340 Where is He? 2 (1/2)
Eybelle closes the gun case and places the cabinet and closet back in their proper places after ending the phone call with Slayne. Her actions are quite stiff and become stiffer upon hearing Yve's voice behind her.
”What's happening?”
Eybelle turns around to face her Lady Boss but no words would come out from her mouth because she literally has no idea on how to calmly explain her hunches. There is no concrete evidence and she's not like Sylvan whose hunches are 100% correct.
”Tell me, Eybelle. Do you have any idea on where Vince might be?” Yve pressures Eybelle to answering as she approaches slowly, making her steps heavier than usual.
”…”
”I'll take your silence as a yes. Does it have something to do with your group? The CONFERENCE?”
”…” Eybelle swallows an invisible lump on her throat as Yve gets to pinpoint her thoughts accurately.
”Eybelle, Vince already told me about the group. I know it can be dangerous and this is exactly the reason why I'm worried now. Please tell me.” Yve's voice becomes softer towards the end as her eyes turns watery.
”Young Madam, nothing is confirmed. All I can say is that he wasn't abducted. He left his office on his own accord.” Eybelle weighs her every word. She wants to comfort Yve by answering her question without giving her any false hope or information.
”Did he go somewhere dark-related?”
”Might be. I called Slayne to check on that angle.”
Despite giving Yve vague yet comforting answers, Yve is still anxious. The fact that he left without informing her, something big must have happened. Big things in business may go both ways but not in the underworld. Even without full knowledge on CONFERENCE, knowing that it's a mafia group, danger awaits during emergency cases. Eybelle recognize Yve's reaction really well. She saw it often on Vince's face every time their lead on Yve was a false one or a dead end.
”Young Madam, I'm sure it's nothing big.”
”What makes you say so?”
”He didn't inform nor bring any of us. When Primo goes to dangerous missions, we always tag along or at least two of us depending on the difficulty.”
”But last time, during Mom's abduction, nobody from your team left the country.”
”Yes, but we were informed and were given own missions. The other team went with him and Secondo.”
”The other team?”
”We call them Team Bravo. I bet Slayne is already communicating with them.”
Yve dejectedly walk back and sits on the couch.
”I feel so useless, Eybelle. Every time something bad happens to Vince and his other business, I can't help him. But he… he's always involved in my life, in the company, in my school. He's there ready to help.”
Tears flow from her eyes as she looks down to her feet with her hands clutches her dress tightly. Eybelle doesn't know how to stop her and has no idea on what else to say to be of comfort to her. She just stands there waiting anxiously on Slayne's call.