Chapter 1
A seemingly ordinary girl walked down the street, a girl with short dark brown hair, mischievous brown eyes, and sharp facial features, her name was Mimi. Michaelina Howard, better known as Mimi was a fence. A fence is someone thieves used to indirectly sell the stolen items on the black market. Mimi was part a group of fences, almost like a gang. They would train her until she was good enough to go out on her own. As a perk anyone who would ask around for a fence, people would recommend you first, and that was how she met Mozzie.
"Mimi you ready for your first fence?" Her supervisor asked.
"Definitely!" I replied.
"Good, because this one's paranoid, so follow these instructions exactly!" She told her while handing her a note card.
"You got it boss."
"Good luck."
She smiled back at her in response and headed to the meeting point stated on the card.
"1. Go to the park on 64 and Avenue." It wasn't far away and she didn't mind walking. she was nervous, but she couldn't show it, that was one of the first things they taught you. Emotion will kill you if you're not careful, one wrong look and you're out of there. Upon arriving she then read the next step, "2. Get a newspaper, rip a page out then throw it away in the trash can closest to the water fountain." Now, this is where she got confused, see Mimi didn't always live in New York, she moved here for college, dropped out and didn't go home. Home was originally Wisconsin, and in Wisconsin they call water fountains, bubblers, as in a something you drink water out of in a public place like a park. However, she don't know if they knew that or where to throw it away so, she did the best thing I could think of, she ripped out two pages, threw one away near a bubbler and one near a water fountain. Then, read the third step "3. Wait". Well, that's not vague at all, but she did as told and waited.
"You didn't take the subway to get here, what New Yorker doesn't take the Subway?" Someone suddenly asked from behind me. She slowly turned around to face a man.
"I didn't take the Subway because I like walking," she responded. Why she didn't ask why he was following her is unknown. She studied the man, short, balding, glasses, and looked kind of like a fashion designer/hipster, but she kept this to herself.
"And why did you rip out two pages of newspaper?" He asked looking skeptical.
"Does is matter?" she asked. She found his antics to be rather unnecessary.
"Yes, it matters! For all I know you could be some top secret government spy." He replied.
"Alright, fair point. But how do I know you are who you say you are. Actually take that back, I have no idea who you are." Mimi replied rather confused about this whole situation. She was seriously considering giving the job to someone else, but to go back to the warehouse and tell them the job was too difficult, would be like suing McDonald's because their hot coffee burned your tongue.
"Henry Montague" He replied stiffly.
"Okay Henry what do you need-" He cut her off before she could finish.
"Shhhhhh! Someone could hear! We can't talk here."
"Then why did you have me come here?" She was most definitely confused.
"I don't have to tell you!" It was official he infuriated her! With his riddles and paranoia Mimi could hardly stand him. Of all the people she could get on her first day she got a paranoid Mad Hatter. Mimi always tried to look on the bright side of things, dropped out of college? She's in New York who cares? Henry? Nope no bright side there, the only thing she could hope for was that this would go by quick.