SINDOORAH PROPHECY
CHARM OF NINA RICCI

Olivia and Naomi Ricci almost screamed for the second time when Gerald suddenly turned around and caught their expressions wet just now. Nina Ricci returns, even looking for her family's whereabouts to the police station. It's definitely not Nina! Nina whom Olivia and Naomi identify must have escaped to the end of the world to save themselves. It was the same every time they sniffed the poor woman. Nina will always hide in the room or disguise herself into a wall that can not hear let alone talk. That must be another Nina. The police must have been the wrong guy.

“There's something, Mistress?” investigate Gerald while squinting suspicious eyes. Olivia and her daughter immediately shook their heads awkwardly with a big smile that was actually pulled down as if they wanted to frown. “Ti-no. Really,” replied Olivia.

“Here is hot! Sultry!” Naomi added with glaring eyes while fanning her face.

"Aren't you supposed to be happy to hear this good news?"

Olivia and Naomi are glued. Their necks seemed to be fixed on an iron frame so that none of them nodded their heads. The mother and child kicked each other under the table as a gesture that they should get out of such an emergency situation immediately.

"My son-in-law is back. Let us get out of here and meet him!" olivia's Pinta. He had imagined that he would give such torture especially to Nina in the villa later if they were free. Stupid girl. Whatever kindness Nina did to them, it would not touch her heart in the least. Instead, Olivia became even more resentful of Nina.

"No." Gerald refused the request. "This case will continue. Please enjoy the pizza before the cold rush, while I check the caption from your daughter-in-law, Madam." Gerald came out followed by his men. After the door closed, Olivia sat limp in the chair. Naomi who usually talks a lot, this time flinching. Nina's return was completely unexpected. In fact, they had been happy in the clouds when Nina disappeared. The woman should have been eaten by a ghost in the forest.

"Mi!" There was a very deep tone of annoyance in Naomi's tone. "Can our family lawyer help us? Brother Nolan, anyway, delicious. We're the ones that are getting tough!"

"Shut up!" Olivia yelled at her daughter slowly. "What do you expect in our current situation? Mami's just your late father's second wife who's been looked at one eye, Nao! No lawyer in this town wants to deal with us."

"We, right, can hire a good lawyer somewhere else?"

"Until our money runs out? Just praying Nolan can convince your grandfather to put our names on the heirs list and give us family rights. If that happens, let alone the lawyer. The judge will buy it!" Naomi was also grumbling to hear her mother's explanation.

...***...

While in the command room, Gerald had just disbanded the task force teams handling the case. He soon met Nina Ricci whom he ordered his men to wait in his room.

When he opened the door, there was a strange feeling of intruding. It came from a long black haired woman who was weaved to one side. The woman was wearing a night blue brocade cardigan, complementing her all-dark appearance. However, not with her sparkling white skin-levels brighter than the white Asian women in Korean dramas.

Gerald looked at the woman's face fixedly as he moved to the back of the table. Now, Gerald can see more clearly the figure of the owner of the ovoid face with round eyes that he failed to help yesterday. Nina Ricci's. If Nina's sister-in-law is Wonder Woman, then Nina is her copy daughter's version. Gerald was intrigued. Nina Ricci had an expression as cold as snow that did not melt at all when their gazes met.

"Thank you for waiting. I'm AKP Gerald Davinsky, Head of Halimun Hill Criminal Investigation Unit."

"I want to pick up my family-in-law. Miss Olivia Ricci and Naomi Ricci."

The commander was not surprised to receive the cold treatment from Nina Ricci. Maybe the woman holds a grudge because yesterday failed to be saved by him.

"We were looking into your report the other day. So, Mrs Olivia and Naomi Ricci will still be detained for questioning."

"I got the report out."

"Excuse me?" Gerald sharpened his sense of hearing.

"Are my words unclear?"

...***....

Nina had no heart, so she did not feel guilty when she shook her head so easily as the handsome police commander asked, "Do you know what we have to deal with in handling your case?"

Start to appear tangled in the eyes of AKP Gerald. However, Nina's ability has disappeared, so she only guessed from the glint of the man's eyes that the commander was not okay. The man looked down for a moment before asking. "Mrs, do you know what we had to go through to find yourself?" Gerald's gaze then landed right on the shadow of Nina's eyes. The man said softly.

"In the well where you fell, we found a pile of human bones. The good news is, it's not yours."

Nina's face was flat with no emotional ripples in response. "Oh, huh?" Gerald began to wonder.

"My husband once said that bad things often happen in villas. Does that have anything to do, Mr Detective?"

"DW Gerald. Capcaptain. Or the commander." Gerald.

"Detective Head." Oh, well. Gerald surrendered. He even got up from the chair and went around the table to sit right in front of Nina. This woman seemed to have surpassed the wall of formality between them.

"Well, Mistress. How did you get out of the well and where did you disappear after?"

Nina patted her lips with her index finger. "In the meantime, I don't remember exactly. But, it seemed like there was a rabbit leading me out of the hole. You ever read Alice in the Wonderland, Chief Detective?"

Gerald touched the temple and shook his head. "Mrs, please don't play with the police."

"I'm telling the truth."

Did this woman have a concussion? Gerald did not believe Nina's naive-sounding confession. Perhaps, it is time to pound the tables and chairs if the interrogation encounters a wall that blocks them from the truth.

Then, Gerald remembered that Nina's position was the victim. Guess the return of Nina was ruled out first. There is something else that is no less important.

"Mrs Nina, now tell me. The day you fell into the well, why did you run away from the villa?"

That question made Nina grumble. Although her facial expression did not change, Nina seemed to be swept away in the process of compiling a series of memories that imprint the other day.

"I've dropped the report. Please, don't trap me with questions like this, Captain Gerald."

Gerald breath automatically blows tight. He was ambushed by feelings of guilt for being caught cheating. The way Nina Ricci called her name sounded like she was a bad boy.

"alright. The case will be closed. You can pick up your in-laws and sister-in-law right now."

"really? Oh, thrilled! I'll cook dinner to celebrate. Are you coming too, Chief Detective?"

It was the first time Gerald had witnessed the amplitude of emotion on Nina's flat face. The woman's expression was so lively in the eyes of the commander who initially thought he would find her dead.

Incredible, Gerald sizzle in his heart.

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