"What the HELL! What do you mean NO?" Rachel slammed her hands on Wong's desk. The man said nothing for a moment and then laced his fingers together and rested his head on his hands.
Jill looked at Wong in shock. Did he? Did he really just say what she thought he said?
"I lost some of my men tonight ladies and there were cops everywhere." He said with a sickening calm voice. "Though I made sure all links were hidden, I am sure there are a few that Detective Saici will discover and find a way to stalk me once again." His voice rose a little.
"That was your own damn fault! Everything would have gone well if you wouldn't have sent your men IN!" Rachel shouted.
Jill had never seen Rachel so mad before.
Wong's voice rose a little more. "MY MEN HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR ERRORS!" His voice echoed in the room, it even caused Fist to jump a little.
Rachel and Wong glared at each other. A cold shiver ran down Jill's back. How could Rachel keep such a cool face when he acted like that? Rachel raised her hand and suddenly a red mark was on Wong's face. Jill gasped and Fist gulped.
Wong looked at Rachel for a long time. Very calmly he sat back down. "My word is final. Your contract will still be active and just for that little act... I'm adding another two years."
Rachel's mouth opened a little and a fire entered her eyes.
Jill took a step forward. "YOU CAN'T DO THAT!"
Wong didn't look away from Rachel. "Fist..." He calmly called.
Rachel turned to look at the large man with a surprised look.
Fist took a step forward and took hold of Jill. He held her firmly but Jill did take notice that he wasn't hurting her, at least yet.
Rachel turned sharply to look at Wong. "You have what you want, why can't you let us have what we want?" Rachel asked in a pleading voice. She went to her knees. "Please..." She softly begged.
A cruel smile came to Wong's face and he waved his hand to Fist. Fist let go of Jill and backed away a little. Wong then lend forward and took Rachel's face into his hand.
"But you still don't understand, my little bird..."He dug his nails into her cheek as an upset look came to his face. "I don't have everything I want...but if you would only, warm up to me, we could see about that contract...."
Rachel smacked his hand as she jerked her face away. She stood up quickly and backed up to Jill. She took Jill's hand and turned quickly.
"Rachel..." Wong hissed slightly.
She stopped but did not look at him. "You know where to find us...don't call unless there's a job..." Rachel walked quickly out the door pulling Jill with her.
Jill firmly stood her ground and pulled her arm away from Rachel. With an angry look on her face, she stormed back into the office. She had never spoken out before; fearing it would get Rachel in trouble along with jeopardizing their contract and safety. "I know what this is about, Wong."
Rachel turned to look at her friend. Jill had never referred to their boss by his name; she had always just said sir.
"Do you now? When then, why don't you tell me what this is all about then, Jill." Wong leaned back in his chair and drummed his fingers on his desk.
Jill spoke in a serious tone. "It's about that cop, isn't it? The one I helped. So one damn kid didn't get shot! Who cares? We brought back all the crap you wanted. You have it; you're now the richest man in the city for sure. So you can take your damn contract and shove it! Find someone else to play your games. I quit." She turned away from the desk and started toward the door. Glancing over her shoulder she added, "Oh, one more thing... Rot in Hell you son of a bitch!"
Before either girl could leave though an odd laughter filled the room. It caused both to look at Wong. He was laughing? Why?
"Oh, my little Jill..." Wong laughed as he mocked her. "You think you know it all..." He stood up, slamming his fist on the desk. "I would hold your tongue if I were you!" He shouted.
Rachel and Jill both sneered at the man.
"You'll quit when I tell you to and you'll do as I say until then." He said in an odd tone. "We wouldn't want something to happen to our fair and lovely city because of you two."
Rachel looked at Wong. What did he mean?
Wong gave an odd smile. "Maybe the next time you two decided to play with remotes...they really WILL cause something to go...boom." He made a face and then began to laugh again.
Rachel looked at Jill. What could they do? Without saying another word, they turned to the exit and left the run down building.
Once outside, Jill let out an angry scream. "I just want to kill that guy! Rip that greasy ponytail right off the back of his head! One of these days, I'm going to march into the room and tear him limb from limb!"
Rachel shook her head and took her friend by the arm. "I know, trust me, I know. Come on though, let's just get out of this dump."
Jill took a deep breath and nodded. "Yeah, let's go before he adds even more time to that contract."
