CHAPTER 34

VEL

"So... does it mean every past they see is a real event, and every future they see is definitely happening?" I ask Tin's grandma.

"Yes..." answered grandma "It was known that a clairvoyant dreamer is so powerful, they will be able to see every truth in the past, even when the truth is tried to be hidden. And every future they see is destined to happen without anything that can change it."

Tin just stayed still on his chair when he heard his grandma's explanation. Even though he didn't say anything or show any reaction I know this information bothers him so much.

"Do you also dream like your papa, Tin?" grandma asked.

"I'm not sure..." said Tin "But... that's not possible, right? I already have a mind control ability so I can't possibly inherit papa's ability because every person, even an Enigma can only have one ability."

"Your dad can have more than one ability." answer grandma."I saw it before."

"That's because dad's ability is mimicking other people's ability. His ability allows him to mimic more than one person's ability at one time. But he only can mimic it when the owners are close and he can't keep it for long."

Grandma frowned "Really? But your dad..."

She suddenly stopped and looked like she was thinking deeply.

"What about my dad, grandma?" Tin asked after some seconds passed and she still didn't continue her words.

"I... don't remember..."

Both of us frown now. Suddenly forgetting things, why did it sound familiar to us?

"I guess it's just me being old, right?" said grandma.

I beg to differ. But I think it won't result in anything even if we press her to remember, so I just decided to ask her something else.

"Why did grandma think Tin will dream like his papa?" I ask.

"Because my late son, when he was pregnant with Tin, he kept saying Tin will inherit his ability. I just assume since he can see the future then it will come true."

"Did he really say it like that?" ask Tin.

"Actually he didn't really say it like that. He said 'I will let him take my ability'. But isn't that the same meaning?"

Tin and I look at each other. Both sentences definitely have different meanings, but we don't even know what it means, everything sounds really confusing for us now.

"Grandma, can you tell me, did my parents have a happy marriage?" ask Tin, he sounds unsure when he asks that. He probably is not ready to hear the answer.

Grandma smiles sadly before she starts explaining "Your dad loves your papa so much, he adores him, protects him, and pampers him always. Your dad cut their ties with us after they got married, so it's very difficult for me to meet your papa. But we always found a way, this place is our favorite place to meet."

"He always looks so happy every time we meet, but a few months after they got married, I remember he looked somehow disturbed. When I asked him, he just vaguely said that your dad did something he absolutely didn't like but he insisted it's for your papa's sake. Your papa wants him to stop but he keeps doing it and it saddens him."

"He was back to being happy again after he got pregnant with you. He said your dad finally stopped doing the thing he didn't like. But... as you get bigger inside him, he's back being sad again, very sad. He didn't say anything about it and just pretended like he's happy and fine. And then I realize, every time he told me about his pregnancy he never told me anything about taking care of you and raising you. At that time, he must have seen his own death in his dream and he knows he can't possibly change it. He always knew he won't be beside you when you grow up."

TIN

Vel is the one who drives the car when we come back home from the cafe. He can't read my mind but he always understands my feelings. And right now, my mind and feelings are in complete confusion.

I don't know how I should react to all the new information I get from my grandma. What is real and what is not? I don't know anymore. What really happened with my parents during their marriage?

Why did dad never tell me about papa's ability? I tried to find a reason but I can't find one that satisfied me. It makes me, for the first time in my life, not trust him.

Weirdly enough, I have a feeling it's not actually the first time I feel like I can't trust him, but I can't remember when or where I felt it before.

And also, the weird dream that I had is most probably not just a random weird dream, but the truth, my dad and my papa really have had that conversation before. Did dad really cause the death of 12 Alpha? But, he did it because those people mock my papa, so they definitely deserve it. But it must be what makes my papa appear disturbed and unhappy before he gets pregnant with me.

My papa... with his ability to see the future but never able to change any of it. How did he feel when he knew he would be dead after he gave birth to me?

I remember that one dream that I have always had since I can remember. The only dream I ever had before I had this weird dream, the dream about baby me on my papa's arm, probably the only memory I have of my papa. Is that dream also real?

