
Jessi accompanied her husband through the banks that became the last target from the closest distance. However, the results of the previous two bangs was just a mere empty hope.
"Darling, what if we don't find anything here?"
Gently Nicholas held his wife's shoulder. "Sweety, you have to be sure, I'm always by your side. I will help you until then. So, don't be discouraged."
The wife just nodded, right what her husband said. He must not despair. If all this was easy, surely his brother and uncle found it first.
Now, the two of them were standing in front of an old building that was already closed. The last hope of all predictions, when staring at the place in front of his eyes, looks already quite a lot of vines began to spread on the wall. The front is not maintained clearly displayed in plain sight, with a remote environment and far from the reach of the city.
Repeatedly Jessi's hands knocked on the old door with lotus carvings on both sides, long enough there was no response from within that even made her heart skip a beat. Until a while later, it began to sound the creaking of the moving hinge. The wooden door was partially opened, revealing an old woman with a cane in her hand, appearing to be raising a face.
"Who are you?" asked the old woman with narrowed eyes.
His face was very wrinkled, thin, and his shoulders began to bend, so he could not stand up straight. Old age made it difficult to know who was coming, it took time for him to clarify the sight of the old eye that had started to blur.
For quite a long time no one visited this place, only neighbors who occasionally buy regular groceries every week. Since this place was closed no guests have come to take back their goods or ask if this place is a bank before.
"Excuse me, Madam. My name is Jesslyn and this is my husband Nicholas." Jessi and Nich introduce themselves. When you are still at the door.
The old woman nodded. "What do you need to do here?" The trembling and soft voice made him speak slowly.
"Sorry, ma'am if we interfere. Was this place really Dasa Bank?" Nich's baritone voice sounded so polite, making the old woman open the door wide. It had been quite a while since he had heard someone mention the name of the place, after it was no longer operational due to the halted flow of funds.
"Come in!" The old woman invited her guests to enter the building which is now her own residence.
The couple entered the building slowly, their eyes watching every corner of the room. There is no trace of renovation there. Only the inside looks like a reception place, now converted into a living room, maybe the old granny lives here alone waiting for this building, the two thought.
"Please sit!" The old woman invited the two of them to sit on the available chairs, while she stepped on the lighting lamp first.
The atmosphere of the room is closed making light difficult to enter if the curtain is not opened, but the conditions inside will be clearly visible from the outside if he opens it. So, the old woman chose to turn on the lights alone.
Afterwards the old woman stepped up to sit on the chair, facing the couple. "What are you guys up here for?"
The question of the old grandmother successfully made Jessi aware of her daydreams about this place.
"Madam, we want to ask, did Mr. David Alexander have a store here?" With a racing heart Jessi started talking. Hope to find the answer you have been looking for all this time. Her cold hands tightly clasped her husband's burly palm, channeling the nervousness within her.
Hearing Jessi's question, the old woman advanced a little head while picking up the glasses on the table. It took quite a long time to recognize the young lady in front of him more clearly. He looked at the couple deeply. "You're Miss Samantha's daughter?"
"His mother knows my mother?" The happy sparkle behind the gasp was clearly visible on Jessi's pretty face. He was quite surprised as well as happy when the madam in front of him recognized both of his parents.
The two couples looked at each other in shock at the statement of the old woman before them. A moment later, he looked back at the madam in front of him.
"What, the Madam knows something?" Jessi tightened her grip on her husband's hand. Whether bad news what else he would receive this time, quite a lot of unpleasant news always approached him since deciding to lure the enemy.
"Mrs Samantha just said, if Mr. David hadn't come here to pick things up, maybe something had happened to them." The old woman averted her eyes, the look of her eyes pointing towards a lotus flower painting with a sizable frame attached to the wall. One of the symbols of the crime-fighting spy belongs to the Samantha group.
"I mean, Mistress?" Jessi frowned because she was quite confused by the statement of the old woman in front of her. Why could his mother keep things here and not his father. Will new facts come back.
"Your mother is the real owner of this place. But, not a single person out there knows this, except us. Here is not only a bank, but also the illegal information center of the black world." For a moment the old woman stopped her sentence to take a breath. "The dirty official, not just corruption. But, as well as other illegal acts and trying to cover up by bribing them to be free of charges. Your father was a fair human being, unfortunately he couldn't rely only on legal evidence that was so easily faked by others."
"So, mom kept all the information here for dad to use as her conjecture booster?" Jessi looks so enthusiastic, not expecting if both parents are able to work together, despite being in different fields. However, it has the same goal, eradicating top-ranking crime. Patas only the shape of the two swords in the statue of Themisnya different.
"Right, but it looks like the last case is very dangerous because they didn't come back until now." While bowing his head, the old woman wiped her tears. "They didn't come back for a long time, left me here alone."
She is the mother, and wife of Samantha's men, and is tasked with helping her mother Jessi conduct a thorough investigation of the black world. However, after obtaining the final proof, her husband and son disappeared to nowhere. I don't know if it's alive or dead.
A moment later, the old woman rubbed the warm globules on her face. There was no point in lamenting all of this, he was already sincere about the path of destiny from the very beginning. "Either how many hit men did those officials send for your father's life because he was immune to bribes. But, Madame Samantha can always protect him with what she has."
The woman's hand clutched the wand again, to support her when she wanted to stand up from the chair. The vibration on her wrist was so obvious, representing a much older age than Grandma Amber.
"Come here!" With a bent body and a slow third step foot, as well as a trembling hand. The Madam stepped out of her chair, down a hallway to show her guests something.
Jessi and Nich followed behind while observing every wall they went through. There are some paintings in some places there. The further the foot stepped the dust began to thicken, indicating that this place was long enough untouched.
It seemed like the madam in front of them was really doing everything alone, so it was only able to clear the front. Before long, the steps of the woman in front of him came to a halt, she twisted her body and stared first at a frame beside her.
Long enough he watched. "Here the safe belongs to Mrs Samantha and Mr David."
Jessi observed around, there were only hallways and walls, but why was it said the safe was here. "Miss, there's nothing here?"
The old hand then took the lotus painting slowly. "Please hold on a minute!" He handed it to Nicholas behind him.
There is a black dot in the middle of the wall. The old woman then pressed him slowly with her hands that always shook, until shortly afterwards, a box was seen there. "If you know the password please! Only later will the safe be seen." The old woman stepped back, allowing Jessi to take over.
Jessi's hand starts outstretched to hold the spin combination lock button in front of her. He directs according to the figure shown on the statue of Themis the father. Shortly after everything was finished, the wall moved into a circle, revealing a shelf containing brown files inside.
To Be Continue's...