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Eleven years later…Zoe’s POVEverything was in order. I checked myself in the mirror one last time and bit back a hiss before I picked up my bed and car keys. I locked the front door behind me and made my way to my car. I adjusted my seat, and rearview mirror and drove out of the drive-through. The clock in the car said that the time was a quarter before seven. I was going to be early as he had ordered. The drive to the Everett building would take about twenty minutes which gave me time to go through the details. I could not afford to miss a thing.I entered the parking lot and parked my car. It pulled down the mirror to access my face. Satisfied, I picked up my bag and made my way inside the building. I had been here a lot of times; for the interview and other things I had been called for. The Everett building was a modern glass cube. A skyscraper, more like, with white walls and black floors, a high ceiling and a tall glass staircase leading up to the well-maintained, clean and gle
Zoe's POVLouis gave me time to get 'accustomed' to my new office which was situated beside his. It had a door that led directly into his office. I didn't think much of it until I stepped into my office. I cursed under my breath and rolled my eyes. The room had its wall painted a dark green and had a leather sofa. It had beige tiles and ugly jade curtains, I was pretty sure that any other person would insist it was not bad but not me. My childhood memories consisted too much of my stepfather coming home and puking in the house or on the steps. The colour was a sickening green shade that stuck with me. Now, even at the age of twenty-six, green reminded me of vomit. If I concentrated enough on it, I could smell it and I had stupidly told Louis this. And to add to my list of problems was the fact that the office was not even tidy. The next few hours were hectic, to say the least. But it was nothing compared to what I was used to.The former Assistant must have been a very disorganised p
Louis' POVI finished signing the last bit of paperwork I had left. I checked the watch to see that the clock had just struck seven. It was time to retire for the day. Today was different from the hollowness I had grown accustomed to. Today was interesting. It had not gone the way I had wanted it to go. I pulled open my table drawer and pulled out her file. I opened it and scanned its contents. The résumé was impressive. I had always caught myself wondering where she disappeared to that night she had come to my doorstep. She had always been the type to never give up but not even that could make me forget what her mother had done. In crutches and drenched from the rain, I had slammed the door in her face. On the tenth anniversary of my father's disappearance, my mum had a breakdown after seeing her again. I saw her too, in a car. I found out she had a good job and dared to be living well. She was the object of my anger after that. At least I had something to take my mind off of my Jen
I waited for the bell. His bell. The bell he had been using to summon me to his office. The general consensus was probably that office/desk jobs were relatively boringSince you hardly ever get off your seat but Louis and his bell begged so much to differ. Throughout the day, I had not had a moment's rest. Every second the cringing scream of the bell would slash through the air and raise me from from or from whatever I had been preoccupied with beforeAt some point, I had waited about six times contemporaneously. He had raised his head deliberately slow to look at me and quirked a dark brow in question. I thought better of explaining myself to him and left instead. He wanted me to regret getting hired, that much I knew. But even this had too damn petty for a grown man. But the ringing had ceased miraculously after a particular visitor had arrived and entered his office. I had only caught a glimpse of him as he had entered Louis' office. I didn't know yet what it was but something ab
Louis' POVI stepped into my office again after accompanying Victor. I stalked to my desk. My pulse raced beneath my skin as I held back every urge to walk into her office and do something that I might regret. I sat in my chair and sagged against it. The past few months have been a rollercoaster. After my discovery about the company that could ruin everything I had ever worked for. I got more information from the man with ears everywhere, the viper. He led me to Victor. Victor had been an unlikely ally during my time of need in the past and again he had proven useful. He had helped me bubble more things up to the surface. And now I knew that no one else was to blame other than Agatha Carter. Now, Zoe's motives were clear. I often found myself wondering why the hell she would have come to my company for a job after everything. I wanted so badly to believe that I had killed so much of her spirit. That I had broken her down well enough but deep down, I was not that delusional. Zoe was p
Zoe's POV The next day was usually but I could sense more tension than before. It was though he was radiating heat, his eyes seemed darker and irritation pitched his tone. He could not have had a worse night than I did, I mused to myself. I placed some documents which he had asked for on his desk and pivoted on my heel and stalked towards the exit. "Miss Pierce," I turn back to face him. "Yes?" Silence reigned in the office and despite its expanse, it felt cramped. When he did speak, his tone was not void with apparent hostility. In contrast, it seemed to lace every word. "Why are you really doing this?" he asked but it sounded as though he already had a good idea why. Bile rose in my throat at the thought. had I in some way blown my cover? I ran a quick comb in my mind over my actions since the mission had started, trying to pick out the moment that I made some horrendous mistake. On the other hand, on the surface, I kept my expression carefully neutral. "Doing what, sir?" I ask
Zoe's POVThe day ended with the office's tension unsatiated. We could not look each other in the face. I left the office long after he did. I entered my car, feeling severely mentally drained. The radio was not an option, I had a headache that would only get worse. I had talked to my family for a while and I felt the guilt like a pang in my stomach. They would be so worried about me. I had to concentrate, knowing that once my mission was accomplished, we would have all the time in the world to bond. Of course until I would be dispatched for another mission. The road was fairly busy and the sun had completely bowed out. The night was brightened by the orange car lights. I arrived home about twenty minutes after I left the office. I switched off the engine and sighed deeply, I still had a report to make before I could finally snuffle up in bed. I froze. My heart rate quickened, my former exhaustion had vanished and given way to alertness. I opened my glove compartment and retrieved
Zoe's POVEverything after that was a blur. I called an ambulance and I rode at the back with the paramedics and called the authorities. The echoes of the sirens still rang in my mind. I held my head in my hands, my headache was doing way more that just ebbing now. Which only inhibited me futher from thinking. I fighting sleep, my head was heavy and my neck was about to snap. I knew if I had soon much needed sleep, when I woke I could be able to sort out the chaos of the last few hours. It just to to make sense of everything, my exhausted body was effectlively shutting down."I am looking for Regina," her last words kept replaying in my mind. It could not be a coincidence, her voice, her eyes and even the name of her daughter. It all fit right into my mother's profile. Had she just been lying about her name? Where the hell did she get the name from. Who was Catherine D'Amato? Even if she was my mother, how come she had not recognised me? Had so much time passed? At the thought, a pai