Mistaken By The Billionaire Marquess

Chapter 7: Investigation

CHAPTER 7: Investigation

- LIA -

It's been almost two werks since I went back in the Philippines. I can say that my life has been somehow peaceful when I arrived. There were no one following me, or someone calling me by the name "Dennise".

The lady I met in the plane, Chynna, talked to me sometimes over the phone. There are times where she insisting to know my address. Of course, I didn't gave it to her! When I told her that I can't for my safety and because Alejenadro said so, which is I made up, she stopped nagging me about it.

I discovered that Chynna is staying in Cebu. That province is far from Manila, the place where I'm staying, so I don't have to worry about us meeting face to face. However, prior to that, I always go outside with face mask amd shades. I even wore oversize clothes and changed my fashion so she, or other people who know Dennise, will not recognize me!

It was tiring, hiding from someone you don't know everyday. I didn't even get to enjoy the remaining days of my vacation because of that.

Now, I'm going back on chasing criminals and deal with them until the next vacation.

"Look who's mood's sour today," a baritone voice rings in my ear. I don't even need to look at him to know who's talking.

"Shut up, Nick. Or I'll shoot your head," I annoyingly said as a give him a sharp look.

He just chuckled at me and he went on to his table.

"Hello, everyone!" a cheerful voice greeted us. I turned my head to the door of our office and I saw our cheerful, yet somehow lazy, detective.

"Hi, Darwin," I greeted him as friendly as I can, although my bad mood is still visible.

Darwin walked towards me and scrutinized my face. "What's with that face? Mukha kang namatayan." (You look like someone just died.)

"Don't ask about it. I don't even want to remember why," I responded with a bored face.

He was about to reply when someone entered the Office. It is our Senior Detective, our team leader, Detective Gisselle Javier. From the look on her face, I'm sure that we have another case to solve.

I am sure that I'll be busy. I think it's better because I won't think about my ruined vacation everytime.

"We have a new case," she said as if it is her substitute for good morning. "A kidnap for ransom case."

She gave each of us a folder. I immediately opened it and read the details of the case.

"The victim is Alexa Ramirez. Surname sounds familiar? She is the daughter of the Manila Mayor, Mayor Xavion Ramirez," she started explaining as we read the files. "She was kidnapped on her way home. Patay ang driver ng sasakyan na lulan siya. May tama ng baril sa ulo." (The driver of car she's on was dead. He was shot in the head.)

Ramirez. That surname is well-known here in Manila, not just because it is the name of the Mayor, but also almost all of the establishments and companies here are owned by them. They're main business is creating various colognes and perfume. It was a success. They were able to build branches of their perfume company in Japan, Singapore, Spain, and United States.

They're a wealthy family. It is not a shock for me that the daughter of the Ramirez family was kidnapped for ransom.

Usually, kidnappers choose to kidnap those people who came from wealthy family. The wealthier the family, the huge the ransom is. But that is not just the strategy of those kidnappers. They will also study every member of their target family, and they will choose the one they deemed to be the weakest and most fragile.