Silently they turned away from the sleazy restaurant and walked off down the street.
***
"After two hours of a struggle, the officers were able to rescue all the hostages, and capture many of the men who broke in to the museum. However the identity of the two young women who first started the hostage situation could not be found. Police are on the look out for two young women, both with brownish hair and around the age of 19 to 30, though one may have been younger. If anyone has information on these two women, please, call right away to the Gundarium Police Department at 1-833-9433-2398." The news reporter stood in front of the museum. She turned to look at three men standing next to her. "Now I'll turn it over to my co-report, Mr. William Stalker."
Stalker nodded to the camera and looked at the man to his left. "We have here with us two eye witnesses from yesterday evening. First we have a comment from Mr. Crocket. Please, tell us what happened last night."
Chibodee smiled and took the microphone. "Well as soon as those two ladies busted through the roof, I knew that there was going to be trouble. They had the police eating out of their hands. Of course the first thing I though of was making sure all the women, I mean um, guests were safe. I was just about to jump at the girl with remote, she claimed would blow the place up, those mobsters busted it. Being the courageous guy I am..." He was cut off as the other man standing next to him interjected a comment.
"You dove under a table and cried for your mommy, mumbling something about being to handsome to die." George rolled his eyes and looked the camera. "Honestly, the whole thing was quite unexpected. I'm just glad that no one was hurt badly. I have to say though, the two women who broke in originally obviously knew what they were doing. The threads they made basically left the officers unable to stop them. Nobody knew if they really did have a remote that would blow up the museum or not. If the mobsters hadn't broken in, I believe this event would not have been as bad as it was."
Chibodee shot a glare at George. "I did NOT cry for my mommy."
"Oh I'm sorry, maybe I'm mistaken. You're right it was more of a high pitched whiney scream, then you cried for your mother." George smirked at his comment.
Before the argument went any further, Stalker took the microphone back getting the camera off the two men. "Well there you have it. Our city's worst robbery took place right here. We can only wonder if the case will ever come to a close."
"UGGH! Turn that crap off!" An empty can of pop was thrown at the TV screen, which was quickly followed by the TV being turn off. "They're making us look like idiots..."
"They are not making us look like idiots." Domon looked at Sai. Ever since last night, Sai had been in a bad mood. Domon didn't know if it was because of the robbery, the mobsters coming in, or the fact he was saved by that thief girl.
Sai put his feet up on the table and folded his arms across his chest. He looked like a small child pouting about not getting what he wanted.
Domon gave a half smirk and then took a drink of his coffee. "So..." Domon asked after a moment. "Do..."
"I don't want to talk about it." Sai said quickly.
Domon's face fell a little. "Oh, come on! Grow up! So, we made a mistake! It happens a lot around here! Get use to it!"
"I'm never going to work this one off. I made a stupid mistake and if that..." Sai paused. "That... girl hadn't pushed me over, I'd be laying in a funeral home, instead of watching the news on how bad of a job we did."
"If I were you, I'd be feeling pretty lucky right now, kid. That thief might have been giving you a hard time, but as you said, she did save you back there." Domon took another sip of his coffee.
Sai made a face and looked at the ground. "Do you have to keep reminding me off that? I was there, I know what happened."
"Hey, you brought it up, I was just making conversation."
"Yeah well, remember, you promised not to tell my dad that detail. If he knew that happened, I'd never be put on a case again. I'll be permanently stuck behind a desk filling out damage reports and filing papers." Sai looked over at Domon, with a serious look on his face.
Domon looked down at his coffee cup without saying a word. He shook his head lightly and swirled the mug around. "They need to buy some better coffee for the rec. room this stuff tastes like dirt."
Sai frowned. "You promised you wouldn't say anything, Remember?"
"Yeah, I remember... and I haven't said a word."
Sai frown at the thought of his father finding out. He would never hear the end of it and never be given another chance. Last night, the look of his father still was in his head. It was a look of hurt and guilt. It pained Sai. His father didn't do anything wrong, but when he found out Sai had tried to fight the thief, he suddenly became angry.
"What were you thinking?! You could have blown the place up!" His father's words still rang in his ears. Sai gave a deep sigh and then looked out the window.
