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It was Friday night so the bar was packed with people. And more people means more drunken men and more disturbance and more chances of seeing someone getting into fights.

Clara was busy because of the overflowing customers so she didn't even notice when Riana came.  Seeing so many people Riana thought of going back but then she didn't have anything to do so she stayed to surprise Clara.

Even though Clara and she are not actually Blood-related however hearing Clara calling her big sister for almost one and another half of the year, she became attached to her. Now she really thinks of her as her younger sister who she always wants to protect, even if it means breaking her ex-boyfriend’s legs off. Yesterday it was Clara’s horrible ex-boyfriend who was stalking her at first. Riana happened to see him following Clara when she came to pick her up. So to protect her little sister, she accidentally broke his right leg while beating his ass off. Anyways, it was the incident of yesterday so it's already history.

Riana looked around and saw if there was an empty seat or any less crowded place in this huge sea of people. But the only empty seat that was available was in front of the bar tender’s counter or the VIP seats upstairs where there’s a waiter to serve the customer.

So she quietly went upstairs.

The upstairs was pretty much empty and quiet compared to the downstairs. There were only couples making out with each other without caring for anything else in the world. The upstairs looked like a making-out chamber. There were big sofas scattered around the room and each sofa was covered with curtains all around it because of something called privacy, which clearly doesn't serve the purpose. The 1st floor was covered with people’s moans and the ground floor with people’s screams and shouting with the DJ.

Anyways, Riana didn't feel like hearing other people making out and moaning in pleasure so she went back downstairs and decided to give Clara an early surprise. She went to have a seat a little distant from the bartender's counter so Clara doesn't spot her right away. The plan was to have Clara notice her suddenly and be surprised. So she did what she planned just at that moment and sat on a wooden bar stool.

Just a few minutes after she sat down a drunken man sat beside her and started hitting on her.

“Hey, gorgeous. Looking for a hot and steamy night?”

Riana just ignored the drunk man and looked at the crowd dancing to the music. She knew that replying or telling him to go away won't work so the best thing is to simply ignore and hoping that these losers just leave her alone.

“Oh no, playing hard to get, I see” sadly Riana’s hope didn't come true and the drunk pervert was now even more persistent.

“So how much do you want for one night? I can give you any amount you like. No one else here has this kind of money to make you an offer like me so you should consider yourself lucky that you ran into me.” the drunk bastard continued to boast.

Riana couldn't sustain herself anymore because the drunk little bastard crossed his limit and he was about to find out how unlucky he was for him to choose the wrong girl to mess with.

“Oh reallyyyy,” Riana replied in an extra sweet and extra fake smile.

“What if I want something else other than money?” Riana talked on a higher note than usual. Then she leaned on the man’s ear and slowly whispered “What if…... l want your life?”

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At the special detective's office-

“So Kate, did you find anything about the light Jean pointed out earlier?” Mr. Anderson asked the white hat hacker who is comparatively cooler than the last time.

“Yes, the video has been altered,” Kate answered in a plain voice.

“WHAT???” everyone present in the room exclaimed.

“Yes and not just this one, but all three security cams from the previous night when the body was found have been changed.”

“What do you mean?” Jean asked in a confused tone.

“It's a simple trick actually and almost all hackers can do this rookie stuff. He just hacked the security cams system and played a video from months ago.”

“So does that mean the killer has an accomplice?”  Mr. Gray said worriedly.

“No, that doesn't necessarily mean that he has an accomplice. As I said it's pretty much rookie stuff if the security system isn't strong enough so if he knows a little bit about hacking himself then he could have just done it himself.”

And then Kate suddenly punched on the desk making everyone flinch in the sudden outburst.

“Ah, I can't believe I fell for such cheap tricks.” Kate groaned in anger.

“Wow, a doctor and a hacker too. This guy must be a real genius.” Mr. Gray looks truly impressed by it.

“No, no. It feels too imaginary for the killer to be both a doctor and a hacker. I think he has an accomplice.” Stefan said, hearing Mr. Gray’s remarks.

“Anyways, what about the kidnapping? Did you find out how he kidnapped his victims?” Mr. Anderson asked Kate who was now opening another file on the PC.

“The last scene where all the victims were seen was inside some high-class bar in the VIP room. Apparently, there is no camera inside the VIP rooms.” Kate calmly explained.

“What about the security camera on the hallways to the VIP rooms? Did they catch anything suspicious?”

“No, it just caught the victims entering the rooms and no sign of coming out of it. And there's no sign of anyone going in either. Just at the closing time, the waiter or the manager entering to check the rooms, came out and locked them.”

“So they just disappeared inside the room just like that?” Mr. Gray yelled.

“Have you checked if these three videos were rigged or not?” said Mr. Gray.

“Yes I have checked and there wasn't any bug.”

“So it means the killer was waiting for his victims inside the room and the victims must have personally known them for them not to react because of a suspicious figure.” Jean summarized and said the things out loud that everyone in the room was thinking.

“So then our main objective should be finding a link between the three victims. May the three victims knew each other and these murders were because of some unknown grudge against the three or more.”

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The bar was now in a total pin drop silence. Everyone was stunned at the scene in front of the counter. There was this girl who was now held down on the floor by a drunk man who seemed like choking the girl. And the girl was none other than Riana. She was struggling to get out of the man’s grip. Then a male waiter came and held the man back and another one helped Riana to get out of the man's grip. The man was striving to be free and kill the girl in front of him. He was like a wild beast who would do anything to kill the prey in front of him.

On the other hand, Riana was trembling in fear just like a little rabbit who survived the attack of a huge venomous snake.

Clara quickly came to aid her sister who was now trembling while sitting on the ground.

She quickly gave her a soothing hug to calm down Riana’s throbbing body.

Clara was just doing her work when she suddenly heard a girl scream to see where the scream was coming from. She came out from the counter and saw a man choking her sister on the ground. She became terrified for a moment seeing that and when she came back to sense her sister was shaking in fear on the floor and the drunk bastard was held by two waiters. She quickly went to her sister to comfort her from the horrible incident.

Everyone around the room was just as stunned as Clara was by seeing this kind of incident before their eyes.

The culprit was still struggling and groaning to get out of the grasp of the two men who were holding him back. His eyes were dark in anger and the only thing he thought of doing right now was killing the throbbing girl in front of his eyes. Suddenly he did a reverse headbutt on the guy behind him which caused the guy to lose his grasp and caused the man to be free.

The culprit then grabbed the nearest glass bottle from the counter and aimed it to smash on Riana’s head. Seeing that Clara quickly used her body as a shield and covered Riana to protect her sister. The glass bottle smashed and the shattered pieces scattered around the room causing the crowd to panic and scream in fear. The bar was in a mess and people were running around like crazy in panic.

The floor was covered in blood stains around the bloody body and that is when the siren of police cars could be heard.

The police arrested the man who is the reason for all these incidents and an ambulance came to take the bloody body to the emergency immediately.

Riana was seeing all this happening in a daze with her eyes wide. She saw how Clara was defending her from the attack and how she was about to get hit but didn't. Because a man stood in front of them. It was the waiter who got headbutted by the man just a moment ago.

He stood in front of them and got hit in the head by the glass bottle instead of them.

The impact made him unconscious and his body dropped to the ground with a loud thud. Blood began flowing out from the spot where he got hit and soon it was all around the floor.

Seeing all that unfolding before her eyes the only thing Riana could think of was...why? Why did he protect them?