Ryan stayed in the hospital hallway, still sitting on the metal chair. His eyes were red but he didn’t sleep. Nurses walked past him, but he didn’t even notice. His mind was full.Why did they attack Mr. Tim now?He rubbed his forehead. Everything felt strange. Somebody was scared that he was getting close to the truth.Rocas returned and sat beside him.“Boss, I already double the security. No one will come close to Mr. Tim again.”Ryan nodded but didn’t look up. “Good. But this is not the end. They will try again.”Rocas looked worried. “Boss… why do they want this old man dead? He no get money. He no get power.”Ryan finally looked at him. “It’s not about him. It’s about what he knows.”Rocas swallowed. “So what do we do now?”Ryan sighed. “We need to move faster. The people behind my father’s death are not playing. They are watching our steps.”He stood up, ready to leave, but a loud sound came from inside Mr. Tim’s room.*Bang!!!*Ryan and Rocas rushed there fast. The door

The ground was still shaking. People were shouting and running. Smoke rose into the sky like something big just blew up. Ryan didn’t wait for anybody. He started running toward the smoke.Ava tried to hold him. “Ryan wait!”He pushed her hand away gently. “I can’t wait. Clara is there.”Eric followed behind, shouting, “Ryan stop! They want you to run there blind!”Ryan didn’t listen. His ears were ringing. His chest was shaking. His mind was only saying one thing.Please let her be alive.He reached the corner of the street. Cars were burned. A shop’s glass shattered on the ground. People were crying, covering their heads, running away.Rocas arrived with two cars and some men got down with guns.“Boss what happened?”Ryan pointed ahead. “They bombed the place. We need to search everywhere. Clara might be inside.”Rocas nodded and signaled his men. “Spread out!”Ryan walked through the smoke slowly, his heart beating fast. He saw burnt wood, wires, broken chairs. He saw blood

Ryan did not rest. He did not eat. He did not even sit down. The whole night he was moving from street to street, checking cameras, calling people, shouting at anybody that wasted time.He opened his phone again and watched Clara’s video. The way she cried. The fear in her voice. It burned his chest. He threw the phone on the seat and hit the steering wheel hard.“Why did they take her? What do they want?”Rocas entered the car from the passenger side, tired too.“Boss we searched all the highways. No black jeep that matches the description. They must have changed car somewhere.”Ryan did not answer. His head was full.Rocas continued, “I also checked camera from the market to the junction. The jeep turned left, not right.”Ryan frowned. “Left leads to the old industrial area.”“Yes. But there are no businesses there again. All the warehouses are abandoned. The perfect place to hide someone.”Ryan started the car.“Let’s go.”He drove fast. Street lights flew past like shadows.

Ryan ran into the darkness with full speed. His shoes splashed water on the tunnel floor. He didn’t stop to think. He just followed the direction where he heard Clara’s voice last.“Clara! Clara talk to me!” he shouted.No answer.His heart beat fast like drum. The tunnel was long and narrow. Small light bulbs were hanging on the wall but most of them were already broken. Only red light flashed sometimes like warning.Rocas followed behind him but he was slowing down.“Ryan wait!” Rocas shouted.Ryan didn’t stop. “If I stop now she can die. Move!”They reached a point where the tunnel separated again. Three roads. Left. Right. Straight.Ryan turned right instantly.Rocas dragged his arm. “No we should split. You go right. I go left.”Ryan shook his head. “I don’t need backup. Go outside. Bring police. Bring everything.”Rocas looked at him strong. “You can die inside here.”Ryan looked him straight. “If she dies, I die too.”Rocas breathed out slow. He dropped his gun in Ryan’s ha

The hospital was quiet but tense. Ryan sat up slowly on the bed, breathing hard like someone who was fighting inside his mind. The drip was still on his hand and his body felt weak, but his eyes were sharp like someone who already made a decision.Ava stood close, holding his hand. “Ryan please don’t rush things. Your body is still weak. You almost died.”Ryan looked at her slowly. “I don’t care about myself. Clara is out there. She is alone. I can’t sit down and breathe like everything is fine.”Mrs Harrison wiped her face with shaky hands. “But Ryan you need strength. Let the police find her. Let the team handle it.”Ryan shook his head. “No… the police don’t know who they are dealing with. These people are trained. They move like ghosts. They don’t leave trace. Only someone from inside their world can find her.”Rocas entered the room holding a tablet, his face serious. “Boss… we traced the black jeep. But we lost the signal after highway intersection. They went into woods.”A