In the main hall of the Guryon mansion, a huge chandelier was hanging from the ceiling. There was a grand royal staircase in the middle. The area of the hall was large enough to fit more than hundred people easily.
The current mistress of the Guryon Family Jennifer Guryon, was sauntering back and forth, while Amanda was standing afar behind a couch. She noticed that Jennifer was feeling restless and uneasy. Jennifer wanted to bring her grandson home personally but Amanda intervened and restrained her home from going to the hospital even with the security due to some reasons. Jennifer agreed to her request with a hard bargain.
Amanda was about to say something when her phone rang. Jennifer who was feeling uneasy looked at Amanda, "Have they arrived?"
Seeing Jennifer getting more worried Amanda replied, "Let me confirm Ma'am!" She received the call, "Yes! —alright! Search the vehicles thoroughly! No mistakes will be tolerated!"
Amanda hung up and waited for the confirmation. After few minutes she received a call that vehicles are clear. Amanda permitted the entry of the vehicles in the Guryon premises Jennifer became more restless. She walked towards the main door which connects the hall.
Jennifer felt nostalgic after many years. When she was a little girl, she often waited for her father to come home like at the moment right now, and when she became a mother her daughter Jasmine waited almost every day for her at the main door. Since, her daughter had died Jennifer stood before the main door waiting for her grandson. She kept staring at the floor where she used to stare when she was young.
A moment later, the door opened and a group of men who were wearing black uniforms, entered holding a stretcher in their hands. On the stretcher a cute little boy, whose head was cover in bandage was sleeping peacefully.
The guards who were carrying the stretcher stopped moving when they saw Mistress of the family staring at the stretcher and stepped away. Jennifer slowly moved towards her grandson and stood beside it.
Amanda who was standing behind rushed forward when she saw the guards coming. She followed behind Jennifer and stood alongside her. Jennifer heaved a sigh in relief and gently caressed Leonardo's head, as she caressed his head two droplets fell down from her blue eyes. "He's finally home! My grandson is finally home!"
Jennifer bend forward and kissed her grandson's forehead. Amanda noticed that if Jennifer spends more time here, she might burst into tears, therefore, she gently put her hand over Jennifer's shoulder, "Ma'am! Young master needs to rest! We should let them take him into his room. Hmm! How about it?"
Jennifer wiped her tears and nodded in affirmation. She stepped away from the stretcher but kept gazing at it.
"Take young master upstairs in his room!" Amanda ordered the guards.
On the other hand, Simon and Jake who had never been into the main mansion of the Guryon family were noticing their surroundings with complete baffled expressions. Jake stepped forward and stood next to Simon.
Jake began rubbing his chin. He was lost in thoughts. Simon hit him with his left elbow. Jake was interrupted and peeked at Simon in question. Simon whispered to Jake, "What the hell are you looking at?"
Jake pointed his index finger towards the chandelier on the ceiling. "Sir how much that chandelier would cost?"
Simon tilted his head to observe the huge chandelier pinned to the ceiling. "More than your house."
"Oh, come on stop joking! It's not that expensive!", Jake waved his hand. To his response Simon looked at Jake with interest.
"Detective!", a mature voice came from aside. He noticed that Jennifer was staring at him with a focused gaze. Simon replied attentively, "Yes Ma'am!"
Amanda gestured towards the nearby couch, "Let's have a word!"
Both Simon and Jake sat on the couch opposite to Jennifer. "I have been informed that a suspicious man was got caught on the scene?", Jennifer asked with a stiff face. Simon knew it that she would ask about this so he explained the earlier incident to Jennifer.
"Just as you suspected, Amanda!", Jennifer glanced at Amanda and continued with vengeful eyes, "You were right! Those bastards made their move against my grandson through other means so that they would never be suspected. I will get back at them and return this favor ten folds when the time comes. But just like always they were one step behind."
"Don't worry Ma'am! I will take care of this in future. I will make them pay for what they did to our beloved Lady Jasmine!", said Amanda.
Simon wasn't that surprised after hearing the response of the two ladies after his explanation. Meanwhile, Jake gawked after hearing the words which came out from Jennifer's mouth. Simon noticed that the latter was gawping at Amanda. He coughed forcefully, so Jake could recover from the shock.
