MHOREIN'S POV
I gave Chain a bothered look. He isn't looking at me. Aiden was too busy eating and Rose was too. I gulped.
'tap tap tap'
Chain looked up with his eyebrows met. He took a bite out of his burger.
'scratch scratch scratch'
He looked at me, confused onto why Im using a code. I looked at the bastard Jay, who was enjoying his meal. And another one.
'tap tap tap'
Chain's eyebrow raised. I looked at Jay and then back at him. He looked at Jay as well. I tilted my head to the side
Chain Im begging, Please understand. He looked at me and blinked. Once, Twice and a wink. That's G... That means good! I smirked at him.
I saw him put his hands on the side of his pants, Taking grip of his gun. I continued to eat. Any minute now...
"HANDS UP!" In one swift move, Chain had a gun on Jay's head. I smirked, Good boy. Everyone on the restaurant began to panic. Aiden stood up and held his badge up.
"Call back up, Ai." He nodded. I looked at Rose who was shaking. At this point someone else might've called the police.
"W-What are you doing?" Jay tried to stand up.
"Stay in your fucking seat or his bullet will go through your fucking skull!" I warned him. He stayed down. Chain looked at me.
"Jesus Christ, Honey. Watch your mouth." He laughed. I looked at Rose.
"Calm down, We know what we're doing." Though still shaking, She nodded.
"Five minutes." Aiden said. I looked at him and then at Chain.
"Hold him down." I ordered. Chain nodded and gently placed his hands on the trigger. I looked at Jay. He's sweating over the AC, His eyes looking down.
"I said up." Chain said. He slowly put his hands up.
"FUCK!" Chain screamed when Jay hit his gun causing it to fall on the ground. At that moment Jay ran. Chain was about to go after him but I stopped him. I looked at my clock.
"Let him be." I watched him open the door to the restaurant only to be surrounded by more guns. I saw a familiar face, Inspector Arcilla. I smiled at him. He nodded.
"Let's go." I went up to him.
"It wasnt me! Im begging, please!"
"Then why did you run?" Chain asked.
"Put a fucking gun up to your head for no reason, Maniac! Let's see what you'll do!" I laughed. I handed inspector Arcilla the diary.
"Page 14." He read it and nodded.
"Yeah, that's pretty obvious."
"You had an affair with Amy." I looked at the tan lines on his ring finger.
"She wrote it on her diary. All about your secret affair, How you treated her."
"Makes sense. She had cuts and procedures, She isnt dead. And you knew it. A gasectomy. Somethung only a medical professional can do." Chain explained.
"Uh-huh." I looked at inspector Arcillas.
"Take him in." He ordered one of his officers. Jay was put into handcuffs.
"I didnt do anything, It wasnt me!" He struggled. But he couldnt fight back. Atleast ten armed officers were around him.
"Honey." I looked at Chain.
"Yeah, hon?" He showed me his phone. Someone named Calahan's calling him.
"Answer it- oh." Then I realized who it was. I forgot about him to be honest.
"Why is he calling?" I asked.
"I dont know..." He put his phone back into his pocket. I looked at Jay who was being dragged into the police car.
"Another case solved, Huh. In a day too." Inspector Arcilla smirked.
"You guys can see through anything, Can you?" He looked at Aiden who nervously laughed.
"Stop bullying Aiden, Mr. Arcilla."
"Im not. Well, I have to go. The wife's getting grumpy without me. You know, Her being pregnant." I gave him a surprised happy look.
"Oh yeah? You and Jane are finally getting a baby?" I smilled.
"Yep. After ten years of marriage."
"Well, Congratulations to you two." He nodded and left.
"Oh for fuck's sake." Chain rolled his eyes.
"What?"
"Ugh. He's still calling." He said.
"She's not my sister. Stop calling her that, My sister died because of you. Metal died because of you. Along with my mom." I gulped. What are they talking about?
"Tell that bastard of yours she doesnt have a brother." And with that remark he put down the phone.
"How was it?" Aiden asked. Chain shot him a glare. Aiden laughed.
