ARCANUS: WHO IS WHO?

INVESTIGATION

KATHERINE'S POV

"Isn't that doctor Lopez?" I asked in utmost shock.

He had been the one in charge of Madam's treatment ever since she came to the country. Doctor Lopez has always been professional with work. How could he do such a thing?

To think Miss Margo wanted to give him a huge tip for all the care and additional checkups he gave her during her pregnancy. It was all nothing but a lie.

"Corner, Diego, Davis, I have sent a picture of who you are looking for to each of your devices. You must find that man." I yelled through the talkie.

"Doctor, how is she?" I said, remembering Miss Margo passed out moments ago.

"The patient's vitals are stable. She fainted out of exhaustion." He replied.

"So when is she going to wake up." Gerrit asked.

"Yes, Doctor. When?"

"Anytime from now." He said.

"She doesn't have any injuries. All that is required is that the patient should get enough rest." The doctor chipped in.

"Okay, doctor. Thank you for your help." I said as he gave a light nod.

I suddenly turned to the nurse who brought the footage. "When is Lopez's next shift?" I asked.

"Today was his last day, his assistant said that he had mysteriously resigned two days ago. She thought it was because of his sick daughter. His resignation was still in procession. It was only finalised today." The nurse filled me in with details.

"Ma'am I think the police are here." She said as she looked out the ward's window.

"Okay. Gerrit, please stay with Miss Margo and take care of her while I go talk to the cops." I said.

"You don't need to tell me." Gerrit replied as he looked at Margo with tears filled eyes.

MARGO'S POV

I was hearing distant chattering in my head. I opened my eyes slowly to see who it was. As I opened my eyes completely, the ward's door was slammed shut, and gerrit was walking towards me.

"Gerrit." I called out as tears started streaming down my face. Gerrit rushed to my side to comfort me.

"Gerrit, why? Why me? This is the second time something like this has happened. What is going on? Is the world against me having kids?" I poured out my grievances.

"They were all I had left of him." I said as my chest tightened.

"Hey, hey, it's okay. I promise to make sure that this will not end up like the last time. I promise." He said as he pulled me into a warm hug.

"Where's Katherine?" I asked as I pulled away to look around.

"She just stepped out not quite long ago to talk to the cops." Gerrit replied.

"She has mobilised all the men in to search teams. She asked them to tear down every corner to find the girls and the culprit behind the kidnapping." He told me.

"Has she found who the culprit is?" I asked anxiously.

"Yes, she has." He answered.

"Who is it? Tell me?" I urged Gerrit. But before he could speak, Katherine walked in.

"Ma'am you're awake." She said, rushing to my side.

"Katherine, how's the investigation going?" I asked, waiting for a result on a positive side of life.

"Ma'am, nothing has turned up so far. The police just got here and are starting their own investigation. All we know is the identity of the culprit." She answered as she showed me the hospitals footage.

"This.. That bas***d how dare he? So this was the plan all along, to get me off guard and steal my kids?" I said.

When I find you, I will surely settle scores with you, I said to myself.

"Ma'am I need to go finish the paperwork and get you discharged." Katherine told me.

KATHERINE'S POV

I had gotten all the paperwork to get Miss Margo out of the hospital done. Heading back you to Miss Margo's ward, I saw Gerrit from a distance at the front of the ward talking in what seemed like a hushed tone into his phone.

As I got closer, I heard him say, "Just get it done already. I don't care what it takes, and don't leave any traces." He sounded very serious.

When he saw me, he quickly hung up.

"Who were you talking to?" I asked, I expected him to be synical and to tell me to mind my business, but he explained that it was just his subordinate who made an auditing mistake with a project that was about to be finalised and that if it was not handled on time it would cause huge losses to the company.

"Please do not tell Margo about this unless she might worry. That was why I stepped out so that I would not alarm her." Gerrit begged.

"No problem." I said.

MARGO'S POV

Katherine and Gerrit stepped into the room together as I placed the last item into my bag.

"Miss Margo, everything has been finalised. we can leave now." Katherine said.

"Okay, we can leave now." I said.

FEW WEEKS LATER

It had been about three weeks and four days since the girls were taken, and no info about them. A few hours after we left the hospital that day, the cops said that during their search, they found Lopez's car at a cliff edge two hours ride away from the hospital, but no body was found. I suspected that it must have been done to mislead the officers.

Katherine has been working her ass out to get new leads and clues. She has been of great help.

Gerrit also helped, but after a few days, he had to go back. There was urgent business he had to take care of back at the country, so he left. But he had been checking up on me each day.

Since then, it had been me and Katherine in this big lonely mansion. She once joked with me that if the girls didn't get to call her auntie Katherine, she was going to track down all of Lopez's family members and skin them alive. She was truly concerned about the girls' whereabouts, and this made me more pleased with her.

All we need now are clues that could lead us to the girls.