Back at the hospital, Simon analyzed the matter and his analysis resulted into two possibilities. Either the doctor was attempting to curry favor with the Guryon household or he would be following the orders from the lady next to Jennifer.
Now the primary matter was dealt with, Simon focused on to the secondary one which he came here for and that was to learn about Dr. Lee Chang. He noticed that Jennifer was quite calm at the moment so he requested, "Ma'am, if you don't mind, I'd like to know the whereabouts of the masked man."
Jennifer examined Simon and replied, "We'll deliver him to you in few days after we learn about the culprit who ordered him. Just make sure this doesn't reach to anyone except for you two and your chief!"
Jake and Simon both nodded simultaneously.
"Now if you don't have anything else to ask then I'll excuse myself first!", Jennifer got up and was about to leave when Jake stood up and cried out, "Ma'am! Please wait!"
Jennifer turned around; her cold gaze fell on Jake beside Simon, "Is there anything else your senior forgot to tell me?"
"N-no it's not like that!", Jake spoke to Jennifer directly for the first time.
"Then what is it?", Jennifer asked with the same cold gaze. She noticed that young man was feeling rather flustered in her presence so she relaxed her expression a bit.
"Umm—I-I was wondering –about this huge chandelier—umm—how much did it cost?", he pointed at the ceiling.
Jennifer was taken aback with such an irrelevant question. She sighed and faced Amanda, "Amanda! Tell please them!" and went upstairs.
Simon gaze met with Amanda's. She asked indifferently, "Is this all you want to ask?"
Simon shook his head in pity for Jake. "It costs one million Eastern Deenar!", replied Amanda.
(Note: Deenar became international currency of the East Empire worldwide. One Deenar was equivalent to forty-five West Empire Dollars.)
Simon and Jake were stunned when they heard the price. Jake recovered from the shock earlier and asked with surprise, "You mean, you spent forty-five million dollars over this chandelier?"
"We didn't do it on purpose! It was our beloved Lady Jasmine, who did." Amanda answered sternly.
Jake gulped down a mouthful of saliva. Whereas, Amanda noticed that two men in front had nothing more to ask; she got up and stated, "Now if both gentlemen have nothing more to ask, I'd like to take my leave if you don't mind. Because there are certain matters I need to attend to. There is a man outside by the door he will show you the way–Good night gentlemen!"
With that said Amanda left and both Simon and Jake were staring at her in daze. Meanwhile, Jake leaned back on the couch and sighed, "I thought I could buy it with my savings! –but it's all a wishful thinking!"
However, Simon got up and replied, "Didn't I tell you before even if you sell your house you won't be able to buy this thing."
"Yeah~ you are right!", Jake replied lazily. "Come on let's leave here!" Simon ordered and moved towards the main door of the hall. Soon, Jake followed him behind.
...….
In the room Lee was panting with fear. He was blind folded and his hands and feet were tied to the chair he was sitting on. He couldn't hear any sound but he could feel gazes upon him, like someone was keeping an eagle eye on him.
Door opens~ step! Step!
A moment later, Lee could hear the footsteps approaching him. His heartbeat was racing with the sound of the steps closing-in. The sound of footsteps ceased. Suddenly someone took off his blind fold. When the ray of light entered his eyes, he felt stingy because they were remained closed for a while. His mouth which was sealed before, was unsealed.
When his vision stabilized, he couldn't observe his surroundings because a light was placed in front of his face. It was blocking his vision to look ahead. He noticed that his hands and legs were not the ones which were confined even his neck was also confined to the chair.
"Hello!", a rustic voice came from his front. It belonged to a male. "You must be wondering that why are you here?", the man apprised Lee. "I will tell you that later but first let me brief some things, before we begin. Now, If you look to your right, you can see some stuff in that tray!"
Lee turned his gaze to the right. His eyes opened wide in shock with white showing, because on the saw a steel trolley table which contained three sections. On each section there was a tray present. Since Lee's neck was also confined, he could just see the upper section of the trolley. What startled him most were the tools present in the tray.
A brass knuckle, nose plas, pinches plas and a hammer; these were the tools present in the first section of the tray.
"These are the gifts, we decided to give you one—by—one in case, if you fail to co-operate with us."
Lee could feel a chill ran down his spine. He understood the gist of the situation and because of that his face became pale due to fear.
"So, shall we get started?", man sneered in ecstasy.