Fulfilled

The Next Day

"Hey girl." She picked up the phone with a bright smile.

"Gosh, Rory, I have missed you so so much.." A sweet voice said on the other line.

"Hmm.. that's something I know I can boast of." Aurora giggled as she used her right shoulder to hold the phone to her right ear to put on her pants.

"And how has my sweetheart been doing?" Claire asked.

"She's been good." Aurora chuckled, and her hand took the role of holding the phone from her shoulder.

She placed her hand in her pocket and picked up the newspaper from the table.

Although she wasn't a fan of reading newspapers, it happened to be a special delivery at the hotel for its customers, so she decided to check it out.

"So have you heard from Karl?" 

'That idiot!' Aurora frowned slightly, hearing her question.

"Why should I want to hear from him?" She asked with irritation clear in her tone.

She continued to scan the newspaper and figured that it revolved around the current happenings of the city.

"Do you know that he is getting married next week?" Claire said, not knowing that Aurora was absent-minded.

"Hmm.. good for him," Aurora replied, not paying attention to her words.

She flipped the page, and the contents on it shocked her to bits.

'De'Marco Enterprises In Urgent Search Of An Assistant For The CEO' was the header of the article.

She turned to the picture of the fine-looking man, and her jaw nearly dropped.

"Hello, Aurora. Are you there?" Claire asked, but there was no reply from Aurora as she was busy studying the face of the man in a black suit and a black hat that suited his mafia demeanor.

She realized that the man in the picture was no other than the man she met the night before at the bar.

Standing there, she realized that her mission was becoming a lot easier for her, but first, she would have to find out more about the piece of metal so she could know if it was what she was looking for whenever she found it.

But most especially to know why it is called the blood coin..

Was it hazardous, or was the government just up to something?

Or could it be both?

'And don't you dare expose this company if you are caught unless you'll never be able to come rescue you.' 

She remembered her boss's words.

Firstly, she didn't understand why on earth her boss believed so much that she would be caught and why he threatened her not to expose them.

Plus, using the word expose?..

Like the government was a criminal...

"Claire, can I call you back, please," Aurora said and hung up before Claire could even reply.

She kept the phone gently on the bed and positioned herself well on the sofa to read the news and carefully commit the man's features to memory so she would know whether it was him whenever she saw him.

Seeing that he was in search of an assistant, an idea popped into her head, and she smiled sheepishly.

She walked over to her wardrobe to get her bag and coat.

Firstly, she would have to obtain her fake documents, such as a national ID card, resume, and certificates.

And she knew just where to get it.

She picked up her cell phone and rushed out of the room, carrying her pair of glasses and her bag, which she slung across her left shoulder to her right waist like a cross bag. She walked calmly and dramatically as if she were going to win a war.

She had dyed her scarlet hair black, but she still looked breathtakingly beautiful.

As she walked out of the elevator, she noticed a spy who was trying to blend in with the crowd in the hotel's lobby. However, what he didn't know was that she could spot a spy at any time, as she was one herself.

She walked towards the exit after submitting her card, and he followed her slowly.

She watched his movement with the corner of her left eye and walked calmly as though she didn't know she was being stalked.

Once she was out of the hotel building, she walked over to the phone booth as if she wanted to make a call, but she continued to study his every move with the corner of her eye.

Waiting for the slighted distraction to take place so she could make a run for it.

She picked up the telephone and acted as though she was on a call, but her senses didn't miss, not even a slight move of his body.

The universe heard her prayers, and there was a sudden parade going on outside the hotel.

So many people gathered to watch the happenings, and it turned out that two men who were arguing were now trying hard to kill themselves while some other men carefully wanted to separate them.

Aurora watched the spy, and he had already gotten distracted by the commotion, so she took the opportunity to run for it and boarded a taxi to Vincent Street immediately.

She continuously looked behind her for any sight of the spy as the driver drove at a normal speed to her destination.

But she wished he could drive a lot faster. However, it was a busy road so that offices would be vigilant for any overspeeding vehicles.

After twenty more minutes, the taxi got to Vincent Street, and she purposely didn't let it take her to her exact destination; instead, she stopped at a filling station and walked through the back to meet with her friend and colleague, Jamal.

