Blue Light
SIXTEEN

"Thank you" said Luke, to the waitress who put her tea on the table.

Then he was again busy researching the map on his phone.

Lukas has already explored half of Munich this week, but again he has found no trace of it.

Luke knew he was doing something stupid. The chances of finding Lana this way are very small, if not impossible.

But Lukas could not stand the silence, and continued to wait for the results of Neff's investigation.

A week after Lana's departure, Luke leaves Grindelwald and embarks on a journey around Europe to find Lana. Although it could be that Lana has moved to another continent.

Luke leaves Merian in Darla's hands.

And Darla accepts with pleasure, because she thinks Luke will not function properly before finding Lana. Darla feels better working alone than having to keep improving Luke's work.

During these three months Luke has been exploring Austria and now Germany. The pace of his journey was very slow as he combed through each city meticulously.

And because of Lana's diverse language skills, Lukas imagines there are still dozens of countries to visit in the future. Including the vast Russian.

The holidays this time will be long.

Lukas keeps his phone in a bag, because the power is already very weak. He will continue to check the map later.

After paying the bill, Lukas walked out of the restaurant to the hotel where he was staying.

The business at the restaurant is done. He had managed to ask in detail to one of the waitresses, about the existence of new employees who are characterized as Lana.

And firmly, he replied that the restaurant had not received any new employees for nearly six months.

Lukas can cross that restaurant off the list.

Information about Lana has a habit of working in restaurants, he got from Meier, when Neff with detail asked all his information about Lana.

Meier answered everything honestly despite being confused by Neff's goals.

According to Meier, Lana turned down the waitress position on the grounds that she was used to working in the restaurant kitchen.

Meier then asked the name of the restaurant where Lana worked before, this was just a joke of course, as the rough job qualification required no experience.

But Lana answered the question seriously, she mentioned a line of restaurant names to him.  Meier remembers Lana mentioning more than ten names.

Meier recalled the details of the conversation, because she thought it was strange. There is no one who voluntarily works in various restaurants just to become a manual laborer,

But from the story, Lukas and Neff concluded, Lana always did the same thing every time she moved, namely working in a restaurant. Luke therefore made his search by moving to every restaurant.

Of course, the search did not go well. Not all restaurants are happy to share their info. Not infrequently they evict Luke without giving an answer, and make him forced to disguise as a customer.

With the guest status, he could easily find out from the waitress, usually they were more open to him.

The disadvantage of that way, his speed became slower.

Because he sometimes had to wait for an empty seat for a few days, if the restaurant he was after was really famous.

If the waiting list is too long, with great force, Luke usually waits until night until the restaurant closes, so as to observe the returning employees.

Hope to find Lana's figure among them.

But what hurt him most was false hope.

The three restaurants he had been to said their new employees were similar to Lana. But after Luke checked further, he only found an unfamiliar face.

Luke felt how his joy was charred to ashes back then.

But Luke will not give up, the pain is nothing compared to what Lana felt so far.

Her determination remains the same, which will bring Lana back, and get her out of the isolated life she has chosen.

The report that Neff asked his men yesterday, stated that Lana's mother died with exactly the same symptoms as herself and Petra.

According to Neff, it was most likely that Lana escaped. Lana must have felt her mother died because of her mistake.

About the blue light, Luke and Neff had given up on finding out.

Neff has read dozens of supernatural books without success. And Luke had an inner battle, because he wanted to come to some 'medium' of the subtle spirits that his adverts saw on the internet.

But then undo it. He can't explain Lana's circumstances without making it a fictional story.

With his hands shaking in the cold, Luke placed the card on the door.

He immediately rushed into the room as soon as the door opened, to warm himself up. The winters in Munich this year were very bad.

Luke took off his coat and also his top. After that, he jumped into the bed. Today was very tiring for her, as she checked out approximately ten restaurants today.

There were still about fifteen more restaurants that he had to check out tomorrow. And he should be able to finish everything tomorrow, if he wants to move to another city soon.