"Want to share what's inside your mind?" ask Vel.

We've been in complete silence since we got inside the car. He held my hand and looked at me with a worried look.

"There's so much I think about that I don't even know what I should think about first."

"I know, me too... we got so much new information and we need to think about everything one by one carefully, I'll help you when we get home. Don't worry."

I smile then hold his hand back "What can I do without you?"

He smiled too but didn't say anything. We went silent again until we reached home.

We entered Vel's house and he quickly pulled out a big board that we usually use during investigation from his storage room. I don't even know he has that thing in his house.

"Are we having an investigation right now?" I ask with a joking tone.

"It's easier for me to arrange my thoughts with this. When I'm alone, I usually use my tablet, but since there's two of us, this is more convenient." answer Vel.

"Whatever you say, Mr. Profiler."

He started to write down everything we got from my grandma on the board, added with what I see in my dream.

After he's done he stands back and looks at the board with me.

"Why did dad never tell me about papa's ability?" That's the first thing I said, the question that has been bothering me since we met my grandma.

"That... I want to know too. Clairvoyant has become the ability that has been exploited the most since centuries. And knowing your papa's family's mindset, it's only natural for your grandma to hide his ability from the rest of the family, to protect him from any further exploitation. But your dad... I don't see any reason for him to hide it from you. Did he possibly just think it's not something you need to know?"

"That can't be. My dad tells me everything about my papa, I know his favorite food, how he likes to make his coffee, even his favorite perfume and how he smiles. Something like him being a clairvoyant there's no way my dad thinks that's not important. And... my dad not only didn't tell me, he deliberately lied to me, he said my papa is just a regular Omega without any ability."

When I said it out loud myself, it suddenly felt so real to me. My dad lied to me, He didn't just lie about something trivial like Santa Claus is real. He lied about my papa, about something really important about my papa.

He is supposedly the person I can trust the most in my life but turns out he's been lying to me my whole life and I can't find any reasonable reason for him to lie to me.

And that's not the only thing he hides from me.

I look back at the board, especially at the writing '12 Alpha killed in fire'.

Looks like I'm not the only one who thinks about this specific thing, because Vel suddenly asks "Did your dad really kill 12 people?"

I didn't immediately answer him, just thinking about it makes me frustrated already, but I tried to make my answer don't sound so frustrating. "From my dream, It looks like he did, I don't blame him though, those people deserve it."

"That's not the point, isn't it? You are the psychopath in the family, killing people is your thing. Your dad should be the wise, calm and kind hearted person that you, me and everyone in the country knows. Killing people and justifying it shouldn't be his thing."

Who am I trying to fool? Of course Vel will see the real problem here.

"But... My dad is the one who provides me with everything I need in my killing. Pretty sure he's not always this kind hearted and 'say no to killing' person. He was also the one who gave me the list for my few first kills."

Vel turned to me with a frown "Really? Your dad gave you a list?"

"Yeah... a bunch of trash that deserves death. I just start killing my own chosen victims after I kill everyone in that list."

Vel looked at me for a few seconds without saying anything, then walked to the board and wrote "Giving Tin a killing list."

I sigh loudly, I understand what he's implying "Wait... you don't think... my dad gave me the list so I can go and kill the people he wants to kill, right?"

"We don't know, do we? We need to find out about the identity of the 12 people that were killed in the fire and the people on the list that your dad gave to you, seeing if there's any connection between..."

"But... it's my dad... he can't be using me..."

What am I trying to say anyway? Everything is clear as a blue sky, my dad is nothing like what I know, he's been hiding a lot of things from me all these time. My whole life is built in a big lie and now I feel my whole world start to crumble.

"I don't even know anymore what is the truth and what is a lie." I said that with a very depressing tone.

"Hey... it's ok, we are going to find out about everything together." Vel hugged me and caressed me softly.