"Uh. Ai, Can you drive Chain's car to his place? Chain, You're coming with me." Aiden nodded. Chain just sighed and gave Aiden his car keys.
The moment we entered my car, Chain sighed vigorously and hit my dashboard.
"What was it about?" I started the car.
"Uhm..." He layed his head on my dashboard.
"About Kalyan's debut."
"And...? He's inviting you?" He nodded and rubbed his palms on his face.
"It's just a party, Chain. Think about it. Maybe you'll finally-"
"Finally what? Get to know them? Like them? No. He has his own family and I have... You." He looked at me.
"Yeah you do, But Im not always here. Though I try. But not always..." He just looked at me. He sighed and looked down.
"Yeah I know..." He pulled his hair back, Frustrated.
"I just... I cant look at them. I cant look at him. Knowing that I had a conpletely different family, A completely different dad. He cant just replace mom and ate Metal like that."
"Tita Kristine would've wanted you to forgive your dad."
"He literally replaced us. Mom with that slut Sierra. Ate Metal with Kalyan. And me... With that Cooper."
"Cooper and Kaylan didnt do anything to you, Chain. Just try ti get to know them. If they're shit, Then they're shit. But the point is, You dont know that yet."
"You're coming with me, right?"
"Yeah, What could go wrong?"
"Get ready. We're gonna start today." He said, Voice altered by a mic on his neck tie. The room was dark, the people around his couldnt see his face. "Boss, Aren't you scared?" "Why would I be? They're just careless movie detectives who overlook things. To them this is a money game." He sipped his wine and licked his lips. He nodded. "Leave them a note this time. A little code." He ordered.MHOREIN's POV "Detective Tyler, Good Morning." I greeted him as we strode towards the entrance of the police station.We quickly entered the police station. I saw Chain on the distance and stopped infront of him, Tyler stopping as well.
MHOREIN'S POV "We better get to South's park now." He suggested. "Hm. No." He looked at me. "What do you mean?" "Names? Age?" He checked his emails. "Emerald Jackson, Gerard Way, Hank Andress, Frank Iero. All Nine years old." "They're gonna get more kids either on Mid or West-" I was cut off by another ring. "Mis
Acros is pronounced as Ak-ros. Not like across. A play with the Acrostic Cipher, Like Scarlet is for Scarlet thread used for Spider webs. ACROS' POVAs expected, They did it. They solved the crime. I watch as the detectives leave the scene with another successful case. They wouldnt have done it without my codes and tiny clues of course. Everything was planned from their ages to their names and birth months. I chuckled. "Acros." "Scarlet? Took you long enough." "So they did it huh?" "What did you expect? Of course they did." "What are you planning?" "What do you mean? You know the whole plan." "Acros
MHOREIN's POV "Mhorein, Stop." Chain held my wrist and tried to pull me away from my car. "This is an important case, Chain. We cant just ignore it" My dizziness is getting worse. "If it's that important then you shouldnt go drunk." "Im not drunk. Im just a little dizzy. I can handle myself, I promise." He looked me into the windows of my soul. "No." I tried to look back at him but I couldnt. I swear Im not drunk. "I had a couple of beers, Im not drunk." "Mhor, We both know your alcohol tolerance is shit. So shut up and stay in your apartment." Chain's phone rang. He looked at me before answering it. "Inspector, It's midnight and my wife's drunk. Plus, Th
CHAIN's POVI stared at the love of my life as she examined blood stains on the carpet, Trying to make sense of it. It's not the most romantic or lovely sight but it's her. It's the woman I want to be with for the rest of my life. She will be. I know that for a fact."Chain! Chain!" I was thinking too deep again."Are you okay, Hon?" She asked. Her eyes staring at me with worry."Yeah, Of course I am." She smiled."These blood stain are a couple of hours older than the ones we found on the stairs. ""Detective, We found blood stains on the side of the library behind multiple shelves. They were estimated to be two to three days old." I looked as my girlfriend's perfect eyebrows met. God, I wanna look at her for years and never get tired of it. Too bad... I..."CHAIN!" She snapped her fingers"Hon?" Both Mhorein and Aiden we