Luke fell asleep immediately, turning off the lights.

He hesitated before this trip, because Luke has a tendency to suffer from insomnia every time he sleeps in a foreign place.

But after traveling to various places, his body got used to it. He will usually fall asleep as soon as he touches the bed.

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TOK TOK!!!!

The knock on the door made Luke open his eyes in shock. He glanced at the clock on the table and cursed, he had only been asleep for a few hours, Luke was sure the sun had not yet risen at this time.

Luke remembers, he put a sign 'Don't be bothered' on the doorstep last night. Who would dare knock on the door of his room?

TOK TOK!!

A knock back sounded, they would sniff away before hearing the answer.

Without bothering to wear a t-shirt, Luke walked open the door with a fierce face. He should get enough rest in order to conduct the search tomorrow.

"Yes?" Luke opens the door violently, and his sleepiness is instantly lost because he finds Neff at the door with one of the bellboys.

"What are you--"

Neff raised his hand, then turned to the bellboy behind him..

"Thank you for your help, you can leave us" Neff said, in a serious tone that left Luke puzzled.

After the bellboy enters the elevator, Neff pushes Luke's body inside and closes the door.

"What the fuck is this Neff? What's up?" given his unresolved sleepiness, Luke's anger returns.

"I used this to know where your room is, you know?!!" neff said, waving his police identity.

"I have to tell the hotel manager that I'm chasing a con man across Europe so they can show me your room number!"

"Why is your phone dead, you idiot?" Neff was getting angry.

"My phone's battery's been out since the afternoon" Lukas said as he pulled his phone from the charger and turned it on. There were dozens of missed calls from Neff.

"It's a good thing I remember when you mentioned your name at this hotel. Otherwise I would have left you, it should be at a time like this, you should make sure your phone is always on. I'm----"

Luke drank a bottle of water from his bag and stood leaning against the wall waiting for Neff's anger to finish.

Neff is rarely angry, but rarely grumbles. But if it was angry, its mouth could be rougher than Luke's, and its scolding also lasted longer than him.

"What's so important that it has to make you fly here?" luke asked, after Neff had finished spilling his teeth.

"I found Lana"

A bottle of white water in Luke's hand floated down and spilled its contents onto the floor.Luke's mouth agape as he looked at Neff, who now began to smile widely.

"You..sure?" Luke does not want to be deceived again, if it turns out that he has received false hope.

Neff nodded confidently, "My mother found him"

"Who?" Luke's forehead immediately shriveled, isn't it wrong?

"Lana wants to sell Grandma's house. And he chose my mother's property office as his intermediary" Neff cheered in a triumphant tone.

Neff's mother was the owner of a property company in Grindelwald, and Lukas had always used his services all along.

"Lana has no contact with other agents. So he contacted the name of the agent listed on the previous sale and purchase agreement" Lukas said.

Luke could easily guess Lana's line of thought. Lana's reluctance to get in touch with others makes the number of people she knows very limited.

For once, Lana's habit of being alone helped them find her. Lukas suddenly felt anxious to jump up in excitement and shouted loudly.

"Where is Lana?" while asking, Lukas started wearing his clothes and shoes.

"Hold your horse, mate"

Neff's sense of humor is back.

"He's in Luxembourg, I've booked a flight there, but unfortunately only left for tomorrow's flight at noon. You have to be patient"

Luke slammed his shoes on the floor in annoyance, "Hang?!!!"

"Heeyyyy.tomorrow is the weekend. You think it's easy to get a flight there? All airfare and train tickets sold out"

"Ugh..." Luke patted her on the forehead for forgetting about it.

But the count of days was a bit chaotic. Luke tends not to care about the day, he just walks forward.

"And now, we'd better get some sleep. Tomorrow will be a very busy day" Neff lightly took off his shoes and coat, then jumped onto Luke's mattress.

Luka desperately wanted to kick Neff down, but now she had started to turn off the lights and close her eyes.