VEL

This is the first time seeing Tin actually look defeated and confused. I totally understand him. It probably won't affect him much if it's about someone else, but it's his dad, his parents, the people he trusted the most, the person who became the whole base of his identity and his life.

The old him, the fully psychopath Tin probably will take this whole situation completely differently. But the Tin now, the Tin who has more feeling, takes it quite heavily.

We just lay on the bed, the horny pervert Tin is nowhere to be not seen now, we really just lay here, holding hands, and feeling each other's existence while once in a while spout out our random thoughts.

"If I ask my dad about all of these, will he tell me the truth?" he suddenly asked.

I don't know whether I should answer him truthfully or just say something that will give him peace of mind.

"Give me your professional honest opinion, Mr. Profiler, no sugarcoating." he added, like he knew I would give him an unhonest answer.

"I don't think he will tell you the whole truth now. He probably will try to add more lies, or just forbid you to talk about it all together."

"Hmm... that's exactly what I think..."

"Everyone has their reason for everything they did, I'm pretty sure he has his reason too."

"And that should make me feel any better? He lied to me and he probably also used me to kill people. I don't care what his reason is, I will never see him the same again."

"That's completely understandable."

"We don't even know if he hides something else from me." He takes a deep breath, it feels like some big burden hanging on his heart. "I feel like every moment in my life when I trust him is wrong."

"It's a normal response when you feel betrayed by someone you truly trust, I feel the same when I find out you are the Thumb Collector."

He giggled "It feels like Karma for me, doesn't it?"

"It is your Karma, Khun Pooh, but I forgive you in the end, and we end up in this stage of our relationship."

"That's only because you love me too much, not sure if I love my dad as much."

I pout hearing his comment, that's not wrong though.

"My point is... you need time to adjust yourself with this information, as times goes, you will slowly understand your dad."

"Hmm... yeah... probably I will... but, my only fear is, everything we know right now are not the worst lies and secrets my dad has been hiding. If I ever find out about something worse than what we know now, I don't know if I can ever forgive my dad."

I don't answer him but I have a strong feeling there's much more Khun Jack has been hiding from his son and basically everyone else.

We went silent again and before I realized it, Tin fell asleep on my arm.

TIN

I knew immediately when I opened my eyes, that I, once again, went to one of my clairvoyant dreams.

I was in a hospital room this time. I can see my papa lying on the bed, looking really weak and pale. My grandpa and grandad come in a second later bringing a baby in with them, I know that baby is me. My papa smiled when he saw me.

"I'm sorry, my dear, he is still not coming yet." said grandpa as he gave me to my papa.

"It's ok, papa, I know he won't be here on time." said my papa with a sad smile as he cuddled baby me on his arm.

My grandparents look at him with sad eyes.

"My Pooh, he is perfect." said my papa while looking at me.

"He really is a perfectly beautiful baby Enigma." said my grandad.

"Can I have a time with him, just for a couple of minutes?" my papa asked.

"Of course, dear." said my grandpa immediately.

"Have any time you want, we'll wait outside," said my grandad.

Both my grandparents left the room. I move closer to baby me and my dad, I can see my papa's eyes become watery the moment he is alone with baby me.

"My baby, my poor baby Pooh. I'm sorry I can't be here with you... accompanying you as you grow up." his tears flow down as he starts talking to the sleeping baby me. "I know what your daddy will turn you into, I know what your daddy will make you do, it broke my heart that I can't do anything about it."

Baby me yawns a little and the little baby's hand grabs my papa's finger, my papa smiles when he sees that.

"I'll let you take my ability, I won't be here with you but I hope my ability will be able to give you answers. I hope you will be wise enough to face the truth, I hope you will find your true happiness after you know the whole truth."

I look at my papa with a confused look. What did you want to say? What did you see in the future, papa?

"Don't see too much of the future, you won't be able to change the future you already know, it will only hurt and burden you."

I don't know why but tears start flowing from my eyes too.

"And please... don't hate your daddy, he just loves us too much." He gave baby me a kiss on the forehead.