CHAIN's POVI stared at the letters trying to understand what was written, Or if it even meant anything. Two letters caught my attention. CM."Mhor, It's CM again." She nodded."That guy leaving the weird messages?" Aiden asked. I saw Mhorein's eyebrow's met."Yeah- wait. How'd you know?" Aiden looked at me, Confused."You told me about it? Remember?" I stared at nothing for a while. I dont remember. I was expecting this."Oh right..." I had to act like I remembered. Mhorein was looking at the floor thinking. She took out her phone and looked it and the piece of paper."Who will inherit the throne now that the blood is gone." She said after a couple of minutes."What?""That's what it says,Who will inherit the throne now that the blood is gone." I opened twitter and saw multiple tweets and
MHOREIN's POVI looked around the room. I messed up the beds, Looked under the beds, Inspected every floor board, cabinet and drawer trying to find any murder weapon. Nothing.I roamed around the room for a bit. It was quiet spacious for a room under the stairs. It was a plain white room with seven different beds all decorated differently.I was taken a back when I felt my head throb. I looked that the clock. It's been almost an hour and a half of me investigating the room. My head hurts so bad. It felt like the room was spinning. My leg muscles begun to feel numb yet so painful. I could barely move my arms.My stomach felt weird and sick, And fear wrapped around my mind because of the fact that this was all happening suddenly, without anything I can think of to cause it.I blinked multiple times when my vision slowly started to blur and darken. What is happening to
CHAIN's POV "Mhorein! Just listen for once! We cant do this right now! Trust me, This can wait!" I tried grabbing her left hand but she I was too afraid to hurt her if I held it any tighter.Mhorein was walking through the halls with her dextrose, Looking for the doctor's office. "Detective! Chain has a point, This can wait!" Aiden said, worried. She stopped in her tracks and faced us. "A family masacre is not something that 'can wait', Okay? Specially if that Family is the owner of one of the biggest companies in the Phillipines." She started walking again. But this time, A little faster.She entered the doctor's office, It was mr. Vega's. The doctor that we knew for a long time now. He's also the doctor that ran tests hours ago. "Mhorein? Is there a problem?" He as
MHOREIN's POV "We're here." We pulled up outside a huge venue with all sorts of lights and decorations. The doors were again opened for us. Chain and I stepped out of the car and in the red carpet. People started whispering and staring at us in awe. We smiled when cameras flashed. "Didnt remember you were this big of a deal." I whispered to him. "Me neither." Media had it's eyes on the Castranuevo's ever since I knew Chain. It was a big gossip when Chain moved out, So now it's a bigger scoop that he's back. "Detectives- Oh sorry, sorry. Mr. Castranuevo, Ms. Agustin." Aiden winked at us when we met him at the entrance of the venue. "Shut up." Chain chuckled.We entered the place and my eyes immediately roamed around. It was gorgeous. Not to mention the fact t
CHAIN's POV "Mhor? Why are you still up?" Tonight is our last night here since tomorow is Kalyan's birthday. Since our chaos at dinner, Both me and Cooper tried to avoid each other as much as possible. Of course, A couple of purposely bumping into each other and death stares were unavoidable but nothing more than that. "Im just looking up the coordinates that they gave us." I looked at the clock, It's 1:53 A. M. "Oh my god... How did they know?" She had her hand covering her mouth, Eyes widened. "What? What did you find?" She handed me her phone. Even I got confused when I saw where it was.
CHAIN's POV "Chain, Just breathe." Mhorein has been trying to calm me down for the past few minutes. Im pretty sure Im having a panic attack thinking that Im going to be surrounded by these people again. "I cant, Mhorein." I said with my voice shaking. I gritted my teeth and glared at myself in the mirror. One, two, three more splashes of water on my face. I clenched my fist and hit it on the sink. "Chain Yuan Castranuevo." Such a stern tone but I felt my heart beat slowly going back go normal. Mhorein held both of my hands and looked me in the eye. Something about her made me feel like the fear and anger is slowly leaving my body.
