YOU'RE NOT ISRAEL, ARE YOU?

I walked into the room, my free hand holding the end of my cigarette.

Knife, Ginny and Sienna were waiting for me. They all looked up as I walked in.

I didn't wait for anyone. I began talking. " Alright, everyone listen up. I arranged for this meeting cause we're on a special mission."

I paused to let that sink into their skulls. When no one answered, I proceeded.

To Ginny, I asked, " what've you got for me, Ginny?"

Ginny had grown thinner. I could tell the snow made her that way. Still, Ginny wasn't the type to go less attractive. She was always attractive wether thin, fat or slim.

Ginny crushed her cigarette. She was seated beside the window. " Nothing special. I showed knife Nagisa's home. Her family are made up of numerous families all together. Uncles, grandparents, aunties, cousins and so on. It's an extended family. They're scattered across Japan. Nagisa lives with her Uncle. She works as a geisha at her uncle's Chashitsu."

I frowned. " What's a Chashitsu?"

" A Cha