Chapter 25: Private Inquiry

There was a lot of wine and some supper on the table. I took my laptop and was about to leave when he blocked the door. He didn’t let me open the door and started touching me.

I was furious, but I knew that there was no way I could beat him, so I ran into the bathroom while he wasn’t looking. I hid in there and called the police. He was eventually arrested and fired from the company.

When I got back, I told Abraham about it. Abraham was even angrier than I was. Two weeks later, he sent me a set of photos of that colleague. That man was naked and tied to a tree, being watched by everyone.

I quickly called Abraham to ask what was going on, and he said, “He was released. I originally intended to just warn him, but I saw him teasing girls again. I had to beat him up..”

I snapped out of it and returned to the small room, sighing helplessly.

Now that Abraham was gone, no one would go that far for me anymore and to teach anyone who bullied me a lesson.

I was feeling a little down. I sat in front of my desk and didn’t know what to do.

I told Selina that I was going to see Mylo last night. I had no excuse for tonight and had to go back. Anyway, I couldn’t enter the President’s office for now.

I could only continue looking into clues from the missing people.

After giving it some thought, I ordered some pizza and specialty dishes of Elsingborg and went to look for Bonnie. She saw that I had ordered a lot of food, and couldn’t help but ask, “What are you doing?”

“I want to treat you and Carol to dinner.”

Job stuck his head out to look at me. “And of course, Job too,” I said immediately.

Bonnie was surprised, she then asked with an evil smile, “Could it be that you fell in love with Carol at first sight?”

“What are you talking about?” I handed her the phone she’d left on the table. “Quick, call Carol.”

“Alright.”

Half an hour later, I put the food down in the small room. Bessy had already left. It was more private here.

Just then, Carol came downstairs and said hi.

I smiled. “Can I trouble you to bring in two chairs for me, Mr Carol?”

“Oh, okay.” He nodded, aiming for Job and Bonnie’s chairs. “Quickly get up.”

He yanked the chair out from under Job’s bum.

Job was very dissatisfied. “Carol, did I offend? Or did your personality suddenly change drastically? Oh. Could it be that you’ve forgotten your friends after someone you like?”

“Shut up!” Carol rolled his eyes at Job and moved the chair into the small room.

Bonnie and Job brought in some water and closed the door. We began to enjoy our delicious dinner.

We made some small talk, then I pretended to casually play with my phone and navigated to the report on “All Missing People Are Employees of the Hall Corporation.”

I looked at it. “This is just too much of a coincidence.” I showed them my phone screen. “It’s still incredible now that I think about it.”

Job was happily eating a bowl of dessert. “I don’t believe it either.”

Once I sensed that someone was willing to speak up, I asked Carol, “Carol, is your missing colleague a drug dealer?”

It could be due to the private setting, or because it was easy to open up while having a meal together, but Carol no longer avoided the topic. Instead, he smiled and said, “How could that be? But we actually made a lot of guesses. These eight people must have something in common.”

Based on my investigation, other than the fact that they were all employees of the Hall Corporation, I couldn’t find anything in common. “Did your colleague behave abnormally before he went missing?”

“No. Before he disappeared, he told me that he was getting married.”

Hearing this, Bonnie stopped eating and her expression turned gloomy. “I can’t believe he disappeared the day before his wedding. What a poor thing.”

Carol nodded. “Yes, no one expected that. Abraham was an excellent designer. He amazed us with his work. However, the higher-ups didn’t like his style and often insulted him. There was one time, Monde kicked Abraham in front of everyone.”

What? Abraham was kicked in public? Anger burned through me. “Who’s Monde?”

“He’s the Vice President.”

“Monde Duff?” I’d seen his introduction in the information that Bessy gave me.”

Carol nodded. “Yes, it’s him. He’s mainly in charge of the furniture business. He looks down on Abraham and often finds all sorts of excuses to bully him. But Abraham isn’t a pushover. He always gets off work on time and doesn’t stay in the company for even a minute more than he should.” At this point, Carol was puzzled. “Many of us found it very strange. No matter how much Monde hated Abraham, no matter how many conflicts they got into, Monde never tried to fire Abraham, while Abraham never tried to leave.”

Bonnie said, “I think you told me about this before. I kind of remember it. I was wondering at that time if these two actually had feelings for each other and loved each other.”

Carol knocked Bonnie’s head. “What are you thinking about all day? Abraham has a fiancée. Moreover, Monde is a playboy and often changes girlfriends.” He frowned at this point. “Actually, I suspect that Monde secretly kidnapped Abraham.”