Insanity of Past Transgressions

27. Carter.

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm here on official business. Now dont ruff up the boys too badly they are police after all."

She squinted her eyes at his comment. What the hell was he up to? She thought.

"You should be careful tailing me someone might die." Her head turned towards the back alley then up towards the street. "You picked a bad place for business. Its not like the states. Anyone can practicly get away with murder here."

"You should keep that in mind." He said giving her a little wink and a smile.

"I can take care of myself or don't you remember? Did you ever find who killed my girlfriend?"

"Sadly no." he said tugging at his mediocre suit. Pulling at it as if he were the man I had actually attacked. "You made quite a name for yourself here." he said scanning the area. "Takashi Murakami now that is a step up from where you come from. From what I hear he's coming up in the world."

Saying it like it held some mysterious meaning or agenda of some kind. Almost like he was jealous that any one person could have more glory over him.

"You sure have done your homework detective."

"I usually do with things that interest me. Are you sure he's enough to handle a woman like you?"

"That was an odd question." I stated trying to gather what he was trying to get at. His gaze caught me off guard. He seemed quite different than I had remembered him to be. I remember a man professional for sure but not very creative when it meant finding the bad guy. Nothing like the man that stood before me. This man was a stranger.

He came in closer towards me with a curious expression. "I heard Japanese have small dicks." He let out in an almost whisper. "Is it true haha."

"From my experience men who constantly talk about other men especially when it comes to size generally have insecurity issues." I stated.

"Oh I'm pretty confident that my size could handle a woman of your appetites."

My appetites? What the hell did he know about my appetites? From what I had gathered this asshole didn't have the time of day to spend looking for those that concerned me let alone know anything that might give him a clue as to who I really was. The only thing his words proved true was that he did some digging on DK.

"I don't know about that detective I'm a bit far from your reach."

"Oh you have no idea how far I can reach Ms. Shane." he said pinning me against the wall from behind.

I was floored at the nerve that this man had. I knew him but I didn't and more importantly he didn't know me. He didn't know about all the men I had killed since being here or the ones back home. I actually pitied him which I found amusing.

"Your gonna have to try harder than that detective." I said rolling my eyes.

He then applied pressure pushing himself hard against my back side as if he had something to prove. "Hard enough" he said.

I shrugged him away as if I were annoyed. He was wasting my time after all. "Why are you following me?"

"Just testing you." He smiled. "Ok come on now you liked it." He was still flirting as if we had some previous fling that went wrong.

"I bet you say that to all the girls" My hand slid across my waist and landed on the knife that rested against my hip. I tapped lightly against that knife waiting for him to react just like the other men that tried to manhandle me before. When I realised he wasn't going to do anything about it I assumed he was done trying to provoke me.  "Well I have things to do so stay out of my way."

He watches her walk down the dark alley and drive off on her bike. "Damn she looks good." He says with an evil grin.

"So tell me what you know." He said to one of the police standing next to him.

"As far as I can tell she isn't fazed by death, cant be bought, and she has no emotions when it comes to business. From what I've been told she doesn't care about anything. Has no family and the only friends are here in Japan. Some say she doesnt even care about her own life."

"She cares about one thing. Him. That is her weakness. So we use her weakness against her." He smiled with a crooked grin.

....

After returning back from Kobe I stopped in to speak with a shop owner by the name of Joe. He was an American like me. Started out as a street racer and now he rebuilds and fixes up cars. He figured with my talents we could make even more money.

He liked the artwork I had done on DKs new 350z and knew he could turn a bigger profit with what I had to offer. If I added some high end artwork to his already booming customers it would be a great opportunity for me to build a name for myself. Besides the money I just loved being creative. I enjoyed the work. It was a good proposition. I told him I was all in if it was good with DK. DK was of course fine with it he would be busy with yakuza responsibilities now. Morimoto however was pissed at first. I think he just didnt want to share. He was already sharing time with Sakura and now I'd be gone even more. I promised him that I'd be in more so he came to terms with it.