CHAIN's POV I decided to roam around the resort to ease my discomfort. "Fuck!" Someone screamed when I bumped into him. "Sorry I didnt see-" "Cant you look where youre-" We stopped when we both looked up and saw each other. We stared at each other. I know him. "You?" He took his earphones off. I saw an annoyed and confused expression at the same time. "Got a problem with that, Coop?" I smirked. "Aw, Dont fucking call me that!" He cringed. "I see that dad still hasnt taught you manners. All these expensive crap on you and you still act like shit." I looked him dead in the eye. "Oh, So what are you doing here? You want
MHOREIN's POV ''You win this time... "His words echoed in my mind once again. It's been days but I still have a strong gut feeling that Mori Grey is hiding something. He has an agenda and It involves getting rid of us.I looked at the clock. It's 8:34 A.M.Chain's half sister prepared a whole week for us to stay at a hotel resort only reserved for family and close friends before the actual debut. "Hon, Are you ready?" I looked I checked both of or suitcases to make sure we didnt forget anything essential. "Yeah..." Chain wrapped his arms around me. "Thanks for coming with me, Hon." "Of course." I smiled at him. I heard my phone rang inside my clutch. It's Aiden.&nbs
MHOREIN's POV "The theatre is near the cinema." Mr. Dela Fuena said. I know that theatre. It's not too far. "Chain, Aiden. Let's go." Chain stopped me. "We cant take cases like this. We dont work for Inspector Arcilla anymore. We work under agency policies now." "Oh... They already told you." Aiden stared at the floor. "But we have to-" "I'll call the office." Chain cut me off. I cant believe he's doing this. "Chain... Dont. Please." I looked at Aiden. "I still wanna work with you guys. They dont have to know." Chain sighed when
MHOREIN's POVWe're quietly sitting at the third row of one of the rooms in a funeral home. In the middle of the hall is an ash gray porcelein jar containing the remains of Inspector George Arcilla and a huge photo of him surrounded by different types of flowers. Around us are half of the office and agency, his fsmily and friends.Including me, Chain and Aiden. Knowing Aiden for a while, I have never seen him so devastated. With dark circles under his puffy eyes, messy hair and rough facial hair. He's been assisting Inspector Arcilla's family with the wake and other arrangements. I get how he feels. Aiden had known Inspector Arcilla even before we worked together. He used to mention how the Inspector treated him like a son when he was just a trainee and before he was assigned to work with us. Aiden developed a fatherly bond with him since Aiden's father died years ago. "Would you guys w
MHOREIN's POVI sat down and looked at Chain in disbelief. I can barely proccess what's happening. This woman almost put my life in danger. If Chain didnt find me with multiple other people trailimg behind him, They couldve killed me. And now they want us to save her? The bitterness I felt in my heart rose again after all these years.I felt like her life is in my hands. Like she had mine years ago. "Mhor, Collect yourself. You need to think about this. Do we wanna be the ones to save her?" Chain asked me. "No, Chain! Of course not! I want her to be killed brutally! I want her to burn in hell!" But deep inside, I knew that if she dies and I didnt do anything to help even when I could've, I would live on to carry the burden of knowing that someone died because of me.My brows furrowed when I remembered that email.
MHOREIN's POVTwo days passed and the devastating news about Inspector Arcilla's death quickly spread around the office.We were called into the main office by Miss Prina and Lieutenant Gray Mori. "We called you here, Detectives to inform you that youre limited from now on. We've heard about the issue including CM and we decided to let other detectives handle it." I looked at them, Confused. "Since the death of Inspector Arcilla you are currently under my supervision." Lieutenant Gray said. "And Aiden, Unfortunately, Cannot work with you anymore. Aiden is now assigned to Inspector Roswell from Lezran." "Lezran?! You cant do that! That's a city away!" I objected. "Well, You signed a contract." Miss Prina looked at us.