As said, Alexander appeared in front of her home at 12. Waiting for his little partner, an unknown excitement filled him which he couldn't ignore. The more he waited, the more impatient he grew.
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต? ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต. ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด !
Alexander groaned in his mind, tired of waiting. He leaned towards his car to look at the vast infinite blue that hovered above him. The thin clouds drifted apart, presenting the beautiful sky. For the first time, he observed how bright it was.
As if the sky spoke out to him, knowing all of his thoughts, dreams and darkest fears. There was never a time when he could gaze at this beauty. Life had crashed in and destroyed everything.
With water-soaked clothes and tear-streaked eyes, returning home with the knowledge that life had no mercy. A home which awaited none. Life washes over those who expect it the least. A tear slipped through his eyes as he thought of those loneliest memories.
The very next moment, he felt a presence behind him. A feeling as if someone was near him, but there was no one. He calmed his mind, thinking it could be down to his brain trying to make sense of conflicting information.
He cursed under his breath that Cassandra could come sooner. But indeed there was no sign of her. He felt as if a needle pricked his neck, which made him more agitated. He turned around to witness a pair of black eyes staring at him.
Suddenly, the air was pierced by a high pitched scream in close proximity that made everyone step back in a combination of surprise, shock and horror. He looked at the weird-eyed bird standing on top of his car, still staring at him.
Cassandra came out only to receive gawks from the people around. She saw the entire picture from her window with pursed lips unable to control her laugh.
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ
She had a bashful smile and mouthed " I don't know him "
She left a sigh when everyone resumed. " That's a Potoo, Advocate Morris."
" A what? That creature has a name? It might end up being a trauma for me. " Clutching his chest with both hands, he tried to chase away the bird which was still watching him with tilted head.
Cassandra suppressed her laugh like an old water faucet at the sight before her that was rare to be witnessed. After a long chortling, she struck her hands together in a loud clap which drove the bird away.
" How about we get into action? "
" You said you didn't know me a few minutes ago. Now who are you ? "
His squinted eyes made her burst into a series of laughter again. Alexander huffed in annoyance since this wasn't what he actually planned. Cassandra sat down in the passenger seat of his car.
" You coming? Or should I go? "
His legs moved on their own towards the car while he was deep in thoughts.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ?
" So where to? " He asked, adjusting his seatbelt and took a look at his phone.
" Abigail's office. I need to collect those files first." She casually rested on the seat knowing the choice they both would create.
" I can't ask why, but still why!!! "
" Starting ? " She gave a quick stare at him, responding with a nod.
Silence filled the car as they set out. It wasn't a matter where both didn't know what to speak. But instead, they were in their own world. While Cassandra was praying that the file shouldn't match with the accident she went through, Alexander was trying to detect the feeling in his heart with eyes fixated on the road.
Abigail waved at them, seeing their arrival. Cassandra's nervousness was far from being hidden by Abigail after peeking at those files. Alexander was still inside the car glaring at her and that was completely ignored.
" Took a day, but still got it. I didn't go through it, so if you need any help let me know. "
She noted every moment of hers. Not that she suspected her, but that was a part of her profession. She lied about not checking those files and, of course, no one could ever trust an outsider truly. She saw Cassandra's family data detailed in the directory.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด 16 ๐บ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ, ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ช๐ณ๐ญ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ. ๐๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด? ๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐น ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ค๐ณ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด, ๐ช๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ช๐ข. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ.
" Ah.. yes ! Thanks for your hard work on this Abi. You've been busy with many suits and you went through the trouble of looking for this. " She clutched the files against her as she spoke with a strained smile.
" Oii...What's this formality for? There isn't anything like that between friends. " She put a hand over Cassandra's shoulder with a grin.
" Friends? "
" Hmm...You don't have any? " Cassandra was silent at that question.
๐๐ช๐ฅ ๐? ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ. ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ช๐ค !
She looked at Abigail as the word ' Friend ' came out of her lips. She smiled with a nod. " I have one now. "
Alexander found himself smiling at her.
๐๐ฉ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ด๐ข๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐บ ๐ด๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ? ๐๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ? ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด? ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ป๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ. ๐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ.
" Oh..this old nomad is with you? How sad ! He was invisible to me. " Abigail bent down to the window for a better view of Alexander.
" Yo ! Subway fighter. Running for thug errands? "
" My... My... You knew it ? Want to help? No why even ask. You surely want to know how my thug errand is going on . "
" Nooo...Pleaseeeee... You heard it wrong ! " Alexander was being pulled out of his car in a matter of seconds.
Cassandra face slapped herself at the duo. There was never a peaceful moment where they wouldn't fight and people wouldn't throw weird stares.
" Look, detective Abigail, I don't want to be in any situation with you that includes embarrassment. Because I've already reached its peak. "
" I swear it doesn't look good." Abiagail had an awful look on her face as she took her hands off his collar.
" What doesn't look good? me ? "
" Speaking like a gentleman when you are not. It hurts. "
" You.....Hah ! Cassandra, do you think I'm not a gentleman ? " He turned towards Cassandra, who seemed to be enjoying the scene.
" I plead guilty "
" I see, you both are on the same boat. I feel left out. Dear heavens ! " He made a dramatic cry as he raised his hands.
" I repeat it doesn't suit you, Mr. Lawyer. "
Cassandra was done with both them. She let a heavy sigh thinking about the remaining work with Alexander. She was surely going to deal with the annoying and dramatic lawyer she could ever see.
" Woaahhh ! So you both had a little warm up? Now time to work. ! " She yawned at their stares.
" Then, its time for a disperse. Even if the world stops us from uniting, we will definitely meet under that pale moonlight "
Cassandra threw a nervous laugh at her actions. She was getting used to her new atmosphere around them. Even though she never expected a life where she could have this joy. She was happy that she could have this least happiness.
" I won't allow that reuniting. She's mine ! "
The two gazed at Alexander in disbelief. While Abigail couldn't digest his words on the other hand Cassandra was far than being able to listen anything more.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ? ๐๐ข๐ช๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต? ๐๐ข๐ด ๐ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต? ๐๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐น? ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฏ๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ข๐ค๐ต ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ? ๐๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ช๐ฐ๐ต
Abigail processed all the thoughts alternatively staring at them. She tip-toed from the two figures staring at each other.
" I-I meant she is working with me.. so we..she..uh - Abigail? " Alexander's explanation was left behind with Abigail's disappearance.
" S-She went? Ahaha...She might have been in a hurry. L-Let's go then . "