"You are crazy!" luke grumbled, finally he followed him lying down. The bed was king size, but Neff's whereabouts made him uncomfortable.

"Sleeping with you is not one of my life goals" Lukas continued.

"Well, we're equal in this" Neff chuckled softly.

"Sleep, do I need to give you some sleeping pills? It should have been a little relieved of your heart after knowing where Lana was" Neff's voice turned resolute.

"Lega, and also eliminate my drowsiness. You think I'll be able to sleep after hearing all that?!!" Luke rolled his eyeballs towards Neff.

Right now, he just wants to get to where Lana is.

"You're supposed to buy a private plane, so you don't have to wait for a commercial flight"

"Puh... You know my debt is unresolved. Building a luxury resort takes more money than I imagined" Luke floated his cushion over Neff's face.

Luke built Merian from scratch, once he got married. He had to borrow a large amount of money from the bank to buy land where to build his resort.

But according to Luke's plan, Merian was a great success. He never had trouble paying his debt. But he still had to be very careful about spending money.

Aircraft are in order to be on his list of needs.

"Eh.. Tell aunt Frei that I will buy the land back, whatever price Lana asks. I'll never sell the house again" Lukas was horrified to think his grandfather was still there.

He should have never sold it in the first place. But back then, his desire to forget the bad past, sounded like a good plan.

"You think I'm stupid? Of course I've taken care of it. Darla has also given the green light about it, your finances are in good health he said" said Neff.

"Good, it's good to see you have a significant increase in intelligence" Lukas said, pulling his blanket.

"Yes, keep forgetting that I'm always smarter than you" Neff argued.

"Yes, keep dreaming of Neff" Luke pretends to yawn to show he's bored.

"Stop!!! You're gonna keep us awake till morning" Neff's eyes are already so red from drowsiness.

"You mean you've been keeping me up all night!" cilah Luke.

"OH.. God. Quiet down!" Neff eventually explodes, as their silly quarrel becomes long.

Luke laughed with satisfaction, but then kept quiet. I can't tease him anymore.

The spark that comes from the news that Neff brought, might keep him awake until morning, but Luke will willingly live it,

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With a gontai step Lana climbed the short steps that were outside the building where she lived.

Unlike her old habits, the place Lana rented this time, was shaped like a small studio apartment. Lana rented it not because she wanted to be luxurious, but the choice at that time was just this place or an apartment that stood on the land of the former prison.

Prison is one of the buildings that must be avoided. He did not want to get a visit from his former occupants at nightfall.

The studio was comfortable and for sure he got a decent 'friend' room.

Replacing Barnabas and Aubrey, Lana gets Chantal, a painter girl who had occupied the studio a few years ago.

Chantal died of illness, before being able to complete his painting. The painting is still hanging on the studio wall. Lana had promised to help him finish the painting.

But his night time was often up for work. And Chantal with 'kindness' always reminded her whenever Lana came home. Chantal's fondness for chatting was even worse than Aubrey's.

And Lana came home late again today, and there will definitely be a long talk from Chantal later. But he only has about 3 hours to sleep tonight, so he should be able to keep Chantal quiet.

A busy weekend keeps the restaurant closed much later. Lana will be fine actually, if her work at the museum goes on as usual.

But this Saturday morning, a job that should have been easy, turned into horror in another form for Lana.

Just like restaurants, during museum weekends also receive more tourist visits, among them there are children who are doing learning outside school. They all carry a wide variety of drawing tools.

The plan, each child will create a duplicate painting, which is based on their favorite painting displayed in the museum.

But it was a disaster, when one of the children decided it would be great, if he dropped a tube of yellow oil paint on the floor.

As a result, as soon as the tube was stepped on by the other children behind it, the shiny black C sexy floor turned into a black cloth with a random yellow polka-dot pattern.

Lana and a few other employees were sure to have a bad day this morning. And his back needs a long break actually. But of course a long rest is a luxury for Lana.

He hopes that tomorrow his work will not take a lot of energy.