(Ravine POV)

My kids and their friends are having a pool party once again while I was busy revising some parts of the screenplay that Sofia asked me to revise.

"Selene!" I called out from the dining area.

"Yes, Sir?" She said.

"Would you mind locking the panel board right now? Roman and his friends might mess with it again." I told her.

"I already did, sir!" Selene said politely.

"Good! Thank you."

I continued proofreading my work and finishing my revisions up until midnight when Roman and Ally's friends finally went home. Once I was done, I served myself a glass of milk before going to bed. However, I wasn't really sleepy yet so I decided to check my email for a while to kill time. I decided to respond to some fan letters when I noticed the latest mail in my inbox.

It was actually a video from a random email somewhere. It is a video where someone from the outside of the house is filming a woman inside her room. The woman looked familiar and she's talking to someone on her phone. As she turned to the camera, it was revealed to be my Literary Agent, Gianna LaBelle.

I raised a brow in confusion. Why would someone send me a video of Gianna talking to someone on her phone? Who the hell even filmed this? What does this mean? It's so weird. Thinking it's some sort of a nonsense, stupid prank perpetrated by good-for-nothing pranksters, I shrugged it off and closed my laptop so I could finally go upstairs and get some rest.

Next morning...

I went downstairs for breakfast when Selene rushed over to me.

"Sir Vinny, there are cops outside the house." Selene said.

"What? Why?" I asked in a baffled tone.

"They said a friend of yours was murdered last night." Selene told me.

My eyes widened and I rushed outside to meet the cops waiting for my statement.

"Good morning, Sir Vinny!" One of the officers said.

"Good morning! What happened? My helper told me that somebody's been murdered last night!" I said to them.

"Yes, unfortunately. Someone killed your agent, Gianna LaBelle!" The officer stated and a look of pure horror appeared on my face.

"What?" I said.

"Yes, it's true! We found her in her bedroom with her throat slit. We actually came here to ask you if you know anybody who could possibly be connected to her grisly death. Was she ever involved with someone suspicious, if I may say? Or did she ever engage in an altercation with someone you might be acquainted with?" The officer asked.

"Not that I know of! But if you want to know my side of the story, Gianna is one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life so I highly doubt that a misunderstanding with someone could be the cause of her death." I told them.

"Oh, alright! Do you know someone in the Hollywood industry who might have had some sort of a disdain for her?" The officer questioned me.

"Um...actually, I received an email yesterday from an unknown person and I don't know if this will be a huge help to you or anything but I think it's better if you guys take a look at it for a while." I said to them before letting them enter my house for me to show them the creepy mail I received yesterday midnight.

I opened my laptop in the living room and showed them the video.

"Would you be able to trace the culprit through the email address?" I asked them.

"We're not entirely sure because right now, there is a huge possibility that the culprit will use another email address for him or her to not be traced that easily. However, if you receive another sketchy mail or message like that, give us a call right away." The officer told me.

"Will do! But I'm not really sure why the culprit sent me this video. Why do you think they did? What the hell would they want from me?" I asked them in a fearful tone.

"Your guess is as good as mine. Don't worry, we'll dispatch an officer right now for him to guard over your house 24/7 and if you ever receive any death threats or any more creepy videos, you alert him right away. We can't take any chances anymore. We should take this in the most serious way possible." The officer said firmly.

"Can I have another officer to watch over my kids at school? Please!" I said.

"No problem!" He agreed with the idea.

"Thank you so much, officer!" I said before shaking his hand.

"Thank you, Sir Vinny! Have a great day and be careful."

"Noted!" I replied before they were ushered outside by Selene. I am so scared shitless for myself and my kids right now. What am I going to do to keep them safe?

"Selene?" I called.

"Yes, Sir Vinny?" She hurried to me.

"I am going to take my kids to school right now and as soon as we leave, lock all the doors and gates, do you understand? Make sure the security alarm is working perfectly. There's a killer on the loose and he definitely wants something from me." I warned her.

"I think I just peed my pants, Ravine." Selene said, obviously shaking.

"There's a taser in the left-side drawer in my bedroom. As soon as you locked all that is needed to be locked, go to your room upstairs, lock yourself in and arm yourself heavily. If someone rings the doorbell, don't answer it for a while. I am going to give you a call five minutes before I arrive so that will give you a heads up, okay?" I reassured her.

"Alright! I'll cook breakfast for a while and just inform me if you guys are going to leave for school already so I can put my guard up quickly." Selene said.

"Don't worry, an officer is going to be dispatched right now and he's going to guard the house for us so you won't be alone here." I said as I took her shaking hand and squeezed it.

Nobody is going to hurt my kids. Nobody! They will have to go through me first!