"Gotta watch your back during a time like this, Copper boy." He raised a brow at the words. Suddenly realizing he was thinking about that thief girl, he shook his head roughly and then looked at Domon.
Domon raised a brow and then looked around slightly. "What the hell was that all about?"
Sai gave a sheepish grin. "Nothing...just...just thinking."
***
"But sir! I must insist you think about it."
"That's enough, Raymond." George said calmly as he sipped some tea.
The older man looked at George and gave a frustrated sigh. "George, as your adviser and family friend, I am only thinking about your future."
George gave a half smile as his lips touched the teacup. "And pray-tell how does marriage fit into that again?"
"George! You're not getting any younger."
"That doesn't seem to have stopped you." George looked coolly up at the other man.
His mustache was neatly trimmed and his white grayish hair combed into place. "George..." Raymond gave a sigh.
"Raymond... marriage is a fool's paradise. It only causes more problems than fixes it." George took another sip of his tea and looked out at a bird that had landed on his balcony.
"Why do you think women are such trouble?" Raymond asked in an annoyed and yet confused way.
"Because my friend..." George stood up and walked over to his balcony to look at the city below. "Women ARE trouble. They always are up to something and I just don't have time for that."
"You barely have time for anything it seems."
George glanced slightly at Raymond and then looked back at the city. "You'd be surprised." George hurried towards the elevator as Raymond chased after him.
"Will you at least think of it? Sir? Please?"
"Not now Raymond, I have a meeting with Mr. Schwartz. I don't have time to talk about this."
Raymond almost ran to the man. "Just think about it please, if you married Marie Louise, not only would you be merging two wealthy and powerful families together, it would help our business and..."
"Raymond, for GOD sake! If I wanted to marry, Madame Louise would not be my first choice... hell she wouldn't even be near my list of women to choose from..." George hurried on. He was almost to the elevator when Raymond took hold of his arm and turned him around.
"George!" Raymond harshly called.
It caused George to turn and look at him. The two men looked at each other for a moment and George finally smiled and gave a sigh.
"Alright...I'll think about it, but I still do not see how it will help my future, any."
"Thank you, George. Just think about it."
George stepped into the elevator and rolled his eyes slightly. "I will...but not about Louise..."
Raymond's eyes went a little wide. "Just think about it. She's not that bad!" Raymond hollered as the doors shut. He looked at them for a long moment and gave a sigh. "No time for anything..."
***
Once out of the building George hurried down the sidewalk toward his car. He hadn't noticed the two brown haired girls walking toward him, nor did they notice him. Shortly after they collided with each other. George dropped a file he was carrying along with his wallet. "Why don't you watch where you're going?"
Jill ignored the businessman's question and helped Rachel up. "It's amazing how many people like to hog the whole sidewalk, isn't it Rachel?"
Back on her feet, Rachel dusted herself off and looked past Jill towards George. "Yes, some people are extremely rude." She noticed the folder on the ground and scooped it up. "What's this?"
George reached out and snatched it away from her. "It's private business, which means it's none of yours. Now if you excuse me I have a meeting to get to." He eyed Rachel quickly, there was something about her that seemed oddly familiar. Without giving it another thought, he turned and hurried past the girls to his car.
"He didn't even apologize. What a jerk." Jill commented as the car sped off down the road. From the corner of her eye, something caught her attention. "Hey, he dropped his wallet." Reaching down she picked it up and thumbed trough it. "How cheap, not even a dollar in this thing." She looked at Rachel. "I suppose we should take it to the police station, no reason for us to keep it. The guy will definitely report a missing wallet, wouldn't wanna get caught with it. What do you think?"
Rachel made a face as she looked to where the car had gone. Where had she seen that guy before? His hair, she turned to look at the wallet in Jill's hand and then took to from her. "Nice wallet...guy's got some dough. Must be a lawyer or something." She flipped the wallet over and noticed the letters G dS. That was rather odd looking. She looked down the street as if to see him but no, he was now gone. Suddenly something hit her. "I think that guy might have been at the party."
Jill took the wallet from Rachel. "You think? He might have been...lot of fancy smancy people were there."
Rachel looked at the wallet in Jill's hand. "Yeah, I think he might have..."
They looked at each other for a moment and then moved on.
***
"I can't believe we're doing this," Rachel said looking at the building in front of the girls.
"I wouldn't have come here by choice that's for sure." Jill replied.
