She's mine !

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.

𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵? 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘰𝘵. 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 !

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.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭

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.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳?

" 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.

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘢𝘴 16 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘰, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘤 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥. 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴? 𝘐𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳.

𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴, 𝘪𝘧 𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘢. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦.

" 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.

𝘋𝘪𝘥 𝘐? 𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 !

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.

𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘴𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦? 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰? 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴? 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘭 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘺.

" 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.

𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘦? 𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵? 𝘞𝘢𝘴 𝘐 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘊𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹? 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘯𝘰 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦. 𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭? 𝘖𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘥𝘪𝘰𝘵

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 . "