CITRUS ~ A Long Way From Home / Trust

Chapter 27

Day 4

<<Speaking English>>

<<Why the hell do you wanna see me for anyways?!>> said Aimes anxiously. <<We agreed never to have these talks here. Only at your place or mine.>>

<<Because I'm being watched all the time now>> said Mills in a calm manner. <<And I'm sure my calls are being checked out. They're trying to find out everything they can about what I've been up to.

<<It's only here in the building that I can move around without an escort. Right now, they think I'm taking a leak. So I have some time.>>

Yuzu sat quietly hiding under the conference table, listening to every word the two men were saying. She was afraid of making any kind of sound. Even her breathing was hard to keep quiet.

<<Whatever!>> snapped Aimes while fidgeting near the windows. <<Point is, I'm done with everything. Talking to you only digs me into a deeper hole I can't get out of.>>

<<Yeah! And that's only if people know we're talking. So SHUT UP!>> yelled Mills, which shocked Aimes, causing him to stand still.

The shouting almost made Yuzu jump up also, but she managed to control herself. She would give anything to be anywhere else instead of trapped in this room.

<<Now... I know that security talked to you. What'd you tell them?>> asked Mills.

<<Like what?>> asked Aimes. <<Like I'm supposed to tell them that I was the one who was helping you and your brother?>>

Yuzu gasped while listening to this, covering her mouth so they didn't hear her. 'Aimes was helping him with the Dultech thing?! Oh my god!' she thought.

'I need to tell Mei all this!' she thought as she tried harder to listen. But Mills and Aimes were talking too fast in English for her to understand everything they were saying.

Suddenly, she thought of her phone in her pocket.

<<Look>> said Aimes as he took a deep breath, <<they sat me down and asked me if I knew anything that you were up to...>>

Yuzu quick reached for her phone and hurried to open her camera to video. Then very slowly stuck half of it out, hoping it was enough to record what was going on.

Her hand was shaking, hoping that they didn't see her or her camera.

<<...They asked if I knew anything about Dultech, the money, your brother... and all I said was "no, I don't know anything". That's all.>> said Aimes.

<<Good, you kept your mouth shut>> said Mills. <<So now they're done with you.>>

<<Yeah, but what if they decide to check me out next?>> said Aimes. <<That Dultech file you hid in my computer is ripe for the taking.>>

<<There's no reason they should>> said Mills, still in a calm manner. <<All of our bases were covered a long time ago. That's why they don't know about that file, or who's been getting all those annual reports.>>

<<No, you mean they don't know it's ME who's been getting those annual reports!>> exclamed Aimes with a nervous tone. <<I've been covering your ass all these years, and all because you said I'd get something out of it.>>