Obsession

Chapter 31

19:20

They're about 10 minutes out from Lawrence's office, or whatever address he sent Matteo.

For the past 37 minutes, not a single soul in that car has uttered a word. No music, no talking, no humming, not even any tapping. Not to each other at least.

A good portion of the time spent in that car Aniyah has been on FaceTime with her newly found friend, Pritisha. They were giggling and laughing, Aniyah suggested that they watch the movie together if she can watch it through her phone. Of course Pritisha agreed.

That came to an end when Pritisha's phone died and Aniyah had to scroll on her phone or stare out of the window to avoid any unwanted eye contact with Matteo.

Currently, she's laying her head on the window with her eyes closed. She's sleeping. Again.

Matteo takes a quick glance at her to make sure she's sleeping, he pulls up to the side of the road and steps out for moment.

Waiting for the phone to dial he checks again and she's still asleep.

"Jones." A man from the end of the call says, letting him know who it is.

"Hello Jones."

"Noah?"

"We both know that's not my real name. I'm around for a few days, doesn't mean I'll rain havoc as you like to say. But I will do my best." Matteo mentions, leaning against the car with the phone to his ear and his phone in his other hand.

"What do you want?"

"Word around says Antonio's truck got raided recently."

"That wasn't me, Noah." Jones utters quickly.

"Stop being scared, i'm not accusing you. I'm not going to do anything. I just want to know who did it, I have almost nothing to go off. I need it by 8." Matteo hangs up, not giving Jones a chance to reply.

Law

Law: Where are you?

+44520*09**125: Close, 8 minutes out

Law: Okay
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When he gets back in the car Aniyah is still fast asleep, thankfully. He pulls off, speeding down the road.

He arrives at Lawrence's office in 6 minutes, he closes the door behind him with the bag he made Aniyah carry in his hand. The force of him closing the door jolted Aniyah awake, which was his aim.

"Hm." She groans, wiping her eyes and opening the door.

She has to jog a little bit to catch up to him then speed walk because his strides are much longer than hers. He would usually slow down so he can walk with her but he doesn't feel like walking with her today, or at all.

Sliding through the crack in the door, after Matteo let go and didn't hold it, she's met with a flashy lobby. A nice long receptionist desk with professionally dressed women and men is the first thing she sees.

"Hello, what can I help you with?" One of the men at the desk asks Matteo.

"I have a meeting with Mr Johnson."

"Noah Anderson and Rebecca Monroe?" The man questions.

"Yes."

"You can follow my fellow colleagues." He nods, passing both them a visitor's pass.

Matteo and Aniyah follow one of the staff, she takes them to an elevator and scans her key fob to access the top floor. They pass empty glass offices until they reach a new section of the floor, the woman shows them to the door and knocks for them.