They watched a few police men walk in and some walk out the front doors and an odd shiver ran down both their backs.
"Well..." Rachel said with a bored emotion. "Let's get this damn thing over with..."
Jill nodded and followed Rachel in. Both gave a secret prayer and took a deep breath.
Rachel walked up to the main desk and found a bell. She looked at Jill and raised a brow in a odd way but then dinged it.
"Well no one's in let's go." Jill turned sharply but was held back by Rachel's hand.
"Nice try but it didn't work," Rachel said calmly once more. Jill made a face and then turned to look at the front desk again.
Rachel looked around, frowned and then gave the bell another ding.
"Hold your horses, god..." A young man's voice called out to them.
Rachel looked to Jill and gave a smirk. "Doesn't he sound like he loves his job."
Both girls laughed slightly until the man came out to help them. Rachel made an odd face, but Jill gasped and turned away to look at something else.
"Can I help you?" Sai asked the two odd acting girls in front of him.
Jill looked down at the wallet in her hand and panicked. It just had to be the boy from last night, of all people. She couldn't look at him, with her glasses on, for face resembled what she looked like with her mask on. Nervously she began to tap her right foot and shake the hand the wallet wasn't in.
Sai raised a brow and looked past Rachel to the girl who seemed to twitching. "Uh... is your friend going to be okay?"
Rachel glanced over her shoulder and rolled her eyes. "Oh, come on! Would you get over here already? You look like you're hopped up on something. Stop spazzing and get over here!"
Jill glanced over at Rachel and gave a nervous laugh. "Uh, heh heh heh... Sorry about that, I um, just had an itch." She looked to the ground and scooted over to the desk.
"Yeah, okay. So how can I help you?" Sai leaned on the desk impatiently.
"Wallet." Jill held up George's wallet.
Sai gave her an odd look. "Yeah, that's a wallet." He glanced around confused.
Rachel made a face and tried not to laugh. Jill was making an embarrassment of herself, and it was very funny to watch.
Shaking her head Jill realized she was just standing there holding the wallet in the young officer's face. "I mean, Uh... I found a wallet, I looked for ID but there wasn't any inside." She held the wallet open. "It's empty period. There is a monogram on the back though." Flipping it over she added. "I thought I should bring it in, ya know, incase somebody reported a missing, um, wallet."
"Oh, well I can take care of that." Sai shrugged and took the wallet out of her hand. "I'll just fill out the form for missing items and that'll be it." He opened a drawer on the desk and pulled out a paper and pen. "Um, can you give me your name and a phone number you can be reached at. Many times people offer rewards for these things, so if whoever lost this does, we can get a hold of you."
Jill looked back at Rachel, before looking at Sai. "Well, don't worry about it, if they want to give a reward, just tell them to keep it. If they insist then, just keep the money and donate it to the station or something." She gave a nervous laugh.
Sai looked at her and shook his head lightly. "Well, I need at least a first name, you have to sign the form at the bottom."
There was an awkward silence before Jill spoke again. "Um, I, Jill. My name is Jill."
"Alright. See? that wasn't to hard. Please sign on the line at the bottom, Jill."
Taking the pen she quickly signed only her first name on the form then quickly handed it back to him.
He also signed the form and put it in the in/out box on the desk. "Thank you for bring that in."
Jill nodded and quickly turned grabbing Rachel's arm, dashing for the door. "Yeah yeah, see ya later Copper boy, Uh I mean... Ack!" She panicked and ran out the door dragging Rachel with her.
"Uh, bye?" Sai blinked and turned to walk back into the other room. Suddenly he paused and looked back at the door. "Did she just say? No, I'm just imagining things. I need a break." He shook his head and disappeared into station office.
***
The two girls hurried out the building and then looked at each other. Jill felt as if she was going to have a heart attack. Rachel took a breath to calm herself down and then laughed a little.
"What the hell is going on today? Are we going to run into EVERY single person we saw at the party?"
Jill frowned. "Oh sure joke! You're not the one who looks the same with your glasses on and..."
"Jill come down. You look completely different when you wear the mask. Don't worry about it." Rachel gave a smile, trying to cheer her friend up. "Don't worry about, trust me."
Jill rolled her eyes a little. "Oh sure...easy for you to say."
