"Stop it. Who are you after all? Where's Fanny?" He was on the verge of losing it when Andy finally pushed him aside and held her arm but more with the aim of stabilizing her.

"Listen, we're here to help. I'm Andy. This is Charles and Michel. Are you Rosabella?" Andy told her, trying to keep his voice calm while he feared they were taking too long.


The valuable time they could use to find Fanny.

Charles frowned at Andy's obvious knowledge.

The girl's sobs slowed as she recognized the names from the conversation she had with Fanny just hours ago.


Andy also seems to know about her, which makes her think that Fanny must have felt comfortable enough to mention her to him.

Rosabella's breathing was still irregular hiccups, but with all her might, she licked her lips and swallowed the painful lump in her throat.


"Yes. I'm Rosabella... Fanny..." Her eyes filled with tears again as she seemed to be recalling what had happened.

"Three men kicked the door in. They took her away..." She let out a loud cry as she tried to finish her sentence.

"They killed him... they killed her father. I... I hid when they took his body..."

Andy, Charles, and Michel's faces sank at the explanation, they pieced together the clues as they watched the blood splatter a few feet away from them.

They killed Fanny's father and dumped the body.

Michel felt fear in the pit of his stomach but at the same time a strange sense of relief that they hadn't killed her.

She's still alive...

Charles then stepped forward, looking at Rosabella as he tried to focus on the situation rather than what this girl's eyes were doing inside him.

"We need to go. But there are a few more things. Do you see anyone? Can you describe anything?"

Rosabella shook her head as she bit down on her lip.

"And do you know how she got here? Were you here when she arrived?" He forced her to answer as if she were being interrogated.

"No. But she told me a woman dropped her off." Rosabella answered tremblingly.

"Name?"

Rosabella licked her lips.

"Gwen."

Charles didn't have to turn around to know that the moment Rosabella uttered the name Michel had stormed out, clearly on a mission.

Quickly taking off his coat and wrapping it around the shivering girl, Charles then turned to Andy and pointed at Rosabella.

"Get her to our place. I need to catch up with Michel."

Andy looked at him blankly, seemingly confused.

"What's going on, Charles?"

"He'll kill Gwen if I don't stop him. And the way I see it, he'll do it in a fit of rage before we can get the information we need."

"What information? What the hell happened here?" Andy finally starts screaming, nothing makes sense to him at the moment.

But Charles was halfway there.

"I'll explain later."

--

Nothing can stop him.

Not Charles running after him, trying to stop him, nor the questioning look he received from the security guards at the entrance to the mansion.

Michel wouldn't even be flustered by his appearance.

So when he burst through his cousin's bedroom door, he didn't even give Carlos a curt look as he lunged forward and grabbed Gwen by the hair, pulling her away.

"Michel! What are you doing?" Carlos screamed in shock as Gwen cried, clutching her head, and tripped as she was pulled away from her husband, across the hallway, and down the stairs.

"Michel. Please. You're hurting me." She protested as tears streamed down her face, desperately stroking his hand.

He seems to be on a mission even though he doesn't even give her the slightest acknowledgment, causing her to dig her nails deeper into him in the process.

When he felt his skin burn, he then stopped to turn around and shoot her a murderous look.

"You dare fight back?"

Just as he slapped her across the face, knocking her off balance and falling to her knees, Charles arrived at the mansion, panting, watching Carlos run down the grand staircase, screeching like he'd never done before.

The four of them were now standing in the foyer of the house as the scene cleared up.

"Michel. Stay away from her." Carlos lunged forward to throw himself at his cousin.

However, Charles just managed to push him in the middle, wrapping his arms around Carlos' back to hold him in place.

"Let go of me, Charles. I'll kill him. What are you doing Gwen..."

"She's a venomous snake, Carlos." Michel spat back as he pulled his cousin's wife's hair, hearing her scream in pain.

Carlos' eyes widened as his mouth fell open, not believing what was happening.

"Have you lost your mind?" He reached into his jacket, wanting to do the unforgivable - pull out a gun and point it at his own flesh and blood.

"Carlos, no." Charles grabbed his arm and forced his gun down while he also grabbed his collar to further keep him away from their second in command.

"He's a liar, Carlos. He..."

For the second time in a period of two minutes, Michel reached out and slapped Gwen in the face, her hair flying everywhere as her lipstick smudged, and eyeliner and mascara streaked down her red cheeks.

He didn't wait to explain what had happened but instead continued to drag the girl across the place toward the basement.

---

From the chaos in the house at nearly 3 a.m., Vengo and Audrey join, missing only Michel and Gwen as they look around confusedly, to see Charles fighting to stop Carlos from following Michel.

"What's happening?" Vengo asked as soon as the door opened and Andy stepped in, wrapping his arms around the scared and pale Rosabella, who was still wearing Charles's coat too big on her, reaching the middle of her thighs.

"Who is she?" He added looking at the unfamiliar girl, clearly displeased that he - as the leader of the organization - had no idea what was going on in the house.

"Boss, he wants to kill Gwen. He's gone mad." Carlos roared, struggling against Charles, who immediately responded to the claims.

"Vengo, we need an urgent meeting in the office right now. Right now. Hold Carlos. I'll go pick up Michel."

Charles has never called his brother by his real name since he became their leader.

That's when Vengo understood that the situation was dire.