Then he said it, the same sentence he always said in the only dream I ever had before:

"You are so loved, my Pooh, I will always love you, forever."

I don't know why, a burst of sadness suddenly flooded my chest. It feels like something exploded inside me and I started sobbing uncontrollably.

It's almost like all the sadness I never felt all my life came to me all at once and I can't control it. I still sob even after I wake up from my dream.

My sobs wake Vel up. He looked at me confused but, without saying anything, he hugged me tightly and caressed me softly.

"It's ok, everything will be ok, you are ok, I'm here with you."

He said that to me even though he doesn't know what caused my uncontrollable sobs. I feel so warm in his arms, but still I can't control my cry.

I never feel so weak yet so safe, feel so confused but so understood, feel so sad but so calm, all at the same time.

I feel so betrayed by my own dad, the person that I trust the most in my whole life. But at the same time I found that I can always trust Vel. I tricked him and lied to him yet he chose to stay beside me. He knows I'm a serial killer yet he still wants to have a family with me. Even when we found out my family was so messed up, he still chose to be here with me.

This is probably what it means to become an adult. Where we start losing our dependence towards our parents and find a person that we can fully trust and depend on, then make that person our life long partner.

I think I'm just lucky that person is Vel.

VEL

Three months have passed since our meeting with Tin's grandma. He didn't want to tell me specifically about the dream he had that made him sobbing uncontrollably.

I don't want to force him to explain anything to me. If he is ready to tell me then he will tell me, if he's not then I won't push him.

His trust toward his dad is definitely shattered after that day. Every time we meet his dad, he always acts like nothing is wrong, while I know for sure he has doubt and suspicion toward his dad.

He told me that he doesn't want us to talk about the lies and secrets related to his dad and his papa until he gets the whole truth. He wants to confront his dad when he's sure he already knows everything.

I have to agree with him, but he also doesn't want me to investigate all of this and I'm not agree with him in that part. How will we find the truth if we don't investigate it? To answer that, he didn't say it out loud, but I have a feeling he wants to find out the truth only by his dreams. That way he knows for sure he sees the real truth.

The problem is, this newly found ability of his doesn't seem to understand he really needs to dream to find out the truth. He hasn't dreamt about anything else at all since the last dream that caused him to cry and sob. The dream hasn't come to him at all no matter what he tries.

The dream probably won't come but another thing is keep coming. The severed thumb. Whoever sends those thumbs must really really want everyone's attention. After they send it to our engagement party, they send 4 other severed thumbs to 4 different locations, The Police headquarter, Minister of Justice's building, The Attorney General's building, and The Supreme Court's building.

All 4 thumbs from 4 different people, all 4 people the police still can't find. But the good news is the public still doesn't know that there's someone who is trying to get people's attention by sending severed thumbs to all kinds of high profile justice related buildings.

Tin barely interested in that case, while me, on the other hand, was fully interested in it. And he doesn't like it at all.

He wants my focus now fully on building our family. We have a wedding to prepare and the last few months we've been busy with our wedding preparations. We survey venues, looking for our suites, trying catering foods. But we find it quite difficult to prepare a wedding without a fixed date about when the wedding will take place. The whole wedding will only happen after I get pregnant and we are still not sure when exactly I will get pregnant. It probably will happen quicker than we expected, because according to my last visit to dr. Jill, my reproductive organs are fully formed and ready to conceive babies anytime.

And since he knows that I can get pregnant anytime now, he, as expected, becomes really really excited.

"I feel like we will have twins as our firstborn." he said with a very cheerful voice.

It was a peaceful weekend and we just had 3 long rounds of sex. I'm still very exhausted and he put his head on my tummy. He really loves to do that lately, like he was listening to something inside there, but I'm pretty sure what's inside there right now is only my lunch.

I giggled and said "How are you so sure?"

"I just have this strong feeling. Besides, we had so much sex, there's no way we would end up with just one baby."

I giggle again. We did have a lot of sex, a lot more since I got knotted. A lot lot more, that if we tell dr. Jill the truth about how many times we had sex daily she probably will ask us to stop having sex all together.