Rachel laughed and put her arm around Jill's shoulders and began to walk down the street. "Come on, I'll buy ya lunch."
Jill looked at Wong in shock. Did he? Did he really just say what she thought he said?
"I lost some of my men tonight ladies and there were cops everywhere." He said with a sickening calm voice. "Though I made sure all links were hidden, I am sure there are a few that Detective Saici will discover and find a way to stalk me once again." His voice rose a little.
"That was your own damn fault! Everything would have gone well if you wouldn't have sent your men IN!" Rachel shouted.
Jill had never seen Rachel so mad before.
Wong's voice rose a little more. "MY MEN HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR ERRORS!" His voice echoed in the room, it even caused Fist to jump a little.
Rachel and Wong glared at each other. A cold shiver ran down Jill's back. How could Rachel keep such a cool face when he acted like that? Rachel raised her hand and suddenly a red mark was on Wong's face. Jill gasped and Fist gulped.
Wong looked at Rachel for a long time. Very calmly he sat back down. "My word is final. Your contract will still be active and just for that little act... I'm adding another two years."
Rachel's mouth opened a little and a fire entered her eyes.
Jill took a step forward. "YOU CAN'T DO THAT!"
Wong didn't look away from Rachel. "Fist..." He calmly called.
Rachel turned to look at the large man with a surprised look.
Fist took a step forward and took hold of Jill. He held her firmly but Jill did take notice that he wasn't hurting her, at least yet.
Rachel turned sharply to look at Wong. "You have what you want, why can't you let us have what we want?" Rachel asked in a pleading voice. She went to her knees. "Please..." She softly begged.
A cruel smile came to Wong's face and he waved his hand to Fist. Fist let go of Jill and backed away a little. Wong then lend forward and took Rachel's face into his hand.
"But you still don't understand, my little bird..."He dug his nails into her cheek as an upset look came to his face. "I don't have everything I want...but if you would only, warm up to me, we could see about that contract...."
Rachel smacked his hand as she jerked her face away. She stood up quickly and backed up to Jill. She took Jill's hand and turned quickly.
"Rachel..." Wong hissed slightly.
She stopped but did not look at him. "You know where to find us...don't call unless there's a job..." Rachel walked quickly out the door pulling Jill with her.
Jill firmly stood her ground and pulled her arm away from Rachel. With an angry look on her face, she stormed back into the office. She had never spoken out before; fearing it would get Rachel in trouble along with jeopardizing their contract and safety. "I know what this is about, Wong."
Rachel turned to look at her friend. Jill had never referred to their boss by his name; she had always just said sir.
"Do you now? When then, why don't you tell me what this is all about then, Jill." Wong leaned back in his chair and drummed his fingers on his desk.
Jill spoke in a serious tone. "It's about that cop, isn't it? The one I helped. So one damn kid didn't get shot! Who cares? We brought back all the crap you wanted. You have it; you're now the richest man in the city for sure. So you can take your damn contract and shove it! Find someone else to play your games. I quit." She turned away from the desk and started toward the door. Glancing over her shoulder she added, "Oh, one more thing... Rot in Hell you son of a bitch!"
Before either girl could leave though an odd laughter filled the room. It caused both to look at Wong. He was laughing? Why?
"Oh, my little Jill..." Wong laughed as he mocked her. "You think you know it all..." He stood up, slamming his fist on the desk. "I would hold your tongue if I were you!" He shouted.
Rachel and Jill both sneered at the man.
"You'll quit when I tell you to and you'll do as I say until then." He said in an odd tone. "We wouldn't want something to happen to our fair and lovely city because of you two."
Rachel looked at Wong. What did he mean?
Wong gave an odd smile. "Maybe the next time you two decided to play with remotes...they really WILL cause something to go...boom." He made a face and then began to laugh again.
Rachel looked at Jill. What could they do? Without saying another word, they turned to the exit and left the run down building.
Once outside, Jill let out an angry scream. "I just want to kill that guy! Rip that greasy ponytail right off the back of his head! One of these days, I'm going to march into the room and tear him limb from limb!"
Rachel shook her head and took her friend by the arm. "I know, trust me, I know. Come on though, let's just get out of this dump."
Jill took a deep breath and nodded. "Yeah, let's go before he adds even more time to that contract."
Silently they turned away from the sleazy restaurant and walked off down the street.
