Solis Occasum

5

"I really fucking hope we find something. Ophelia and Reece, please forgive me for digging."

It had been exactly four (4) days before he had received anything from Zia. Every time he had messaged or called her about any progress, it was met a frustrated "No," as everything seemed locked by something or someone.

The Russian informed him that he was definitely correct on his hunch that something odd had happened because a lot of information that would normally be public was locked or gone.

She told him whoever or whatever caused them to disappear did not want anything to be found.

Fortunately for the pair, the Riders had an excellent tech team and they had worked on finding out everything that their Herre could not.

Before they had a chance to panic, Aster, their main hacker contacted Soleil and let him know they found everything.

Currently, he was going over all the documents and prints that they had Astrid bring over from the club.

There were so many things that did not make sense to him and it seemed like all of it was gonna come up to be a dead end.

As he threw down the last file, his grey eyes caught sight of something. Many of the files had similar names on them with all of them belonging to the same company.
This was not one that he had recognized and he had no idea where to start.

One (1) thing he was certain about was that whoever and whatever this business was, they definitely had something to with the older Diaz's disappearance.

The day they left was the last time anyone had seen them.

It was as if they had vanished without a trace and no one seemed to know anything about it. He also found it weird that no one had filed a missing person's report besides Reece.

Even there was not a single police report besides his on it and nothing about an investigation.

Deciding that he needed to ask someone else for help, a person who had the resources to dig up the truth as well as someone he trusted.

He knew the right person he was going to recruit for it and that was his older sister's fiance, Cillian McCarthy, who was a private investigator.

Grabbing his phone, he dialled his number and waited anxiously for him to pick up. Shortly after he heard the heavy Irish lilt of his soon to be brother in law.

"Hey, Solar System. What brings on the unexpected call?"

"Stop it with that stupid nickname, I really wish that Dinah did not tell you about that. Anyways, Cilly, I was calling to ask you if you would be able to look into something for me?"

"Of course, what is it?"

The younger man went on to explain everything in detail and also went through the files with him on the phone.

"What's the name of the company?"

"Its called 'Evergreen Engineers,' I've never heard of them before."

"Hmmm, it might not be from Sweden that's why. Didn't you say that the parents and the son were born in Spain, but the daughter was born in Sweden?"

"Yep, there is no information on why they left. It just seems like they upped and left without much notice beforehand."

"Hmmm, that's very strange. I'll start from there. I'll fly to you in about a week since I remember you mentioning to Dinah that you were not at the castle for a couple (2) weeks."

"Alright and yeah, by the time you come I should be back at the club."

"Okay, well I'll talk to you later, my fiance is calling me."

"Shut up, stop reminding me that I am very much single. Bye."

Soleil heard loud laughter emitting from the receiver as he removed the phone from his and he hung up.

He blew out a deep breath of relief as he had been expecting his brother in law to be a little apprehensive about helping since his wedding was a little over a month away.

However, he was pleasantly surprised at how quick Cillian had agreed and even more so that he had suggested flying out to him.

Getting up from his bed, the Irishman gathered all the scattered notes and documents into their designated piles.

Once he had gotten them sorted out, he packed them back into their envelopes and placed them in the hidden safe in the wall.

The last thing he wanted was for those papers to be found and stolen because that could cause trouble for the siblings.

Taking a seat by the window in his room, his eyes scanned the view in front of him of the pool and hot tub of the hotel.

He saw a lot of his friends either relaxing by the water on the lounge chairs or were swimming.

The blonde decided that he would join them since they all had finished all that they had been tasked with for that day and they deserved a little break.

Just as he was about to head out of his room, his phone pinged with an incoming text.

It was from his sister, Dinah's text read, "Hey baby brother! Just wanted to let you know we chose the theme for the wedding, WINTER WONDERLAND! We're even going to have ice skating at the reception so you better learn quickly before you fall on your ass! Love you!"

Groaning loudly, Soleil ran his hand through his golden hair and tugged at it. His sister knew how bad his balance was on the ice and he knew for a fact that she would want some intricate dancing in the rink.

Looking up to the ceiling, he stared at the chandelier and muttered, "Why me?"

An hour (1) later his phone had once again made a text notification sound which drew his attention from where he was in the pool splashing Astrid.

Pulling himself out of the warm water, he saw that it was a text from Reece.

"Ophelia's been acting weird today so I sent her to speak to Lyra and Serah. I don't know what's going on inside her head and I'm worried."

"Keep me updated please, she's strong and will be okay."

"Thanks, man."

"Of course."