the accounting manager's housewife | mysta rias

episode forty-one

EPISODE 41

"mademoiselle?" shu called in surprise. "what are you doing here? aren't you supposed to talk to mysta after you wake up?"

"there's something wrong with that cassandra girl." y/n said as she continued walking toward shu and his computers. "can you run another background check on her? dig deeper this time, i want every detail checked."

"excuse me?"

"did i stutter?"

"hold up," shu turned in his seat. "aren't you supposed to explain your situation to mysta after he caught you killing his coworker right here in the headquarters? it's just breakfast time, i'm assuming you two just went to sleep this morning and you haven't said a word to each other about the mafia stuff."

"and you did something so fucking wrong, you know that." y/n whispered in rage as she poked shu's forehead. "you are acquainted with my husband. ike told me my husband called you but you said he didn't."

shu raised his hands in the air. "and if i did tell you, is it gonna make a difference? he was already outside the headquarters and you were bathing in blood. you think you can get rid of every evidence in just 2 minutes?"

"you little—!"

"and yes i am acquainted with mysta, and yes he does have his own secrets, so you should go home, y/n. go home and talk to your husband. i'll take care of the cassandra case."

"no." y/n pushed shu's chair away from his desk, causing him to turn away while he was in it.

"what did you find out about cassandra's family?" she asked as she typed.

"y/n, this coping mechanism is toxic. you have to confront your husband and talk to him. conversation is always the key—"

"i mean business, yoma. what. did. you. find."

"jesus, okay." shu twirled in his seat back to the front of his desk. "cassandra's family has- or had- an unfortunate backstory. the family is simply emotionally and mentally abusive, causing cassandra to work eagerly so she could get her siblings out of their parents' reach. the brother-in-law though was a different story- he was physically abusive as well towards his wife and cassandra is the only one in the family who isn't aware."

"the fuck?" y/n whispered. "i knew i should've given him a bigger punishment. run a quick background check on his family?"

shu typed on his computer. "father's in jail, mother's dead- died of suicide. siblings are not in contact with each other... oh, and would you look at that, he works for a syndicate."

y/n pressed a button and spoke through the mic beside it. "fetch me a set of light breakfast."

"still processing information about cassandra. it might take some time. i did run a check on her extended family but she doesn't seem to be affiliated with them."

after a few minutes, three knocks came from the door.

y/n stood up and opened it, only to reveal cassandra's youngest brother holding a tray of breakfast food with a cub behind him.

"mademoiselle. he was searching for you when he saw me bringing you breakfast." the cub said. "rest assured that he did not put anything in your dish."

y/n just looked down at touji indifferently before humming and opening the door wider. "you may leave. you, child, come in."

touji entered and placed the food on the coffee table.

"are you running an investigation about cassandra?" touji asked while staring at shu's computer. "you can ask me, i might know something."