Chapter 2 The Madam's Lie

["MADAM DELILAH TOLD HIM THAT YOU TRIED TO RAPE HER! SIR SONNY WAS SO MAD! HE ASKED HIS MEN TO ABDUCT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY RIGHT NOW!"]

Problem after problem.

Red hadn't solved one, yet another one came.

"M-Madam Delilah said that?" Red asked, unable to believe that Delilah would resort to this just because he rejected her.

And because of that, Red and his family might die!

"M-My wife. M-My son. No. I cannot let it happen."

He searched for the phone that he had dropped. For a moment, he forgot the corpse behind him. Red only wanted to save his family. But...

"Help."

The man behind spoke.

It was that single word that made Red stop.

He looked back, there at the slightly moving bag.

"Who's there? H-Help me."

Red felt shit. He was in trouble and yet he found himself empathetic towards that man. Perhaps, because they were both trying to survive.

Clenching the phone in his hand, Red dialed his wife's number and nervously waited for her to answer the phone.

["The number you've dialed is out of service. Please call again."]

["The number you've dialed is out of service. Please call again."]

When his wife didn't answer, Red felt like crying. He dialed the number again and again, but the result remained the same!

"F*ck!" he cursed, slamming his hand on the steering wheel. He thought that right now, Sonny's men might have found his family.

So, what will Red do?

'I need to go back and save them. Sonny needs to know that I am innocent!'

Red started the engine of the car. Nodding his head as he swallowed repeatedly, he glanced at the cadaver bag in the back seat of the car.

'Let's see if one of us is lucky tonight,' Red thought before he drove the car.

When he turned the wheels back, the loud hissing of the car tires squealed on the empty road.

7:36 pm.

Red carefully parked at the side of the dark and empty road. He hopped down from the car and looked around. There are no CCTVs in that place.

'There are no cameras here, but the police always take this route,' he thought.

Red opened the door of the back seat and looked at the cadaver bag. He swallowed dry saliva repeatedly before he carefully carried the heavy bag. Then, he succeeded in putting it on the roadside.

While catching his breath, he stared at the bag. If Sonny finds out that Red helped a victim, Sonny will kill Red.

"But if the boss believes in the Madam's lies, I will die too."

Red laughed sardonically. At least, if they really killed him, he set a trap that would unfold the hideous secret of the mansion.

"I won't go down alone."

Red raised his hand and reached for the zipper. Then, he unzipped the bag. He could see the face of the man, but it was dim. Then, he heard his faint breathing.

Red was about to unzip it all, but he saw the police vehicle from afar. He hurried and looked at the man in the bag.

"L-Listen," he stuttered. "I don't know if you can hear me or not. But let me tell you this. The police are coming to save you."

"Hmmm," the man groaned in pain.

Red looked back at the police car. It's coming closer and closer.

"Live and survive!"

Red stood up and was about to go back to the car when someone held his ankle from behind.

"Shit!" Red gasped as he looked back at the man in the cadaver bag.

The bloody hands held him tightly as if asking him to stay.

"Name," the bloody man whispered. "Give me your name."

Red glanced at the police car. He removed the hand away from his ankle and crawled backward.

"R-Red Grim," he said.

"..."

"If you are asking for my name to know your benefactor, then don't bother. I might also die tonight."

Red entered the car in a hurry and drove away. He wasn't sure why he told his name to that man. Maybe, he wants someone to remember the last good thing he will do in his life.

Later, Red arrived back at the mansion.

"You idiot! Why did you come back?!" Alfredo shouted. "Didn't I tell you that Sir Sonny would kill you?!"

Trembling, Red held Alfredo's shoulder.

"Where is my family? Where are they?!"

"Shit. Your family are..."

"Red is here!" shouted the man who found the two.

In an instant, they were surrounded by Sonny's men.

All of them wear guns on their waist. Even if Red and Alfredo fight back, he has no chance of winning.

"Red Grim!"

Under the moonlight, shadows overlapped behind Red. Two men pushed him down to the ground, and his knees fell hard.

"Argh," he grunted in pain.

As his eyes stood downward, he saw a pair of shoes and heels traversing in front of him.

When he lifted his head, sweat gathered at the tip of his chin. A gray handgun welcomed his sight, and the gun's muzzle pecked on his forehead.

"It's amazing that you came back here with your own feet," Sonnt said in a throaty tone while aiming the gun straight at Red's head.

Staring at the gun, Red felt the rising tide of fear. The chill of the haze began to crystallize as he looked at Sonny and the evil and cunning woman, Delilah.

"This man! This is the man who tried to rape me!" Delilah shouted while pointing at Red. She covered her eyes and sobbed loudly as if she was traumatized just by seeing the rapist's face.

An abrupt scoff squeezed out from behind Red's clenched teeth. On the back of his hands, lines of blue popped. His blood was riled by Delilah's accusation.

It was all a lie.

The two of them know what really happened inside her room. Delilah asked him to be her lover, but he rejected her. So why would she do that?

Eager to know the answer, Red peered straight at Delilah.

When no one was looking, Delilah smirked at Red.

Red figured out what Delilah wanted. She vowed to ruin his life the moment he rejected her offer.