Getting into her car, Hilde pulled a disc out of her back pocket and sat down.
'Just what does Trowa want with this information,' she wondered. Shrugging her slim shoulders, she put the disc in the glove box and started up the car.
"Whatever it is I hope it doesn't get Duo into too much trouble." Hilde says to herself recalling Trowa's request that she give a copy of the disc to her roommate and best friend.
Turning her thoughts more on Duo, she wanted to know how his first date with Catherine Bloom was going.
As she got onto the freeway and headed for the Preston Hotel, Hilde smiled. She really liked Catherine, she had spunk, was pretty, and best of all she knew had to get the best of Duo. It was not every day that someone could pull a prank on Duo Maxwell, but some how Catherine had managed to pull a great one on the young man, and had invited Hilde to lend a hand. In the process Hilde had come to the realization that Catherine had more than just a small crush on their target, so Hilde had decided to do a little digging to see if Duo returned the sentiment.
"Now, if only my seeing Wufei were so simple," Hilde said with a sigh.
She truly admired the Chinese man who she had met a few weeks ago when she had looked into joining Preventers.
Though Wufei was known to be rather rough around the edges, he was put in charge of Public Relations and recruiting new Preventers.
While Hilde was still zealous about defending the space colonies she was not sure where she would be the most useful.
"Why didn't you call me?" She demanded of Wufei as she watched the traffic moving ahead of her. She had waited for the young man to call her and let her know about any openings in the Preventers Intelligence Department. Hilde already knew there were plenty of positions that she would qualify for, but had asked Wufei to look into it and call her some time. It was the only reason Hilde could come up with to give Wufei her phone number without just saying she was interested in him.
"Like he would really respect a girl who just through herself at him," Hilde said with a snort.
Taking her exit Hilde let out another sigh and hoped Duo and Catherine were having a good time.
"And just maybe I'll manage to join them on a double date."
Sitting alone in the small office that was apart of the sweet, Trowa begins to read the disturbing letters.
"Why do you want to read these? I'm paying you to keep The Senator alive, not to solve a mystery," the words came from a female standing behind Trowa and were spoken none too gently.
Since Trowa had already researched Ishino, and his habits, he well knew that the voice was Aya Obana, Senator Ishino's campaign manager, public relations director, sectary, and rumored girlfriend. Reportedly, the twenty-three-year-old woman was the only female company that Ishino ever had in his room or home, despite the fact that he was thirty plus years her senor.
"Well, what good do you think reading those will do?" Aya demanded to know.
Turning around and looking up Trowa saw the beautiful woman standing with her arms crossed and glaring at him.
"Miss Obana," Trowa said bowing his head a little to the Japanese woman.
His green eyes quickly took everything about her in and he let her image sink into his memory before reply.
She was four foot nine inches, but the thin high heels she wore gave her another three inches. She had short glossy black hair held back by jeweled berets that looked like pink orchard blossoms. Her business suit was made out of fine silk in a pale pink that complemented her fair skin; she would have looked fragile if it were not for the scowl on her face.
"It's always prudent to know as much about the enemy as possible," Trowa finally stated.
"So what do you now know about the enemy?" Aya inquired with one thinly penciled eyebrow arching up.
Carefully refolding a paper Trowa started his report, "I'd say the author is definitely
male, rather young-"
"Yes, yes we know THAT already. Tell me something new."
"He doesn't care much for the Senators political stands in the past and would like to see him dead."
Aya's dark brown eyes stared at him for a moment, while her frown did not soften any she did let out a low chuckle. "Even if you don't prove to be a good bodyguard at least you'll keep The Senator amused for a while."
Unfolding her arms, Aya pulled a chair away from the table and sat down.
"So how do you plan to use this information? Just how is it prudent to your job?"
Trowa shrugged, "I don't know yet."
"Come, come, and be honest. Surely you have come up with something useful."
Even though Trowa already knew that Miss Obana had been born and raised in Great Britton it still struck him as odd to hear her thick British brogue while looking into her almond shaped eyes.
"Since the author is male I can assume that you didn't write it."
"So I'm off of the suspect list, that's nice, but you're not letting you're guard down."
"Just because you may not have written the letter doesn't mean you're not working with who did or may take advantage of the situation."
"Ah, good reasoning detective. However, just why would you suspect me?"
"Two reasons; the first being your current behavior, on one hand it's made clear that you're the one who's paying for Mantel Bodyguard Services so you're in charge not Ishino, supposedly so that way he's not weighed down with more worries, but you don't want ANYONE investigating who sent the death threats. It strikes me as a set up."
"Normally I wouldn't try to explain my behavior to anyone. But I'm willing to make an exception this time. As The Senators public relations officer it's my job to protect him from any scandal that will drastically affect his career, either with the public or with other politicians. I don't like anything done half way, should an investigation be made of who sent these letters it'll be a full one that exhausts all possibilities. The problem with that is it would eventually leek to the media. Should in the process anything… less than respectable from The Senator's past come out it would be any public relations officer's worst nightmare.
Furthermore, in this day and age when a public figure has become targeted others figure the most peaceful way to deal with it is to turn a blind eye and stay away from the target. In this line of work you can't afford to be, oh, how shall I put it… shun."
"If you wish to avoid a scandal why don't you come out and say what your relationship with Ishino is instead of leaving it to rumor and speculation?"
"That is none of your concern. Now, what was your second reason?"