He was an expert trader, hacker, and fraudster who could hack into any software and fraud, even the wisest man on earth. 

Moreover, he could create fake identity cards and certificates, which was precisely what she needed.

She walked into the large building and to the attendant's desk.

"Sorry, is the tenant in apartment 104 home?" She asked politely.

"Wait let me check." The attendant replied and bent her head down to look into a booklet.

"Okay.." Aurora replied with a slight smile as she narrowed her cat eyes through her surroundings.

"Yes, he's up in his apartment." The attendant replied with a smile finally after two minutes of checking the booklet.

"Okay, I'll go up to see him now." Aurora returned the smile and walked towards the stairs, where she sighted the spy from the large window in the lobby and rushed up immediately.

She burst into the apartment in haste and didn't forget to knock.

"Hey.." A middle, well-built man in his thirties screamed as she rushed in.

He had a woman with him on the bed, which made Aurora's face flush slightly.

"Sorry but I really need to speak with you, Jamal." She said as she tried to maintain her seriousness.

He sent the whore off and stood to put on his pants, and Aurora turned away to give him some privacy.

"Oh, do you can turn away now?" He sneered as he put on his pants.

Aurora chuckled and turned back as soon as he was done.

"You wanted to speak to me?." He sat back on a sofa as he oversaw Aurora.

"I need your help."

Her words made his eyebrows join together slightly.

"For?" He was curious to hear her words, as they were getting him slightly agitated.

"I need some fake documents and ID card." Aurora blurted out.

He sneered again and replied with a cheeky smile, "How much you got?"

"I haven't got much, but 2500 will do, yeah?"

"Yeah that's fair enough." He shinned out his barely brushed teeth.

"So let's get to it." He said and went over to his work side at a corner in the room.

"Sir." He placed a stool for her to sit on and held a camera in front of her face after she sat down.

He took a picture and got it printed out, then he began forging the card with every detail necessary.

"What name?" He turned to Aurora.

"How about Bailey Brooke?" She asked.

"A question with a question, how nice.." He sneered and imprinted the name 'Bailey Brooke' on the card.

Aurora giggled slightly and decided to tease him.

"Says the man who I just met with a whore."

He turned to her with a warning glance, " You, you are really so fearless to rush into my apartment like that." He frowned and turned back to his work.

"There you go, I changed your age too." 

"To what?" Aurora asked as she took a glance at him.

"23." He replied.

Aurora shook her head in rejection and said. "I don't like that, change it. Infact make another I don't like this one." She cunningly put the card into her pocket.

"I'll trash it on my way out."

Jamal rolled his eyes, not reading any meaning to what she did.

He prepared another.

"Hannah Jason, 27 years old. That okay?" He asked.

Aurora nodded in acceptance and took the card.

"Let's get in to the certificates." Aurora replied and paused for a while to think.

"I think a Canadian university can do. Don't let it be a famous university." She continued.

Jamal nodded and got to work, and before an hour got exhausted, he was all done.

"There you go. Now pay up!" He ordered after handing her the documents. Then she placed it into her bag.

"Thanks so much; you are the best brother I ever had." Aurora said and blew him a kiss, accompanied by a slight chuckle.

"You talk like it is free." He hissed, and she wrote him a cheque while she stroked her head repeatedly.

She handed him the cheque and got up immediately after remembering that the spy must be close enough to the building.

"I'll be off now." She walked to the door but then sighted a large scarf on the hanger

"Can I borrow this, please?" she picked it up, too, took off her coat, and folded it into her bag.

She wrapped the scarf around her body, making sure it covered the bag. Then she took off her glasses and also kept them in her bag.

Jamal ignored her and went to carefully keep the cheque in his bag as Aurora shut the door behind her.

She walked out of the building and immediately got into a cab, watching the spy waiting patiently for her to emerge.

She smiled slightly as she knew that her plan had walked out. The spy, not knowing that she had left already, was still waiting for her to come out of the building like a stupid statue with his black eyeglasses.

She looked out of the window in the back seat of the taxi, feeling fulfilled that she had won the game.