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Mina spent the next day coming up with a plan of action for how to solve the case. That evening, after a lengthy
discussion with Kevin, she had figured out what she could do about the situation. She gathered the other four girls
and brought them to her room after dinner.
"So, Angela, what did you want to see us for?" Catherine asked her. Mina gave the four her most guileless look, and
asked, "Umm, I want to know when and where you four usually go to wait for clients."
"Why?" Priscilla asked, a dark eyebrow arched.
Mina sighed inwardly. She needed to get these girls' trust, or at least somehow keep them from being suspicious. "I..
Well, you know that I have never done this before. I wanted to know if it was possible for me to wait with you four.
I really don't want to wait alone." She fabricated.
Ava smirked, "We don't wait together, honey. We each take a street corner."
"Could you tell me which ones, then?" Mina persisted.
"Why do you want to know?" Priscilla asked again.
Mina gritted her teeth. Dammit, did they have to be this difficult? "Well, could you just tell me? I want to know where
to find you if I need help with anything, okay?" Her voice was now getting slightly exasperated.
Bertha came to her rescue. "It's okay, perfectly understandable, Angela. I'll tell you. I'm at the corner of Birch Street
and Trinity Avenue. Catherine is at the corner of Birch Street and West Park, Ava is at the corner of Birch Street and
Larson Boulevard, and Priscilla is at the corner of Birch Street and Porter Road. I heard from Esmeraude that you are
going to be at the corner of Birch Street and Harrison Lane. Each of us is stationed a block away from the next. You'll
be a block away from me. If you're really going to need help, I guess you can ask for it from me. But let me tell you,
we go out at 1:00 AM. You'll get a client in half an hour, tops."
Mina nodded. "Okay then. Thanks, all of you." The others nodded indifferently. Then, Ava spoke up. "Well, it was nice
chatting, but unlike lucky you, we have work tonight. We best be off, before Esmeraude sends her guys hunting after
us. THAT would not be good."
"Yeah." Catherine laughed hollowly. "A good number of them are....rather twisted and sadistic." Mina sharply inhaled...
these poor girls, what they must have to deal with every day! Seeing her shell-shocked look and mistaking its meaning,
Priscilla shrugged and gave her a short, sympathetic pat on her shoulder. "Yep, that's life. Get used to it."
Then, the four walked out of her room, leaving Mina alone to her thoughts.
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"Well, Kevin, you heard what they said. Did you contact the guys?" Later that night, Mina was once more in discussion
with Kevin about the situation.
"Yes, I did. So, tomorrow, I'll have everything set up and they will be ready and on location at 1:00 sharp." Kevin said
in reply to her question.
Mina and Kevin had worked out a plan to make sure that all the girls were out of the way, and as many assassins as
possible were dispatched, before blowing their cover and having the final showdown with Esmeraude. Mina continued,
"When the time comes, we dispatch the five assassins who escort the girls, including me, to the positions. That leaves
ten left. I think that I can dispatch one or two before we're sent out for work. That should be fine, then, right?"
"Right." Kevin answered. Then, rapidly, his voice changed from businesslike to concerned. "Mina, promise me something
right now."
"What?"
"Promise me that...when the time comes, you won't do anything reckless, that you'll come out of this all right." Kevin
said firmly.
Mina felt her eyes water, and she smiled. "I'll be all right as long as you will, okay? We're in this together, remember?
Whatever the outcome is, it's going to be the same for the both of us."
"You just better stay alive. Don't worry about me." Kevin insisted.
"Kevin Knighton! Let me tell you something, okay? I WILL worry about you. Don't you dare try and stop me, because
you won't be able to anyways. I will worry about you for the exact same reason that you will worry about me. But, the
worry nonwithstanding, I will be careful, and you have to be careful as well. We'll get out of this together." Mina said
to him in a fierce whisper. "You WILL survive this, just like I will. You know why?"
"Why?" Kevin asked, drawing a somewhat tremulous breath.
Mina's voice was now soft, and peaceful, and gentle. "Because of what you read to me last night. Because you're the
only man with whom I've truly experienced what was written in that book. In short, because....because I love you."
Silence. For an awful minute, Kevin said nothing. Mina gave a small, choked sob. "Forget it, Kevin, I...I..you..you don't
have to feel obligated....just..just forget I said anything...I'm sorry..."
"NO!" His voice rang out in her earpiece. "I won't forget. I don't feel obligated, and you should certainly NOT be sorry
for anything. I'm only too glad to hear you say this, Angel...I'm not feeling obligated in any way, because I love you
too, no matter what." The words left his mouth in a rush.
"Oh!" Had Mina been face to face with him at the moment, Kevin would probably have found himself being thoroughly
kissed, but that emotion in that one little syllable that she uttered after his feverish declaration was, at the moment,
enough.
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Moving right along....