He really loves my hole even more since it can produce its own lube. It is so convenient for him, he can just push his thing inside me without any much preparation.

I get a lot more sensitive now, which adds to the convenience for him. I get wet so easily every time I am near him and when we have an intercourse I also cum more often. Before we usually cum almost at the same time, now I can cum 2-3 times before he cum. He nicknamed my penis 'the fountain' due to how often it sprouts out liquids.

I'm not complaining though.

My tummy make a noise when he put his ears there and both of us laugh because of it.

"Hungry?" he ask.

"Very."

"Wait here, I'll make some dinner for us."

He gets down from the bed and walks to the kitchen, still completely naked.

I was lying alone and naked on the bed, in the process of regaining my strength after a long sex, when his phone suddenly rang. At first I just ignored it. Tin won't have any problem even if I pick it up, but I just have no interest in picking up the call. The call must be work related and it's the weekend, they shouldn't call him on the weekend.

But the phone kept ringing and ringing and it annoyed me. I look at the phone and as expected, it's the Commissioner. I just wanted him to stop calling, so I brought the phone to Tin in the kitchen.

He's in the middle of cooking something only with an apron on, I am also completely naked and not bothering to put on anything. I don't even remember when, but we gained a habit of not wearing anything when we were alone together at home. What's the point of clothes, we will get naked and fuck anywhere in the house anyway.

I give the phone to Tin with an annoyed face.

"Just tell him to stop calling."

He looks at his phone and smiles "It's probably very important."

"It better is."

He picks up the phone and greets the Commissioner with a professional tone "Hello, Commissioner."

His face turned serious when he listened to what the Commissioner said. He turns off the stove and quickly walks to the living room and turns on the TV.

"Yes, Commissioner, I found the news."

I followed him to the living room and saw what news he's watching.

"A severed thumb was found at a nightclub. The Thumb Collector comeback?"

I quickly turn to Tin, he looks at me back with concerned eyes.

"Yes, sir, I'll go to the office ASAP." said Tin before cutting the call.

The news reporter stands in front of The Saturn, the most well known nightclub in the city. It's Saturday meaning the club must be jam packed. And it's not Friday meaning everyone inside has their phone and hundreds of footage will come out from that club about the founding of the severed thumb.

Whoever did this, they finally put those thumbs at a place where everyone can see it, there's no way police will be able to cover up this one.

TIN

I officially really really hate this person, whoever they are, they keep ruining my day. First they ruined my engagement party, now they ruined my perfectly peaceful weekend.

The severed thumb is still the same as the other thumbs that we found the last 3 months. Cuts from a living person, most probably an awake person who was struggling when their thumbs got cut. This one is also owned by the garbage of society in a human form. A drug dealer who is also a scammer, what a perfect combo.

What's different between this thumb and the other 5 thumbs is this one was found in the middle of crowded people where most of them, like normal people in this era, pull out their phone and film it. All the footage and the news are quickly spread on social media. The police can no longer hide this and I can see in the Commissioner's face, how serious all of these are.

Again, we held a meeting in the middle of the night with everyone's face looking tired and sleepy. There's nothing much I can do to help catch whoever keeps sending these thumbs, but the main concern this time is not catching the person who did all of this but how to handle all the news that is spread in the society.

In no time there's theories and speculation growing everywhere on the internet. Some unknown accounts on social media even spread the information about the other 5 thumbs that were found in the past 3 months, adding more worries and panic among the people. The people from the PR office absolutely have no power to counter all of this news.

At the end of the meeting the Commissioner called me to his office, which somehow worries me. I don't see any need for him to have a private talk with me.

But apparently I forgot about one thing.

"Can you talk to dr. Vel and ask him to come back as a profiler here?" he said to me immediately as soon as we entered his office.

"Oh."

I can see he is totally desperate but never think it will be this desperate. He's the one who fired Vel and kicked him out of the police force. And now without any shame he wanted him back? Shameless.