***
"After two hours of a struggle, the officers were able to rescue all the hostages, and capture many of the men who broke in to the museum. However the identity of the two young women who first started the hostage situation could not be found. Police are on the look out for two young women, both with brownish hair and around the age of 19 to 30, though one may have been younger. If anyone has information on these two women, please, call right away to the Gundarium Police Department at 1-833-9433-2398." The news reporter stood in front of the museum. She turned to look at three men standing next to her. "Now I'll turn it over to my co-report, Mr. William Stalker."
Stalker nodded to the camera and looked at the man to his left. "We have here with us two eye witnesses from yesterday evening. First we have a comment from Mr. Crocket. Please, tell us what happened last night."
Chibodee smiled and took the microphone. "Well as soon as those two ladies busted through the roof, I knew that there was going to be trouble. They had the police eating out of their hands. Of course the first thing I though of was making sure all the women, I mean um, guests were safe. I was just about to jump at the girl with remote, she claimed would blow the place up, those mobsters busted it. Being the courageous guy I am..." He was cut off as the other man standing next to him interjected a comment.
"You dove under a table and cried for your mommy, mumbling something about being to handsome to die." George rolled his eyes and looked the camera. "Honestly, the whole thing was quite unexpected. I'm just glad that no one was hurt badly. I have to say though, the two women who broke in originally obviously knew what they were doing. The threads they made basically left the officers unable to stop them. Nobody knew if they really did have a remote that would blow up the museum or not. If the mobsters hadn't broken in, I believe this event would not have been as bad as it was."
Chibodee shot a glare at George. "I did NOT cry for my mommy."
"Oh I'm sorry, maybe I'm mistaken. You're right it was more of a high pitched whiney scream, then you cried for your mother." George smirked at his comment.
Before the argument went any further, Stalker took the microphone back getting the camera off the two men. "Well there you have it. Our city's worst robbery took place right here. We can only wonder if the case will ever come to a close."
"UGGH! Turn that crap off!" An empty can of pop was thrown at the TV screen, which was quickly followed by the TV being turn off. "They're making us look like idiots..."
"They are not making us look like idiots." Domon looked at Sai. Ever since last night, Sai had been in a bad mood. Domon didn't know if it was because of the robbery, the mobsters coming in, or the fact he was saved by that thief girl.
Sai put his feet up on the table and folded his arms across his chest. He looked like a small child pouting about not getting what he wanted.
Domon gave a half smirk and then took a drink of his coffee. "So..." Domon asked after a moment. "Do..."
"I don't want to talk about it." Sai said quickly.
Domon's face fell a little. "Oh, come on! Grow up! So, we made a mistake! It happens a lot around here! Get use to it!"
"I'm never going to work this one off. I made a stupid mistake and if that..." Sai paused. "That... girl hadn't pushed me over, I'd be laying in a funeral home, instead of watching the news on how bad of a job we did."
"If I were you, I'd be feeling pretty lucky right now, kid. That thief might have been giving you a hard time, but as you said, she did save you back there." Domon took another sip of his coffee.
Sai made a face and looked at the ground. "Do you have to keep reminding me off that? I was there, I know what happened."
"Hey, you brought it up, I was just making conversation."
"Yeah well, remember, you promised not to tell my dad that detail. If he knew that happened, I'd never be put on a case again. I'll be permanently stuck behind a desk filling out damage reports and filing papers." Sai looked over at Domon, with a serious look on his face.
Domon looked down at his coffee cup without saying a word. He shook his head lightly and swirled the mug around. "They need to buy some better coffee for the rec. room this stuff tastes like dirt."
Sai frowned. "You promised you wouldn't say anything, Remember?"
"Yeah, I remember... and I haven't said a word."
Sai frown at the thought of his father finding out. He would never hear the end of it and never be given another chance. Last night, the look of his father still was in his head. It was a look of hurt and guilt. It pained Sai. His father didn't do anything wrong, but when he found out Sai had tried to fight the thief, he suddenly became angry.
"What were you thinking?! You could have blown the place up!" His father's words still rang in his ears. Sai gave a deep sigh and then looked out the window.
"Gotta watch your back during a time like this, Copper boy." He raised a brow at the words. Suddenly realizing he was thinking about that thief girl, he shook his head roughly and then looked at Domon.