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Mina spent the next day coming up with a plan of action for how to solve the case. That evening, after a lengthy
discussion with Kevin, she had figured out what she could do about the situation. She gathered the other four girls
and brought them to her room after dinner.
"So, Angela, what did you want to see us for?" Catherine asked her. Mina gave the four her most guileless look, and
asked, "Umm, I want to know when and where you four usually go to wait for clients."
"Why?" Priscilla asked, a dark eyebrow arched.
Mina sighed inwardly. She needed to get these girls' trust, or at least somehow keep them from being suspicious. "I..
Well, you know that I have never done this before. I wanted to know if it was possible for me to wait with you four.
I really don't want to wait alone." She fabricated.
Ava smirked, "We don't wait together, honey. We each take a street corner."
"Could you tell me which ones, then?" Mina persisted.
"Why do you want to know?" Priscilla asked again.
Mina gritted her teeth. Dammit, did they have to be this difficult? "Well, could you just tell me? I want to know where
to find you if I need help with anything, okay?" Her voice was now getting slightly exasperated.
Bertha came to her rescue. "It's okay, perfectly understandable, Angela. I'll tell you. I'm at the corner of Birch Street
and Trinity Avenue. Catherine is at the corner of Birch Street and West Park, Ava is at the corner of Birch Street and
Larson Boulevard, and Priscilla is at the corner of Birch Street and Porter Road. I heard from Esmeraude that you are
going to be at the corner of Birch Street and Harrison Lane. Each of us is stationed a block away from the next. You'll
be a block away from me. If you're really going to need help, I guess you can ask for it from me. But let me tell you,
we go out at 1:00 AM. You'll get a client in half an hour, tops."
Mina nodded. "Okay then. Thanks, all of you." The others nodded indifferently. Then, Ava spoke up. "Well, it was nice
chatting, but unlike lucky you, we have work tonight. We best be off, before Esmeraude sends her guys hunting after
us. THAT would not be good."
"Yeah." Catherine laughed hollowly. "A good number of them are....rather twisted and sadistic." Mina sharply inhaled...
these poor girls, what they must have to deal with every day! Seeing her shell-shocked look and mistaking its meaning,
Priscilla shrugged and gave her a short, sympathetic pat on her shoulder. "Yep, that's life. Get used to it."
Then, the four walked out of her room, leaving Mina alone to her thoughts.
~ ~ ~
"Well, Kevin, you heard what they said. Did you contact the guys?" Later that night, Mina was once more in discussion
with Kevin about the situation.
"Yes, I did. So, tomorrow, I'll have everything set up and they will be ready and on location at 1:00 sharp." Kevin said
in reply to her question.
Mina and Kevin had worked out a plan to make sure that all the girls were out of the way, and as many assassins as
possible were dispatched, before blowing their cover and having the final showdown with Esmeraude. Mina continued,
"When the time comes, we dispatch the five assassins who escort the girls, including me, to the positions. That leaves
ten left. I think that I can dispatch one or two before we're sent out for work. That should be fine, then, right?"
"Right." Kevin answered. Then, rapidly, his voice changed from businesslike to concerned. "Mina, promise me something
right now."
"What?"
"Promise me that...when the time comes, you won't do anything reckless, that you'll come out of this all right." Kevin
said firmly.
Mina felt her eyes water, and she smiled. "I'll be all right as long as you will, okay? We're in this together, remember?
Whatever the outcome is, it's going to be the same for the both of us."
"You just better stay alive. Don't worry about me." Kevin insisted.
"Kevin Knighton! Let me tell you something, okay? I WILL worry about you. Don't you dare try and stop me, because
you won't be able to anyways. I will worry about you for the exact same reason that you will worry about me. But, the
worry nonwithstanding, I will be careful, and you have to be careful as well. We'll get out of this together." Mina said
to him in a fierce whisper. "You WILL survive this, just like I will. You know why?"
"Why?" Kevin asked, drawing a somewhat tremulous breath.
Mina's voice was now soft, and peaceful, and gentle. "Because of what you read to me last night. Because you're the
only man with whom I've truly experienced what was written in that book. In short, because....because I love you."
Silence. For an awful minute, Kevin said nothing. Mina gave a small, choked sob. "Forget it, Kevin, I...I..you..you don't
have to feel obligated....just..just forget I said anything...I'm sorry..."
"NO!" His voice rang out in her earpiece. "I won't forget. I don't feel obligated, and you should certainly NOT be sorry
for anything. I'm only too glad to hear you say this, Angel...I'm not feeling obligated in any way, because I love you
too, no matter what." The words left his mouth in a rush.
"Oh!" Had Mina been face to face with him at the moment, Kevin would probably have found himself being thoroughly
kissed, but that emotion in that one little syllable that she uttered after his feverish declaration was, at the moment,
enough.
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