"Are you okay?"
Ken comes to Victor's house as soon as possible after finding out what happened to his friend through Charles even though the time at that point is 3 am in the morning.
The now-calm Victor stood by the window of his mafia HQ office. He could not persuade himself to sleep after what had happened. In addition, his heart is still worried about Irene, who is still being treated in the treatment room by his personal doctor that he trusts.
He did not take the girl to the hospital because he knew such injuries were only minor. In fact, even more serious injuries can be treated there because all the complete medical equipment he always provides. It's a hassle if mafia needs to go to the hospital all the time. So, he makes a treatment room in his HQ and hired personal doctor to work for him. It's requires a lot of money, but that lots of money, certainly not bothering him.
"You should try to get some sleep. You look awful." Ken that is not in his cheerful mode as normal advices as he looks at Victor messy self right there.
"She's still in treatment." Victor said in short. Meaning that, he will never take-it-easy as long as Irene's treatment is not yet completed.
Ken sighed. He didn't think Victor would care too much about the girl. Before, he thought Victor was just going through the phase of liking someone normally and that would pass away but his guess was apparently wrong. Victor is actually serious about the girl. He can see that clearly now.
"Charles told me that your panic attack is coming back. It's already three years after your last treatment. I never agree that you stop it just because you thought you are doing fine. That kind of scar is not easy to heal if you ask me. You should continue it."
Victor clasped his hands. Angry with himself. He is the one that knows about that more than anyone. He can't accept that he still can't escape his miserable state. Not yet.
"After I saw her blood it reminded me about some event that I didn't even remember." He admitted. "It's already been so long. But the feeling is still so fresh."
He actually has a panic attack since he was young. Started when he 7 years old. He thought it just because of harsh training by his so-called-father, Bennet, at the time given him. But, it all comes to light when his grandfather tells him that he is in the car accident with his real parent. And that memory probably related to that.
That vogue memory may be the last second he and his parent together. That memory is probably the key for him to completely destroy Bennet. But, he was afraid to face it. Now, he didn't want to find any excuse anymore. He need to face it.
"So, what do you want to do now?" Ken knows very well about his best friend life history.
"I'm ready to know. No! I need to know." He said a bit hesitated but his eyes full with determination.
All this time he always avoided to unravel what was in his mind that had been locked. So, taking medicine to cure his panic attack and drug so that he forgets about that is a must. But, after he saw Irene, in that state he knew, he never wanted to have someone dear to him to die again. Not under his watch. Not anymore. He just too young before, but here he is, more capable than before.
Ken is smiling, looking at his friend's determination. He will always be the first person to encourage whatever Victor chooses. So, he is fine with that, but he also afraid. Mixed feeling. He had seen Victor in his very devastated state because he tried to remember before, even made him cry just by looking. So, how if that kind of things happen again? Can Victor manage it well this time? All those questions start to appear in his mind.
Ken shook his head slightly to brush away all the things that he thought. It's not happening yet anyway. He doesn't want to dwell with that negative feeling much.
"I found more details about what happen before." Ken started to open up the document that he brought next changing the topic of their conversation.
This time, Victor comes closer to find out more.
"The group named Venom Alley, as lame as its name is just a small gangster group that just performed recently. But, to make things interesting, the group is hired by Company B."
"Bennet." Victor is hissing in his word.
Ken nodded, confirming.
"But, he's not targeting you. Probably he doesn't even know you were there. Looking at the small rats that he hired anyway. He wanted to make a forcible deal with the minister of education to not letting one the commercial land in his area become the politician's target for educational use, instead wants the land to be bid for himself. "
"What a lame move." Victor is commenting.
"Not just that." Ken added. "The hotel was rented entirely by that company except the hall. Probably why the small group like that so confidently breaking in and making the chaos."
At that moment the doctor who was treating Irene came in knocking on the office door.
"Come in!" Victor knows it was the doctor even he didn't see him yet as he already inform the doctor to come straight to him if everything is settled.
The doctor came in and gave a report,
"Miss Irene now in a good condition. I have already stitched her head and it should be fine now. She is not losing much blood so, no need for transfusion. She's sleeping, but when she is awake, she will probably feel some discomfort. Please give her this medicine." The doctor gave the medicines to Victor.
Victor willingly accepts that. He acts as her guardian for now.
"Did she have any other injury?" Victor just wanted to make sure.
"Just few scratches in her soles seem like she walks in bare feet for a while. Also, some on her hand. Nothing dangerous other than her head." The doctor replied.
Victor face now looking a bit discomfort. He thinks that even it just a little scratch, making his blood boiling with anger.
"This contains some antibiotics and painkillers. If anything, don't hesitate to call me. I will come back fast." Said the doctor with a worried face because he could not be there to watch his patients wake up after minor surgery as that the policy in there is. He must cure and leave after.
Even the payment is high, but the doctor, not some crazy money seeker. Victors only choose someone that cares only. And this doctor cares about his patient more than anyone in that room.
"Thank you Doctor Jonas." Victor sincerely said it. He knows it's not easy coming running here and there in addition to late hours like that.
The doctor only nodded, accepting the grateful words and come back outside, leaving the two back. Victor looks at Ken in a very serious face.
"What happened to those small rats?" Victor wants to know. He forgot to ask earlier.
"Police already caught them... After they all got out of the hospital and got treatment for sure. The one that you shoot is just fainting. You just graze him a little but he's too scared by that." Ken said while shaking his head.
"I can't risk anything without my mask on." Victor said even though he actually wanted to kill the man.
"Speaking of that, we already clear everything for you. The gun is already clean without you or the girl's fingerprints. Also, we found out that the closed circuit camera is already being hacked before the event, but we can revive a little footage before we delete it all. Their hacker is not that good anyway." At the time, Ken gives Victor a pendrive.
Victor accepts it, but raising his eyebrows to Ken.
"Something interesting inside?"
Ken is smirking.
"You can see by yourself. It's more than you can think of. Your princess definitely interesting. If you polish her right, she could be your perfect partner." He also shocked after looking Irene in action.
Victor makes a disbelieving face, but he can't wait to know.
"Police might call you and Irene after this for their investigation." Ken reminds.
"I will handle that." Victor always has a plan anyway.
"Find out more about small rats that Bennet associate with. We need to expand our initial. Who knows what he will up to next. I'm sure he is eyeing something that belong to me also."
"Will do." With that, Ken quickly got out from there.
Victor approached his office desk, now inserts the pen drive into the computer port and starts opening the video files that are in it while standing. He plays the videos. Watched the footage in silent.
After a while a soft smile appears on his face now.
"That girl not that stupid after all."