"I can, sir, but the last few months he seems to really enjoy his job as a college professor and I don't think he wants to come back here again." I answer with a diplomatic answer.

"Yeah, of course, but you can at least talk to him about it..." He sighs a loud sigh, looks really really stressed "The higher ups all demand us to make an actual arrest soon before all of the news spread outside becomes even wilder. People, especially New Valuers, are mocking us again and even The Prime Minister started taking interest in all of this."

To be honest, I don't care about all of that. That's your problem, and your fault for being such a stupid coward and higher ups pleaser. Why do you want my Vel back and involve him in all of this mess after you kick him out for being so good at his job?

But of course I can't say all of that out loud.

"dr. Vel is the best profiler we ever have in this office. He probably still has a lot to learn but his insight on cases are always on point and helpful, I always thought he would come back with us again and I think it's his time to come back." said the Commissioner.

I have a long string of curses I want to say to him but I hold myself, smile and say "I understand, sir, I'll talk to him about this."

I actually have zero intention to talk to Vel about all of this. I don't want him to get involved or even just think about this case. He has an important duty to carry my child as soon as possible and I don't want him to get distracted by something else.

But, of course he'll find out about this from someone else.

I come home and Vel is waiting for me at the kitchen counter, he was on the phone with someone. He cut the call when he saw me come in.

"Talking with someone?" I ask after he gives me my welcome home kiss.

He looked a bit hesitant before answering "Yes... it was Ping..."

"Oh oh, is he talking about the same thing the Commissioner is talking to me about?"

He frowned "Did the Commissioner talking about me come back to the police force?"

I sigh "Yes..."

"And then? What did you say?"

"I told him I'll talk to you about it, even though I have no intention of telling you about it."

He smile "Of course you won't"

"I told you many times, I don't want you to split your focus, and coming back to the police force will surely demand a lot of your attention..."

"But on the phone, Ping sounds so desperate, they need me there."

"Oh, the Commissioner also sounds desperate, very desperate, you should see him when he tells me to get you back as our profiler, but what can you do even if you come back there? Even if you make a very good profiling they won't catch anybody if it doesn't fit with their value. They just want you back there so it will look like they do something, so that they will look good in the eyes of the higher ups and the public."

"I know that, but on the phone Ping kept talking like it was the Thumb Collector who sent all of these thumbs. If I didn't give him my insight in this case they probably will connect this case to the Thumb Collector again and you will be in danger again."

I smiled when I heard his last sentence "Thank you for worrying about me, but trust me, even if they connect all of this to the thumb collector again they won't be able to touch me. It was you who suspected me in the first place, if you are not there with them they'll be like a bunch of blind people, don't know where they are going and will start randomly catching people again."

Vel still doesn't look convinced at all "Are you sure?"

"100%. Beside... if they stumble upon anything that will connect all of this to me, I'm pretty sure my dad will do something about it."

"Do you still trust your dad?"

"I don't trust him, but I know him well enough that I'm sure he will do anything to protect our family's reputation."

VEL

A week passed by since the last severed thumb was found. The news about it spread like a wildfire everywhere and as expected, many theories circling around on the internet. Mostly about who did all of this? What is their intention? and either it's the Thumb Collector coming back or it's just a copycat?

It became public talk for the whole week, everyone talking about it including my students. Some brave students even ask me about what I think about all of this. Oh, I have a lot to think about this case but of course I can't talk about it to my students.

"The police are working their hardest to catch the culprit and what we can do is trust them and not to add more anxiety to the public. It will be best for us to hold our opinion and not overshare it to the wide audience just to cause more panic."

Of course that kind of diplomatic answer won't satisfy anybody, they still talk about it everywhere on the campus and pretty much on the internet too.

To be honest, I really really want to get back to the police force and help them in this case. But, Tin is also right, even if I get back there and share my thoughts on this case, they probably won't do anything about it if it's not fit with their values. That's why I'm waiting for the Commissioner to contact me directly, maybe kneel in front of me and beg me to come back, but he's not coming, not even after a week has passed. Maybe he's not that desperate after all.

