his family for now" Ezra thought as he returned the map to its original place.
He turned to a letter beside the map, Slowly Ezra unfolded the letter and read it.
To: Ezra Miracle
...I'm sorry I didn't tell you in advance about the map, I was hoping you could help me explain it to Chloe. He's currently looking for his biological family as agreed with us, so I've got information and data about his biological family. Too bad I didn't have the right time to tell him this....
...Ezra if in the future something happens to me or something else, and you read this letter. Please help Chloe find her real family, yes, I feel sorry to see her fight for her own family. Be a good partner and I feel relieved the more your attitude starts to get under control, keep it up....
...By the way if you're already uncomfortable with your position as my replacement Ceo, you can return that position to my family. They'll take it for granted, and I'm glad you could be my most loyal confidant. Thank you Ezra....
Justin Garfield^^^^^
Ezra's hands trembled slightly as he held the letter, His head bowed in lethargy. So that's why Chloe was invited to this dorm by Justin, she never knew about it because she didn't want to know the deal between Justin and the other members.
"He lost his family, I now understand why he called us part of his family because the rancid had no real family before he met us" Ezra sighed wearily, saying, He folded the letter back in his hand and put it in its original place.
Then the green sliced netra glanced at the wall clock that had shown at 12 noon, while he was clucking in annoyance.
"Ck! Lunch soon, where's that rancid? She had not yet delivered her food, "Since she was so hungry, Ezra decided to take all her work to the kitchen and look for the girl.
[Ezra Memory Off]
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"Did I just tell you about the map, huh? It's a good time but." Ezra was agitated and his mind was not focused on his work, he said, To be honest, he felt it was hard to give up the map now and he felt like he wanted Chloe to stay longer with him.
NAH!
"Sir, what about the kidnapping incident? Did the police find Justin's body?"
Ezra gasped at Chloe's voice so close to him, As her green net looked at their lunch. Breathing sounded from the man.
"No, they said they didn't find Mr. Justin's body. Mr. Justin was declared missing, they only found the bodies of Ian and Aiden when we were hospitalized. There were only so many bodies of Red Devil members there except for Liam and Vivian," Evidently Ezra put away the dossier of hers so that she would be free to eat breakfast.
"Is it possible that Mr. Justin, Liam, and Vivian are still alive?" Chloe sat in her chair while pouring a glass of mineral water for herself and Ezra.
"Come on, I wish they were both dead except for Mr. Justin" replied Ezra.
"As usual, Mr. Ezra's tongue is sharp, yes" Chloe thought with a wry smile. She ate her breakfast after pouring her drink.
Well, Chloe hopes Justin is still alive, though the odds are slim. He didn't want anything to happen to his family in this dorm.
TB