Domon raised a brow and then looked around slightly. "What the hell was that all about?"
Sai gave a sheepish grin. "Nothing...just...just thinking."
***
"But sir! I must insist you think about it."
"That's enough, Raymond." George said calmly as he sipped some tea.
The older man looked at George and gave a frustrated sigh. "George, as your adviser and family friend, I am only thinking about your future."
George gave a half smile as his lips touched the teacup. "And pray-tell how does marriage fit into that again?"
"George! You're not getting any younger."
"That doesn't seem to have stopped you." George looked coolly up at the other man.
His mustache was neatly trimmed and his white grayish hair combed into place. "George..." Raymond gave a sigh.
"Raymond... marriage is a fool's paradise. It only causes more problems than fixes it." George took another sip of his tea and looked out at a bird that had landed on his balcony.
"Why do you think women are such trouble?" Raymond asked in an annoyed and yet confused way.
"Because my friend..." George stood up and walked over to his balcony to look at the city below. "Women ARE trouble. They always are up to something and I just don't have time for that."
"You barely have time for anything it seems."
George glanced slightly at Raymond and then looked back at the city. "You'd be surprised." George hurried towards the elevator as Raymond chased after him.
"Will you at least think of it? Sir? Please?"
"Not now Raymond, I have a meeting with Mr. Schwartz. I don't have time to talk about this."
Raymond almost ran to the man. "Just think about it please, if you married Marie Louise, not only would you be merging two wealthy and powerful families together, it would help our business and..."
"Raymond, for GOD sake! If I wanted to marry, Madame Louise would not be my first choice... hell she wouldn't even be near my list of women to choose from..." George hurried on. He was almost to the elevator when Raymond took hold of his arm and turned him around.
"George!" Raymond harshly called.
It caused George to turn and look at him. The two men looked at each other for a moment and George finally smiled and gave a sigh.
"Alright...I'll think about it, but I still do not see how it will help my future, any."
"Thank you, George. Just think about it."
George stepped into the elevator and rolled his eyes slightly. "I will...but not about Louise..."
Raymond's eyes went a little wide. "Just think about it. She's not that bad!" Raymond hollered as the doors shut. He looked at them for a long moment and gave a sigh. "No time for anything..."
***
Once out of the building George hurried down the sidewalk toward his car. He hadn't noticed the two brown haired girls walking toward him, nor did they notice him. Shortly after they collided with each other. George dropped a file he was carrying along with his wallet. "Why don't you watch where you're going?"
Jill ignored the businessman's question and helped Rachel up. "It's amazing how many people like to hog the whole sidewalk, isn't it Rachel?"
Back on her feet, Rachel dusted herself off and looked past Jill towards George. "Yes, some people are extremely rude." She noticed the folder on the ground and scooped it up. "What's this?"
George reached out and snatched it away from her. "It's private business, which means it's none of yours. Now if you excuse me I have a meeting to get to." He eyed Rachel quickly, there was something about her that seemed oddly familiar. Without giving it another thought, he turned and hurried past the girls to his car.
"He didn't even apologize. What a jerk." Jill commented as the car sped off down the road. From the corner of her eye, something caught her attention. "Hey, he dropped his wallet." Reaching down she picked it up and thumbed trough it. "How cheap, not even a dollar in this thing." She looked at Rachel. "I suppose we should take it to the police station, no reason for us to keep it. The guy will definitely report a missing wallet, wouldn't wanna get caught with it. What do you think?"
Rachel made a face as she looked to where the car had gone. Where had she seen that guy before? His hair, she turned to look at the wallet in Jill's hand and then took to from her. "Nice wallet...guy's got some dough. Must be a lawyer or something." She flipped the wallet over and noticed the letters G dS. That was rather odd looking. She looked down the street as if to see him but no, he was now gone. Suddenly something hit her. "I think that guy might have been at the party."
Jill took the wallet from Rachel. "You think? He might have been...lot of fancy smancy people were there."
Rachel looked at the wallet in Jill's hand. "Yeah, I think he might have..."
They looked at each other for a moment and then moved on.
***
"I can't believe we're doing this," Rachel said looking at the building in front of the girls.
"I wouldn't have come here by choice that's for sure." Jill replied.
They watched a few police men walk in and some walk out the front doors and an odd shiver ran down both their backs.