In a blink of an eye, we arrive at the weekend again. Me and Tin have a plan to spend it at my lake house, but because of the recent case, Tin is forbidden to go too far, just in case he is urgently needed.

So, like it or not, we, again, spend our weekend just at home, having sex the whole day.

But it looks like hoping to have a peaceful weekend has been too much for us.

He was still pounding inside me, when his phone continuously rang.

"Pick it up!" I said to him while he keep ignoring the call and continue fuck me.

"Nope, you cum twice already and I haven't cum even once."

That's not true, of course. He already cum multiple times when we did it on the couch and on the kitchen counter. He just hasn't cum yet after we move to the bed.

"It must be the Commissioner calling you..."

"Yeah, they probably found another thumb, but that's not important right now, let me cum for once, will you?"

He moves his mouth to my nipple piercing and bites it lightly, making me moan loudly and my bottom half tremble.

"Aaahh... you get tighter when I play with your nipples, did you know that?"

I didn't answer him because he kept playing with my piercing, pulling them, twisting them and sucking them, sending a lot of feels to my dick. I can feel my fountain will cum again soon.

"Are you close?" He smiled widely while looking at my leaking penis.

He softly touched my dick and it instantly sprouted its tick liquid, adding more liquid that already sprouted onto the bed and my body. As I cum, he moves even more rough and fast inside me.

"Tin... Aaaah... slow down... I just cum...aaaahh..."

"It feels the best inside you when you cum... aaaahhh..."

I can feel him finally unloading his cum into my hole. He keeps pushing inside as he cum and only stops after he makes sure every single drop of his semen stays deep in me.

We don't have time to fully enjoy the aftermath of the amazing sex we just did, because his phone is still ringing.

With an annoyed face, Tin reaches for his phone and looks at the screen. His eyes widened in surprise when he saw who was calling.

"It's Ten." he said as he showed me his phone screen.

"Why did Ten so urgently call you?"

"No idea."

"Put it on speaker."

Tin accepted the call and put it on speaker as I requested.

"Hallo, Ten?"

"Are you done?" ask Ten.

Tin giggled when he heard that question, looks like my fiance's longest sex partner knew what we did to make Tin didn't want to accept his call.

"Well, you know me, there's no done for me when it comes to sex on the weekend."

"Yeah... I don't need to be reminded of the time when I was the one who was under you during a long weekend sex."

He giggled again. I look at him with a strong gaze, I maybe accepted the fact that he and Ten are long time friends and former sex partners, but it still makes me jealous when they talk about their past sexual experience so casually like this.

He recognized my strong gaze and stopped giggling instantly. He put on a more serious tone and asked "Why did you call me then?"

"I just want to tell you that they made an arrest."

Both of us look surprised hearing that.

"What arrest? Who are they arresting?"

"It was Pop, you know that Special Alpha who is always following Chen everywhere."

"What?!"

Me and Tin are sitting straight now, we both totally didn't expect this news.

"How? We don't have any evidence that connected this case to him."

"I don't even know the details, the Commissioner said he got proof that shows he was seen near the place where the victims were last seen."

"But there's no such proof."

"Tell me about it, I was the one who single handedly took care of every footage around the crime scene and never saw him anywhere." said Ten "The Commissioner even said they found Pop's DNA on the severed thumbs."

"No we don't!" said Tin loudly.

"I also know we don't. But it looks like The Commissioner is so sure with this arrest, he will hold a presscon this afternoon and announce it to the public."

"Without telling me first?" Tin sounds somehow offended.

"Yeah, it is also weird for me that I know about this first before you." said Ten "Do you think your dad has anything to do with this?"

Tin instantly frowned "My dad? Why my dad?

"Don't you remember, when we were still talking about avoiding suspicion toward you as The Thumb Collector, you gave your dad an idea to make a scapegoat out of someone, and I remember, you said your dad specifically wanted Pop as the scapegoat. And somehow it has become real now."