"I always suspect everyone."
'Just what does Trowa want with this information,' she wondered. Shrugging her slim shoulders, she put the disc in the glove box and started up the car.
"Whatever it is I hope it doesn't get Duo into too much trouble." Hilde says to herself recalling Trowa's request that she give a copy of the disc to her roommate and best friend.
Turning her thoughts more on Duo, she wanted to know how his first date with Catherine Bloom was going.
As she got onto the freeway and headed for the Preston Hotel, Hilde smiled. She really liked Catherine, she had spunk, was pretty, and best of all she knew had to get the best of Duo. It was not every day that someone could pull a prank on Duo Maxwell, but some how Catherine had managed to pull a great one on the young man, and had invited Hilde to lend a hand. In the process Hilde had come to the realization that Catherine had more than just a small crush on their target, so Hilde had decided to do a little digging to see if Duo returned the sentiment.
"Now, if only my seeing Wufei were so simple," Hilde said with a sigh.
She truly admired the Chinese man who she had met a few weeks ago when she had looked into joining Preventers.
Though Wufei was known to be rather rough around the edges, he was put in charge of Public Relations and recruiting new Preventers.
While Hilde was still zealous about defending the space colonies she was not sure where she would be the most useful.
"Why didn't you call me?" She demanded of Wufei as she watched the traffic moving ahead of her. She had waited for the young man to call her and let her know about any openings in the Preventers Intelligence Department. Hilde already knew there were plenty of positions that she would qualify for, but had asked Wufei to look into it and call her some time. It was the only reason Hilde could come up with to give Wufei her phone number without just saying she was interested in him.
"Like he would really respect a girl who just through herself at him," Hilde said with a snort.
Taking her exit Hilde let out another sigh and hoped Duo and Catherine were having a good time.
"And just maybe I'll manage to join them on a double date."
Sitting alone in the small office that was apart of the sweet, Trowa begins to read the disturbing letters.
"Why do you want to read these? I'm paying you to keep The Senator alive, not to solve a mystery," the words came from a female standing behind Trowa and were spoken none too gently.
Since Trowa had already researched Ishino, and his habits, he well knew that the voice was Aya Obana, Senator Ishino's campaign manager, public relations director, sectary, and rumored girlfriend. Reportedly, the twenty-three-year-old woman was the only female company that Ishino ever had in his room or home, despite the fact that he was thirty plus years her senor.
"Well, what good do you think reading those will do?" Aya demanded to know.
Turning around and looking up Trowa saw the beautiful woman standing with her arms crossed and glaring at him.
"Miss Obana," Trowa said bowing his head a little to the Japanese woman.
His green eyes quickly took everything about her in and he let her image sink into his memory before reply.
She was four foot nine inches, but the thin high heels she wore gave her another three inches. She had short glossy black hair held back by jeweled berets that looked like pink orchard blossoms. Her business suit was made out of fine silk in a pale pink that complemented her fair skin; she would have looked fragile if it were not for the scowl on her face.
"It's always prudent to know as much about the enemy as possible," Trowa finally stated.
"So what do you now know about the enemy?" Aya inquired with one thinly penciled eyebrow arching up.
Carefully refolding a paper Trowa started his report, "I'd say the author is definitely
male, rather young-"
"Yes, yes we know THAT already. Tell me something new."
"He doesn't care much for the Senators political stands in the past and would like to see him dead."
Aya's dark brown eyes stared at him for a moment, while her frown did not soften any she did let out a low chuckle. "Even if you don't prove to be a good bodyguard at least you'll keep The Senator amused for a while."
Unfolding her arms, Aya pulled a chair away from the table and sat down.
"So how do you plan to use this information? Just how is it prudent to your job?"
Trowa shrugged, "I don't know yet."
"Come, come, and be honest. Surely you have come up with something useful."
Even though Trowa already knew that Miss Obana had been born and raised in Great Britton it still struck him as odd to hear her thick British brogue while looking into her almond shaped eyes.
"Since the author is male I can assume that you didn't write it."
"So I'm off of the suspect list, that's nice, but you're not letting you're guard down."
"Just because you may not have written the letter doesn't mean you're not working with who did or may take advantage of the situation."
"Ah, good reasoning detective. However, just why would you suspect me?"
"Two reasons; the first being your current behavior, on one hand it's made clear that you're the one who's paying for Mantel Bodyguard Services so you're in charge not Ishino, supposedly so that way he's not weighed down with more worries, but you don't want ANYONE investigating who sent the death threats. It strikes me as a set up."
"Normally I wouldn't try to explain my behavior to anyone. But I'm willing to make an exception this time. As The Senators public relations officer it's my job to protect him from any scandal that will drastically affect his career, either with the public or with other politicians. I don't like anything done half way, should an investigation be made of who sent these letters it'll be a full one that exhausts all possibilities. The problem with that is it would eventually leek to the media. Should in the process anything… less than respectable from The Senator's past come out it would be any public relations officer's worst nightmare.
Furthermore, in this day and age when a public figure has become targeted others figure the most peaceful way to deal with it is to turn a blind eye and stay away from the target. In this line of work you can't afford to be, oh, how shall I put it… shun."
"If you wish to avoid a scandal why don't you come out and say what your relationship with Ishino is instead of leaving it to rumor and speculation?"
"That is none of your concern. Now, what was your second reason?"
"I always suspect everyone."
