Chapter III: Incidents

Back at Grande, Lola is 'playing' with Matthew's bike with Alice's help.

"It's so hard, it's harder than driving!" Lola was moving forward almost at a 60-degree angle to the ground, and poor Alice had to work hard to hold Lola and keep her from falling.

"You're back!" Lola saw three men walking into Grande's backyard, with only Benjamin in his eyes, of course. As soon as he was excited, he stepped on the pedal and broke away from Alice, and rushed forward, "Ah~ah!"

"You, you're alright!" Matthew hugged Lola as she was about to fall, but his eyes were fixed on his bicycle lying on the ground, visibly more concerned about his possessions.

"I'm fine! let go of me!" Lola screamed as she stood up and broke free from Matthew's arms.

"yes, I'm sorry!" Matthew raised his hand and stepped away to help his car.

Lola realized her overreaction and looked at the smiling Benjamin, a little embarrassed, "Hey, are you Matthew? I'm Lola, sorry for riding your bike." ”

"No, it's fine. Matthew made sure the car wasn't broken and smiled a little embarrassedly.

He was a very honest young man, with pale blonde hair, but it was so light that it was white in the sun, and if you looked far away, you would think he had no eyebrows. Farming and working since he was a child made him very strong, and he also had a short stubble on his neglected wide chin. But in the same way, because the color is too light, with his white skin, you can't see it without looking closely, but it softens his deep and hard outline. He's a guy who's easy to like.

At this time, Matthew blushed a little, helped the car to the side of the warehouse, and secretly looked at Lola, who was already laughing with Benjamin.

"Matthew, go help Hank. Benjamin gave orders as he passed by, and took the Banshee and Lola into the warehouse.

Matthew's gray eyes looked at the backs of the three, and Zach put his hand on Matthew's shoulder, with a hint of an inexplicable smile: "Lola Barton, pretty girl, right?"

Matthew's hairs stood on end, and the owner of this Grande House always gave him strange feelings. The honest Matthew only thought that it was the pressure of the new job, the new 'identity' and the new boss on him, and he didn't think in a strange direction, but even the most stupid person could understand the point of the sentence, 'Barton, pretty'.

"I'm ......," Matthew wanted to say, but Zach had already walked towards Grande and ignored the wolf cub.

I don't know if it's because the stairwell of the Grande House is connected to the vampire's basement, but it always feels gloomy. Zach held on to the escalator to the second floor, looking up, frowning. Louise is very wrong these days, but he doesn't know why.

After thinking about it for a moment, Zach shook his head, turned around and pushed open the office door, and entered the office.

As with every time he returns after leaving, Zach first poured himself a glass of 'wine' and pressed the answering machine.

In the midst of the coordination call for the removal of the grave, a strange message appeared.

"Grande's funeral home? uh, this is Quest, uh, Herman recommended you. Is this your work number? Uh, anyway, call back when you receive it. Number xxxx. ”

Zach raised an eyebrow, wrote down the phone, walked out of the office, spread out the newspapers of the past few days, rummaged through, and it didn't take long to find such a piece of news in the social section.

Neil Quest, the president's brother, and his newlywed wife, Defanie Quest, disappeared last night. The two were married on Monday and have ruled out traveling, and the police are expanding the scope of the search. According to the intellectuals, the last time the two were seen was at the former Paisying Bus Terminal. Following the emergence of the 'cult' organization, this is the second case to occur here. There is no evidence of any connection between the two things. Neil Quest, 25, is a ...... of the shareholders of the Quest Group.

Zach frowned, thinking about it and trying to get it. I don't know what strange story will appear again this time. But looking at the date on the cover, I realized that it had not been a week since the incident, and this was a weekly magazine, and the new magazine had not yet come out.

Somewhat disappointed, the vampire put the magazine back in and walked back to his office, pondering the words for a moment, and picking up the phone.

"This is the House of Grande, Zachary Grande. Mr. Quest, you're calling. Zach shook the liquid in his glass and said calmly.

"So you're the Zach that Herman highly recommends?" came the voice of a thirty-year-old man from the earpiece, Mr. Quest.

Zach smiled, "I am, thank you for Mr. Herman's recommendation." How can we help?"

The other party was silent for a while, with a hint of uncertainty, "Herman said that you only accept requests, and the process and questions are not explained. ”

"Yes. Zach was pleased with Herman Sr.'s conscientiousness, "I've seen the news, first of all, I'm sorry for what happened to the Quests. I'm sure Mr. Herman has told him about his experience, so what would you ask for?"

When Herman finds Zack, Zach proposes two solutions, but Herman, who is still hopeful, chooses to find Connor first, and then revenge. So Zach was just asking to see what the other party knew.

The other party's mind seemed to be disturbed, and he lowered his voice: "What are you hinting at?!"

"I'm not hinting at anything. The corners of Zach's mouth curled, "Did Mr. Quest receive a blackmail call or letter?"

"Nope. Zach could hear muffled breathing coming from the earpiece.

"Were there any signs before the incident?" Zach continued.

"Nope!"

Zach waited for the other party's breathing to gradually calm down, "Then I'm just taking precautions in advance." The vampire took a sip of his wine and said flatly, "You can make a request." ”

"Find my brother!" The other party seemed to suppress countless emotions, and after a heavy breath, the earpiece added: "No matter what, find him first!"

Zach nodded into the air, answered, and hung up.

Zach didn't have a clue about this incident, so he couldn't give a time guarantee. But the disappearance without warning and purpose, in an abandoned bus stop, seems to be in line with Zack's forte.

Zach sat behind his desk and drank the rest of the liquor and pulled out a folded piece of paper from the drawer with some names on it, which James had given to Benjamin. In the days after the full moon, the House of Grande had work, so they didn't care about the suspicious names.

Zach looked at the names, thought for a moment, shook his head, and put the note back again. Beginning to process the previous message, when Grande was done with all his work, Lola had already been picked up by Barton's car, and Alice was waiting for the start of 'Cook's Kitchen' in front of the TV.

Matthew knocked on the office door, "I'm home." ”

"Yes. Zach glanced at Matthew and nodded, "When you come tomorrow, I'll go to the mill first and bring Madison's work report." ”

"Oh. Matthew nodded honestly, put on his somewhat old cap, and left work.