
The corridor of the literature building sounded boisterous this morning. The shrieks of the NSS girls echoing along the passageway made Megan and Ella furrow their brows.
"Is there something wrong with me Ell?" megan asked half a whisper.
"I don't think Chall. Am I the weird one?" Ella asked back.
"You're the same as always. Then why do they see us like that?"
"Maybe we're too pretty"
Megan rolled her eyes tired of hearing Ella's words.
"Ah I know the reason Chall" cried Ella made Megan cover both ears.
"Down your voice El. You're embarrassing me" Megan said softly with her head down.
"Hey, lift your head sweetheart" the heavy voice that appeared from behind made Megan turn her head. Ah, now Megan knows why since entering the lobby many students noticed her.
Megan snorted "You turned out"
"Do I surprise you?" edward asked with a hand that had been coiled freely on the shoulder of his girl.
"You made me popular in an instant"
"Really?"
"Yes you know, you made me a gossip when you and your friends followed us"
"Ekhm" Deheman Ella made Megan sober.
"alright. Studying the diligent sweetheart" said Edward while slowly scrambling the top of Megan's head that managed to make other girls scream.
"So, how was your holiday Mrs. Edward" Ella's question managed to make Megan's white face flushed.
"Don't tease me Ell" Megan tried to calm down.
"alright then. So what will I get?" asked Ella with her eyebrows up and down.
"Ah yes. It's in Edward's car. I almost forgot about it. Good thing Anna reminds me"
"Anna?" ella's forehead wrinkled hearing a quite foreign name in her ears.
"One of the houses in Edward's house" Megan said casually.
"What?!! You even know her housmaid? Whoa"
"Your voice!"
"Ah sorry. But oh really you ah"
"I know what you're thinking. I stayed at Edward's for a few days"
"Holly shit!"
"Ella! Your mouth" Mr. Jack echoed throughout the classroom making the originally rowdy state of silence.
Ella cursed her mouth that was loosely cursing.
"After the hour is over go to the guidance room" after saying that, Mr. Jack is out leaving the classroom that is back rowdy.
"Ella. How can you say that?" ask Jane who is sitting in front of him.
"He's practicing Jane's drama" Megan's alibi with a forced smile.
"really? You're in the theater?" jane's eyes seemed to be sparkling asking that.
"Ah that's emm I just have a mind to enter the club"
"I thought you'd joined"
After Jane returned to face forward, Megan immediately threw her sharp gaze.
"Are you crazy?"
"Sorry Chall, but can you take me to see Mr. Jack later?" ask Ella carefully.
"Big no"
"Oh c'mon Chall"
"That's your fault. So, you have to take responsibility. Okay"
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Arthur is still loyal to the monitor in front of him. Not much different from Edward who was busy with his MacBook. His gray eyes tried to look at the various evidences he would submit.
"I got it" cried Leo made everyone in the minimalist room look at him. "Look at what I got"
Jovial moved towards him leaving a few piles of white papers strewn across the table.
"Good job boy" said Jovial patting Leo on the shoulder.
"He managed to get evidence of the case 5 years ago" explained Jovial made a smile to 3 friends fluffy.
"Wow good job bro" Harry stood up from his seat "Let me see"
Harry narrowed his eyes at an article he thought was absurd.
Thanos group shares.
"Wait wait's. Looks like something is wrong" said Harry made the forehead to 4 friends furrowed not understand.
Harry's explanation made Jovial nod "Right. Thanos Group is a big company that will always appear in the news. If they go bankrupt, there'll be other articles coming up"
"Wait" Arthur is back on the monitor.
"Nil. There are absolutely no articles explaining that they are broke"
Edward put down his MacBook "Means there's a new case that we have to solve" he said, then reached into his pants pocket.
"Dad, I need your help" the call was interrupted when Edward finished speaking.
"Okay. Time to work guys" said Harry encouragingly.
Get off!
Harry's phone sounded a sign of an incoming message.
Ella
Rooftop now. Take Edward and the others.
"Ella's meeting at the rooftop right now"
"Go" said Jovial without looking.
"He wants us all to go"
Edward got up from his seat and walked out ahead of his friends.
A girl with unraveled hair looked agitated by tightly grasping her phone.
"Ella" Harry's voice made Ella turn.
"You have to see this" said Ella suddenly while thrusting a cellphone intending to show what is displayed.
Edward's eyes narrowed and..
"Shit. It belongs to Megan. Where'd you get this?"
"Suddenly someone sent me an email"
"Harry, trace the email immediately" Edward's jaw was hardened.
"Where's Megan?" ask Arthur who just realized that there's no Megan here.
"So Mr. Mark picked her up"
"Daddy?" ask Edward to make sure.
"Yes. Even your father brought some bodyguards"
Before long Edward's phone vibrated, he immediately shifted the green button up to answer the call.
"Dad's"
"Calm down boy's. Megan's with me. You find out who sent the email"
"Oh God, I almost died Dad"
"Megan's safe"
"All right then"
Pips
"What's wrong?"
"Daddy knew it and now Megan's with him"
"Thank God"
"Then what are we waiting for?" arthur said with a sardonic smile.
"Wait.Tell me now!" angry look on Ella's face.
"We'll explain Ell, but not now" Harry said, trying to understand.
"Follow it" Edward said and left the rooftop.
Ella looked at the wonder of this black painted room. Even he just found out if in his school there is a room like this. His eyes stared at every corner of the room without missing a single inch.
Really, Ella was inexhaustible about the 5 youths who were already busy with their activities in front of the monitor.
The girl massaged her temple slowly, her head suddenly seemed to spin thinking about this all.
"Thanos Group?" ella's eyes narrowed to see what Leo was typing in the search field of her webpage.
"Do you know about this company?"
"I've heard his name once. My apartment neighbors quarreled, and sometimes they mentioned the name of the company" Ella explained.
"Are you sure?" ask Jovial.
"Yes. They argued so loudly that I could hear them from the balcony of my room"
"Male?" Arthur.
"There is a female voice that can sometimes be heard crying"
"Women?"