Cold Man And Miss Stone
50. The Elitis Family

Nina rubbed her face rough. He tried not to get angry, not to question Samuel's attitude, but now it was very clear that he liked the girl.

She, a foreign girl out of nowhere, someone who could have been a murderer, was much more attractive than anything else in this world.

Anything.

Nina left. Tuck a cigarette between his lips, trying to calm down.

"Fuck everything." That's what Samuel wants, right? "I was with him a long time ago and the girl knows who it is more interesting. Fuck all."

Nina opened her phone. It only flashed a glance but immediately contacted his colleague who worked in the media.

He sent some pictures of Ema to the man, then told him to write the news that the motive for the murder was likely Ema's jealousy towards Soraya who liked Samuel.

The devil cares who the killer is.

Soraya is not a good person after all. Crying over her death was not even useful.

...*...

Emilia only spontaneously thought of Rowan's flower garden. He knew it was most likely that Rowan was there, even though Emilia had no intention of greeting him.

The young man only realized Emilia first.

"How was your conversation?"

The mysterious child. Although she knew Emilia killed her sister, she was still able to act calm. Emilia could not understand why Rowan Ahkam was acting this way.

Emilia just shook her head.

"Did Uncle tell you?"

"Regard?"

"Someone tried to attack Ahkam."

Everyone without being told would have known. But Emilia shook her head, for Samuel never once said anything about the murder in Ahkam.

"I think" Rowan was silent for a moment as if there were doubts in him. "I think it's God's punishment."

Whahuh?

"Of course it's a man's work and not someone who is God. I mean, the scenario doesn't know what's going on and this family gets punished."

Why ... he said something that seemed to defend Emilia's actions?

"Ahkam is one of the elitist families who support the government from behind the scenes. Because it's honestly we're not too highlighted."

"Do you understand what I mean?"

Understood. "No. You mean your family's rich?"

Meaning is—

"Ahkam in charge—"

—atas whole problem—

"—what happened in this country. We manipulate the rules. Manipulating opinions. Making many cases for various interests. Ahkam is responsible for poverty, crime, whatever's making this country worse now."

Yep. That's why Mahesa is against Ahkam. Not because Mahesa is a good person and Ahkam is a bad person, but the way Ahkam and Mahesa control the country have different visions.

"Our list of enemies could possibly be a book with hundreds of pages. Billionths if included with their reasons. From all walks of life."

Rowan plucked the grass while continuing to tell the dark of his family.

"My father killed a lot of people a long time ago. And I'll kill as many people as I need. We care about no one but ourselves. Others suffer, starve, oppressed, lose, it's none of our business. We who cannot hunger, we who cannot be oppressed. Someone other than us, may, even have to if it's filling us."

That's what Ema knew. Of the ten most powerful families behind the scenes of the country, Ahkam is one of the most piled up criminal records.

It can even be called, Ahkam is much more powerful in this country than its own government. For those who are in government go in there for the manipulation of Ahkam. And other elitist families.

To make a group of people rich, Ahkam can make a poor group of other people. To make a group of people look good, Ahkam can make a bunch of other people look bad.

But it's a classic game. All elitists play it.

"You know, our wealth isn't all this." Rowan continued his story. "We are still richer. But the treasure was stored somewhere else to be enjoyed elsewhere. We should be rich, maybe thousands of years. That's our only goal."

"So you mean, your sister deserves to die?"

He knows Emilia did it. Because when Emilia deliberately asked that, Rowan's eyes flashed sharply.

"In the eyes of others. Don't want to." Rowan turned his eyes. "None of us is holy. Our homes and food may be the homes and food of hundreds, or thousands of people. We snatched it because we claimed it was ours."

"...."

"We deserve it. And I'm glad this family's ruined."

This kid was planning something that Emilia couldn't shoot anything at.

...*...