Tin looks like he was thinking for a second then said "Yeah, I remember... But why does my dad do it now? The police didn't have any suspicion towards me."

"Well, the police really need to find someone to become a scapegoat too, and it looks like just random New Valuer terrorist no longer impress the public, so they looking for someone with more high profile background, Pop is a special Alpha, but he's an orphan with no strong background and only known as a part of a shady organization, so I guess, he's a perfect scapegoat."

Weirdly enough, I have the same opinion as Ten, everything he said is exactly the same as my thought.

"But he's Chen's most valued subordinate, The Commissioner won't even dare to touch him."

"That's why I said your dad probably has something to do with it. If it was your dad who gave the Commissioner the idea, he would do it in a heartbeat for sure."

We look at each other with a frown. As wild as the thing Ten just said, we both silently agree with everything he said.

"I have a feeling that your dad has a strong interest in getting rid of Pop, for the reason I don't really understand."

"You are not the only one who feels like that, my dad said Pop has been bothering him because of his ability, but he's just a mere Alpha, he shouldn't be such a big problem for Enigmas like me and my dad."

At that moment we heard our doorbell getting rung.

"Are you coming to my house?" Tin ask Ten.

"No, I'm not even home, I'm at my in-law's place with Michael." answer Ten.

"Then who is at the door?"

Whoever rang the door is definitely not a patient person, they keep ringing it and ringing it impatiently.

"Who the hell is that?" said Tin, a bit angry.

None of us are wearing any clothes so we can't immediately run to the front door and open it.

And they still ring the bell impatiently, like their life is dependent on it.

"Why is everyone so determined to bother my weekend?" said Tin, now really angry.

Ten laugh on the phone "Now you know how it feels for me every time you bother me on the weekend to do some unimportant task."

"I'll talk to you again later. Bye." Tin cut the call and threw the phone to the bed.

We get dressed quickly and walk together to the front door. The person in front of the door is still ringing the bell constantly, I thought the bell would be broken because of the constant ringing.

We got really confused and surprised when we saw our uninvited guest on the front door camera. It was Garfield and Detective Lee from Ping's investigation Team.

What a weird combo. I don't even know they knew each other.

"You know the person who is with Det. Lee?" ask Tin, I just remember he never met Garfield before.

"That's Garfield, Benz's partner."

"You mean the psychometric? Why is he with Det. Lee?"

"I don't know, I don't even know they knew each other."

Both of them look panicked and disturbed on camera and I can find any reason for why they came here or even how they knew each other. As far as I know, Det. Lee is an only son from a branch family of an old Alpha family, while Garfield is an orphan who grew up with his aunt, two totally different family backgrounds, so How did they know each other? Did Ping introduce them? But Ping broke up with Garfield before Det. Lee even joined the police force so it's not possible. Also, why it's Det. Lee who came with Garfield? It's so random and unexpected.

I know Det. Lee from before I went to study in New Zealand. He was a rookie detective at that time and very passionate about his job. At first he seemed to like me just fine, sometimes I even felt like he admired me. But since I started investigating Chen, his attitude toward me had totally changed. He became cold and started to look down on my job as a profiler.

I didn't really think much about it. He's not the only person in the investigation team who looks down on me as a profiler. But to see it again now, maybe I should think more about it. Seeing how now he stands in front of my fiance's house with the person I've been trying to talk to for months, and they seem really close too.

"It doesn't look like they want to talk to us, P'" said Lee to Garfield "Let me just break down the door."

"Patience, Lee, we are here to talk to them, not looking for a fight."

"It's useless anyway, P'Pavel didn't seem to remember us, how we will make him want to help Pop."

My eyes widen when I hear what Lee said. That name... how did he even know that name?

Author's Note:

My dearest reader,

I'm very sorry for the very late update. November got me really busy with my job, I almost didn't have time to write my story. I don't even have time to read all of your comments. December will probably become a busy month for me too, so, in advance I want to say sorry in case I'll have another very late update.

Thank you to everyone who is still being patient to read my work. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I'll try my best to update as soon as possible, see you next month.