"Well..." Rachel said with a bored emotion. "Let's get this damn thing over with..."
Jill nodded and followed Rachel in. Both gave a secret prayer and took a deep breath.
Rachel walked up to the main desk and found a bell. She looked at Jill and raised a brow in a odd way but then dinged it.
"Well no one's in let's go." Jill turned sharply but was held back by Rachel's hand.
"Nice try but it didn't work," Rachel said calmly once more. Jill made a face and then turned to look at the front desk again.
Rachel looked around, frowned and then gave the bell another ding.
"Hold your horses, god..." A young man's voice called out to them.
Rachel looked to Jill and gave a smirk. "Doesn't he sound like he loves his job."
Both girls laughed slightly until the man came out to help them. Rachel made an odd face, but Jill gasped and turned away to look at something else.
"Can I help you?" Sai asked the two odd acting girls in front of him.
Jill looked down at the wallet in her hand and panicked. It just had to be the boy from last night, of all people. She couldn't look at him, with her glasses on, for face resembled what she looked like with her mask on. Nervously she began to tap her right foot and shake the hand the wallet wasn't in.
Sai raised a brow and looked past Rachel to the girl who seemed to twitching. "Uh... is your friend going to be okay?"
Rachel glanced over her shoulder and rolled her eyes. "Oh, come on! Would you get over here already? You look like you're hopped up on something. Stop spazzing and get over here!"
Jill glanced over at Rachel and gave a nervous laugh. "Uh, heh heh heh... Sorry about that, I um, just had an itch." She looked to the ground and scooted over to the desk.
"Yeah, okay. So how can I help you?" Sai leaned on the desk impatiently.
"Wallet." Jill held up George's wallet.
Sai gave her an odd look. "Yeah, that's a wallet." He glanced around confused.
Rachel made a face and tried not to laugh. Jill was making an embarrassment of herself, and it was very funny to watch.
Shaking her head Jill realized she was just standing there holding the wallet in the young officer's face. "I mean, Uh... I found a wallet, I looked for ID but there wasn't any inside." She held the wallet open. "It's empty period. There is a monogram on the back though." Flipping it over she added. "I thought I should bring it in, ya know, incase somebody reported a missing, um, wallet."
"Oh, well I can take care of that." Sai shrugged and took the wallet out of her hand. "I'll just fill out the form for missing items and that'll be it." He opened a drawer on the desk and pulled out a paper and pen. "Um, can you give me your name and a phone number you can be reached at. Many times people offer rewards for these things, so if whoever lost this does, we can get a hold of you."
Jill looked back at Rachel, before looking at Sai. "Well, don't worry about it, if they want to give a reward, just tell them to keep it. If they insist then, just keep the money and donate it to the station or something." She gave a nervous laugh.
Sai looked at her and shook his head lightly. "Well, I need at least a first name, you have to sign the form at the bottom."
There was an awkward silence before Jill spoke again. "Um, I, Jill. My name is Jill."
"Alright. See? that wasn't to hard. Please sign on the line at the bottom, Jill."
Taking the pen she quickly signed only her first name on the form then quickly handed it back to him.
He also signed the form and put it in the in/out box on the desk. "Thank you for bring that in."
Jill nodded and quickly turned grabbing Rachel's arm, dashing for the door. "Yeah yeah, see ya later Copper boy, Uh I mean... Ack!" She panicked and ran out the door dragging Rachel with her.
"Uh, bye?" Sai blinked and turned to walk back into the other room. Suddenly he paused and looked back at the door. "Did she just say? No, I'm just imagining things. I need a break." He shook his head and disappeared into station office.
***
The two girls hurried out the building and then looked at each other. Jill felt as if she was going to have a heart attack. Rachel took a breath to calm herself down and then laughed a little.
"What the hell is going on today? Are we going to run into EVERY single person we saw at the party?"
Jill frowned. "Oh sure joke! You're not the one who looks the same with your glasses on and..."
"Jill come down. You look completely different when you wear the mask. Don't worry about it." Rachel gave a smile, trying to cheer her friend up. "Don't worry about, trust me."
Jill rolled her eyes a little. "Oh sure...easy for you to say."
Rachel laughed and put her arm around Jill's shoulders and began to walk down the street. "Come on, I'll buy ya lunch."