Chapter 9.

“Curiosity can be a double-edged sword… And if we are not attentive to the facts, we will never know when or where the murderer comes from…”

Ami July began to write stories where she classified the strange friendship of Dr. Patrick Tempus, with the magnate Brianna Bardot, it was something that no one would believe, but she had to decipher what was the key point of their strange relationship, from what is known about Brianna Bardot, is that she suffered a serious burn and that is why she uses a mask to hide her scars, but if we go through other aspects of the magnate's life, it is known that she is engaged to Mark Lynn, her story is a bit far-fetched because romance is like in the background, as if love were not what moves the world, unlike her sister Nathalie Bardot and August Casanova, who had a romantic and perfect relationship for all the media, who spoke of the beautiful couple they formed… That her parents were the living example that true love existed, because Alain Bardot and Christianne Bardot were one of the most admired couples in the Society, but Caesar Bardot was only known to be a computer genius and one of the majority shareholders of the Zaxonia Mint, who had no shortage of money and women threw themselves at him, but he was like Patrick, he only had photos with his family; and the only women who posed with him were his sisters and his mother…

Ami July was still having trouble figuring out who the mysterious man in Patrick's photo was and having been snooping around in what was known about the Bardot family, she was in danger of being sued for violating that family's privacy. It seemed that everything was going well, Ami July knew that investigating the life of such a powerful and supported family was a definitive suicide, but that did not stop her from beginning to stealthily follow Patrick Tempus... and somehow, she managed to approach him at the moment when Patrick got out of a very discreet car and was accompanied by Brianna Bardot with her inseparable mask, but in casual clothes; and next to them, came a little girl, who did not hesitate to hug Patrick and jump into Brianna's arms, Ami July could not waste this moment and captured it in a photo, so that perhaps, if she investigated a little more, she could prove that it was a daughter that they both had in common, but was she really the daughter of both? Or was it just an illusion that her mind was creating? She had to investigate first, but she would follow Patrick and Brianna to the end of the world if fate allowed it. Ami July didn't give up and she walked around amusement parks and restaurants from a distance, always close to Brianna and Patrick. She had taken photos of them at all times and had focused on the girl's face, because she was going to try to relate that girl with both characters above all else; she would give her best for this scoop, besides it was already something personal, she felt that her friend had disappeared because of Dr. Patrick Tempus and for that, she would go to the bottom of hell if necessary...

For days she followed Patrick and Brianna and although they met with different people, nothing made her suspect a relationship between them, as always Patrick was an incredible gynecologist and many people resorted to his consultations; and between cesarean sections and births, Ami July still did not understand the relationship that united Patrick and Brianna, so she decided that it was time to intervene without them realizing it; And then, disguised as a nurse with a face mask, she blended into the medical center, managing to reach Dr. Patrick Tempus's office, which luckily for her was empty. and so she began to search the patients' files, finding an unusual one because it was a file that was safe and locked... she then sensed that in that place she would find the truth, so she took a risk and looking for a lever, she opened the file, not knowing that the file had an internal lock, that when opened or forced would inform its owner of this through the mechanism of a hidden device, Ami began to open folders and saw Brianna Bardot's file and next to it the data of the little girl Stephanie Bardot Lynn, who was the daughter of Brianna and Marck Lynn... Ami was very surprised, but she continued searching for a lot of names that sounded familiar to her and then she realized that the names of those files were the names of the missing women and the wives of other doctors were included, but four folders were marked in red and when she opened them their names terrified: Perry Nelson, the young woman who disappeared after burning Patrick's parents; Adelainne Claire; Zenia Vasquez and Elizabeth Grey, they were valuable women's names and she knew it, but if she stole those files he would find out, so she started taking photos as possible evidence for incriminate Patrick Tempus and send them to an unknown server between her and her unrecognized sister, but then she felt a prick in her neck and the last thing she saw was the light that illuminated the office...

When she woke up, everything was blurry and after adjusting to the place, she realized that she was tied from head to toe and hanging from chains that were around her waist and hugged her body tightly, Ami began to look from one place to another in search of her captors and then she realized that a tall, strong man was behind some machines sending codes that she did not know, possibly the man was a hacker, but then another man entered that she recognized as Caesar Bardot; and that was when Ami July realized that she had made a mistake by investigating the Bardot family and by the way, sneaking into Patrick Tempus' office...

Suddenly, she called them screaming Caesar's name loudly... her lungs were burning from the dryness and then he turned around and she recognized that the man next to Caesar was the child from Patrick's photo and his name was Richthofen, so she was screwed, but she still didn't know why she was chained and she thought she would get out of this one way or another, but she was wrong when a spear pierced her leg from behind... Her scream of pain was huge, creepy and fierce, tears began to come out of her eyes and then a woman with a silver mask came out from behind her and pulled the spear out from the front leaving a large hole in her leg that was gushing blood, the sobs didn't stop; Ami was sure she would lose her leg, but then Caesar Bardot stepped back making an assisting motion as if to say everything was ready; and the woman standing in front of her with the spear in her hands began to speak, indicating that she would grant her one wish before she died, but Ami July asked to be allowed to live, she had to try, but the man behind the woman let out an abnormal laugh and when she looked at him she saw the anger in his eyes, Richthofen was upset and pointed a hot light at her body that transmitted synthesized heat waves… he was torturing her in his own way… At that moment, the door at the back opened because someone was joining her executioners and when the person stopped his steps in front of her, she realized it was Patrick Tempus, who told her, you know Ami? You would be an amazing showbiz reporter if you didn’t get involved in the lives of those who don’t want to be bothered, you are young and beautiful, why waste your time on us? We? I just want to find my friend and I saw the documents in your files, she was on the list, why are you doing this?

That is none of your business, you have not been told that you are a nuisance in this life, Brianna told him.

Who are you? I have never met you, Ami July replied…

You see Ami, said Tempus, my colleagues here do not like to be bothered and you are a nuisance.

Enough of the games, Richthofen interrupted, it is time for her to learn that no one should stick their nose where they are not called.

With a single movement, then Patrick Tempus, tightened the chains and his limbs separated from his body, now he only had a bleeding torso that was conscious.

Ami screamed in pain and anger, but in the end nothing helped when they released the chains and forced her to drag her body like a worm in the ground, the pain was unbearable, she felt like her heart would stop, but then Patrick injected a substance to alert her senses much more, in addition, it was a serum that kept her alive and conscious and now she was a little paranoid, until the floor opened and she fell into a deep darkness where there were no smells and it was humid, but she felt something moving quickly in front of her in the darkness, Ami tried not to make noise and swallowing her cries she achieved silence, but then a light began to shine in the background and she tried to crawl to the light, but when she looked around she screamed in terror when she saw a horrible image of deformed beasts that were surrounding her while she cried for mercy, but the last thing she saw was the saliva dripping from the beasts in front of her ...