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Louisa woke up when she felt her phone vibrating. She deftly reached for the cell phone that was in her bag and found the phone calls that Jane – her secretary had made many times. Louisa also tried to contact Jane again. "Hello, Jane? What are you calling me this morning for?" She asked directly when the call finally picked up.
'BOSS, THERE IS A FIRE AT THE TOMKINS HOUSE DATA CENTER BUILDING!! WE AND THE FIRE FIGHTING ARE STILL TRYING TO FIX IT. YOU MUST BE HERE TO SEE IT!!!" Jane explained while screaming anxiously there.
'W-WHAT?!" Louisa screamed uncontrollably.
"Louis, what's wrong? Why are you shouting like that?" Henry asked because he was suddenly awakened by Louisa's screams there.
Louisa's face looked pale and her eyes began to well with tears, then she turned her head towards Henry. 'Jane, I'll be right there in a minutes. Please do whatever this time. Also make sure you can save important data that can still be saved, okay?" Louisa immediately turned off her cellphone and got up from the bed.
This took Henry by surprise. "Louis, what's wrong? Tell me!"
Louisa put on her clothes in a hurry. "We have to go hurry to the Tomkins House right now Henry. There's a fire in the data center building right now. Come on, quickly!"
Hearing this, Henry immediately got up from the bed and got dressed. Louisa packed all her belongings into the bag. With a worried look on her face she started to feel scared. Her mind didn't stop to wonder. What is really going on right now? How could there be a fire in the data center building all of a sudden like this? Louisa thought. And when Henry was ready, they both rushed off to Tomkins House.
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Louisa's eyes moved wildly when she saw the state of the data center building in Tomkins House had been burned down there. The building. She stepped hastily toward Jane and some of her assembled employees, along with the weary-faced firefighters. "Jane," Louisa called with an uncertain look on her face again.
"Boss," greeted all the employees there.
Louisa tried very hard to stay calm, even though she had never been very good at hiding that expression on her face. "How did all this happen? What is really happening?" She asked.
"We don't know for sure yet, Boss. We still haven't been able to check the CCTV camera footage in the data center building. But we've tried to be able to save the data and files that are there. Of course . . . there were some things we couldn't manage to save," Jane explained in a regretful tone.
Louisa lowered her head while sighing. Henry, who was already behind Louisa, could only stay silent with a hardened face. 'We... found the center of the fire in the center of the room. In addition, we did not find any electrical shorts occurring, so there is a possibility that this fire has been set on purpose. This is exactly what an amateur, Miss Tomkins, does. We also found traces of oil and match butts there which may have been the cause of the fire," explained one of the firefighters there.
"On purpose?" whispered Louisa in disbelief.
They were all silent for a long time, Louisa couldn't say anything anymore. After all, the data center building is important to Tomkins House. And that meant he had to work even harder to inspect every broken piece and important item there. At least, he must not make mistakes in the examination process. "Very well, Miss Tomkins. We have to go now, " said the firefighter there who immediately woke Louisa from her daydream.
'Um, yes… of course. Thank you very much for the help you have provided. I'll take care of this now," answered Louisa casually. She still looked dazed. The firefighters left after that, leaving Louisa, Henry and the employee at Tomkins House.
'You… can just go home today. And come back the day after tomorrow. I want you to have a day off to rest. After all, you guys have provided a huge help for me and Tomkins House today," Louisa explained.
"Thank you boss. Then we'll excuse ourselves."
Everyone started to leave one by one, leaving Louisa and Henry there. Louisa turned around and looked directly at the burning part of the Tomkins House building there. There are still a few charred and blackened remains of the building there. Louisa's face started to harden, and in a hurry, Louisa took her cell phone and started a phone call. "Hello? Yes, this is from Tomkins House, Louisa Tomkins. I want to do a major overhaul of my building. Yes, burn marks… can you guys prepare all the repairs for the Tomkins House building today or tomorrow, please?"
Louisa was silent and so focused on listening to the answers given. Then soon after, a small smile appeared on his face. Although it wasn't the same relieved smile as usual. "Alright, I'll be waiting for you guys today. I'll be in the main Tomkins House. Call me when you get here." Then Louisa turned off the cellphone call and put it back in her bag.
Louisa sighed tiredly for a moment, there was a dizzy feeling on her forehead that felt very heavy right now. "Louisa..." Henry called while holding Louisa's right shoulder.
"I don't want to talk right now Henry. I think you can go home and rest too," answered Louisa in a calm voice.
Henry rolled his eyes. 'You want me to go? And leaving you here alone after everything that happened?"
Louisa turned around and glared at him. "Yes. And I don't want to argue now. I need some time alone… so go on, Henry."
Henry sighed and relented. 'Alright then, call me if there's anything happened. Okay?"
Louisa just nodded her head briefly, and Henry just walked away even though he didn't really want to. Louisa also walked closer to the Tomkins House data center building which was already on fire there. All were badly damaged, although they did not reach the main building. Louisa felt grateful for that. It's just that right now he's confused about how it all happened. With the slow steps of her two feet, Louisa continued to step inside carefully. After all, that location actually won't be able to be visited for a while, it's just that Louisa is a desperate woman.
'I have to find out about this incident. I can't waste much time and procrastinate on this. Whoever did this on purpose, must deal directly with me. I will destroy whoever did this. It doesn't matter who that person is once."
Louisa turned around and exited the data center building, then headed for the main building of Tomkins House. Entered hastily into the security room, and Louisa sat in one of the control chairs there. The fingers on both hands moved very quickly typing a lot of code, and his blue eyes also looked very sharp and focused on the computer screen. Not long after that, Louisa stopped typing, and a smirk appeared on the corners of her lips. "Bingo."
Although there was a smirk on the corner of her lips, her eyes were filled with tears. 'Totally unexpected… my gosh, how could I have been so stupid all this time."
Louisa covered her face with her palms, and her body trembled. There were sobs there. It's not like the Louisa Tomkins that's been famous for the past five years. In the end Louisa's defense that she had displayed for the past five years collapsed. Louisa lowered her palms and her eyes were already reddened. But the sharpness in her eyes was even more visible, there was a surge of anger in her and her heart.