Chapter 1 : Troublemaker
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Hannah's head was spinning when her parents brought it up again about the arranged marriage they had prepared for her.
“What is this? The one who will marry is me, why are you busy taking care of my business." Hannah blinked at her parents who were worried about her soul mate.
Hannah’s parents sighed tiredly of hearing their daughter’s words. Charles as Hannah’s father said, "Just this time I wish you can fulfill our request, Hannah."
"Come on, Hannah. I won't ask for anything more from you if you do this arranged marriage." Emily tries to persuade Hannah.
Hannah sighed tiredly when she saw her parents remained firm in their stance. She massaged her head which suddenly hurt when she heard the whining of her parents.
"Why are you so eager to make me do this arranged marriage? You know I'm busy with my work!" Hannah still hasn't given up on rejecting what her parents want.
"Because of that!" At the same time, Hannah’s parents answered the same thing.
Charles cleared his throat before continuing, "What we mean is that you know we're getting older, it's about time we want to saw you happy with your own family."
“You're too busy with your work, Hannah. That's why your father and I are looking for a partner for you," Emily said adding another reason to persuade Hannah.
Hannah looked at her parents sharply, then said, "You promise not to bother me again, if I do this matchmaking?"
Charles and Emily looked at each other before answering Hannah’s question. "Yeah, we won't ask for anything weird anymore, if you're willing to do this matchmaking," Charles said with a smile.
“Okay-"
Not to mention Hannah finished her speech, Hannah’s parents were already cheering happily, happy because Hannah finally agreed to the arranged marriage.
Hannah shook her head when she saw how annoying her parents were. She looked at her watch and realized that she had to hurry back to her office.
"Our business is done, right? I have to go back to base, I still have a case to investigate.” Hannah stood up from her chair which suddenly made her parents startled, especially her mother.
"You want to go again?!" Emily is shocked when looked that Hannah will leave again and not stay at home tonight.
“Of course, I still have a lot of work to do. You know there have been a lot of murders lately, I have to take care of that case," Hannah answered trying to explain how busy she was with her parents.
"But... You just came home, honey." Emily, who missed her daughter, felt sad that Hannah had to leave again.
Hannah rolled her eyes, confused as to what to do if it was like this. Charles who saw that came to his wife and whispered something in her ear.
“It's okay, I will accompany your mother. Go, your work must have piled up now," said Charles letting Hannah go.
Hannah frowned in surprise when she heard her father's reply that allowed her to leave. "Okay," Hannah answered at last even though she was still surprised.
Hannah had only been a few steps away when she heard her father calling her again. "What's the matter, Dad?" asked Hannah irritably.
"Come back home tomorrow, we will meet your match partner." Charles grinned happily as he looked at Hannah who was stunned by what he said.
“WHAT?!" Hannah shouted not believing that she would soon meet the person she would be married to.
“There is no rejection. Before seven o'clock in the evening you should be home," replied Charles firmly to Hannah.
Hannah could only obey her father's words, she knew that her father had spoken seriously. "Yes, yes, fine. I'll be home early tomorrow," Hannah answered, finally choosing to comply with her father's request.
Hannah also continued her steps to return to the police headquarters, where she worked all this time.
After Hannah left, Charles and Emily secretly smiled happily at having managed to persuade their daughter today.
. . .
Hannah is really dizzy right now, it's not just her job that gives her a headache, but the actions of her parents add to her thoughts.
Hannah is currently busy investigating a mysterious murder case that occurred in the city of London where she lives. As one of the detectives responsible for the case, Hannah must investigate that case.
However, her parents often bothered her by calling Hannah suddenly to their house because they wanted Hannah to do something for them.
Because she was tired of all the tricks that her parents did to persuade her to agree to the matchmaking they planned for her.
In the end, Hannah chose to do it so she could work quietly without the distractions caused by her parents.
However, Hannah did not expect that she would soon meet the man who would be married with her. She thought her father and mother just wanted her to agree and carry out the arranged marriage at some point.
Hannah sighed again and tried to focus on the case she was assigned to.
The car driven by Hannah swiftly cut through the busy London night streets that night.
. . .
"Look, the mafia is acting up again at a time like this." There were whispers from several police officers.
When Hannah entered the police headquarters, she had already heard the noise inside. It looks like the mafia are starting to throw a blowup again, she don't know what they're doing this time.
"Hannah! Everyone is looking for you, where have you been?” Someone called out to Hannah from a distance.
Hannah turned her head and saw her friend Alex from afar, “Alex! How? Is there any information yet?”
"Come with me first, Captain has something to say to us." Alex immediately brings on Hannah to meet the captain of their detective squad.
Hannah directly followed the steps of Alex who had walked first in front of her. Hannah guessed that there was something important this time, usually their captain rarely called them.
Arriving at their team's special room, Alex and Hannah went inside to meet their Captain.
“Finally, you came too, Hannah." Philip, the captain that lead the 1st squad, stood up from his seat after seeing his team members finally complete.
“I'm sorry I just disappeared earlier, Captain!" Hannah immediately apologized, knowing that this time it was her fault.
"Yeah, forget about that, here we have another person who suddenly disappeared." Philip said as he threw down a case file showing information about missing persons.
"Again, like this, this case every day must have more new victims," said Alex while examining the files on his front desk.
“Do we have any new information regarding this case, Captain?” asked Hannah after seeing the missing person case file.
"There is still no new information," replied Philip, sighing tiredly, the case they are currently working on is very mysterious and also strange, it is very difficult to know who did it and also difficult to identify who the next victim will be because for the past two months the twelve victims have not had in common things with each other.
When all members of the 1st detective team were having a serious discussion in their room, suddenly someone broke the door of their room.
“Report Captain! There's a report coming in!" Everyone in the room immediately looked at each other when they heard the report. Are there new victims?
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