'Golden Mary'

Part 42

He turned to walk away first and disappeared down a yellow hallway before they were urged forward, guns at their backs. The home was simply furnished with paintings on the walls, vases filled with flowers freshly picked from the yard, and soft sofas in the room behind them. Too bad Victoria couldn't find the chance to look around. However, as they were moved forward she discovered that the whole house was painted with a lovely yellow bringing in a happy filled atmosphere, only too bad that it was housed by a money maniac.

They were led down a white staircase and Victoria sighted various shades of blue bouncing off the wall, all moving up and down as if they were electricity. At the bottom of the staircase she discovered what those lines were.

In front of them was a large pool that took up majority of the space. Whether it was a basement or not, Victoria couldn't tell anymore. Noh Ki Young's voice echoed throughout the room breaking her spree of staring at the free water pool.

"If you thought I didn't know you were on your way here, don't be fools." He told. "I've had fun with this goose chase, but it all comes to an end here. I'm sure you've read through Secretary Hong's e-mails, thus you should have already concluded that I've done all I could with the 'Golden Mary' already. Businesses I want out are destroyed already and I've got myself all the money I want.

Memories of arriving to the suburbs of Seoul by bus and sneaking into homes splashed in Victoria's mind.

Noh Ki Young walked around the pool and toward them. He eyed them one by one before he eventually reached Luhan who was beside Victoria. In a mere second he snatched Luhan by the collar of his shirt.

"You fool! If you thought you could call this petty revenge, you're just a mere piece of dirty!" he tossed Luhan toward the ground roughly.

Victoria moved an inch forward before she felt the gun at the back of her neck threatening her.

"You've played the game well, leading these two around like dogs." He grasped his hands together behind his back before walking toward the side of the pool.

Noh Ki Young stared at Victoria's maddened eyes before smirking mischievously. Yes, he's won the game and that was a fact he knew well. He reached into his pocket and let a tiny gold key dangle from his fingers. Victoria felt her eyes go wide. She had never seen it before, this key that they've been after all along, neither she nor Seohyun knew what it looked like. In the end, it was just a tiny key.

"Do you want it?" he smiled. "I reached the chamber while An Kor ran around and toyed with Luhan, but I've gotten what I wanted. Weak businesses are just a nuisance in this big line of work. They take more money than you think."

None of them could utter a sound while he went at it and that irked Victoria the most.

Noh Ki Young reached into his other pocket and in a split moment the water in the pool started moving and very slowly it turned into a whirlpool bath, bubbles rose to the surface and eagerly moved around in a heated circle.

The 'Golden Mary' flung through the air and landed into the water with a quiet splash, "Find it before I drain the water. Oh, and the drainage system is quite large so it'll be gone before you get to it."

He started toward the white staircase with hands in his pockets.

"Start."

The man at Luhan's back whisked out a pocket knife and slowly eased it to the back of his neck.

"On your way here you must have realized that the pastures are empty," he told, "I've bought the land off and am planning a slash and burn. I'm going to cultivate this land after destroying everything along with this house. Don't be surprised if you see the house burning."