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21 - A Mistake

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"If I was a mistake, I hope I was your favorite."

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"Someone has been in here." Anakin mumbled as his shadow disappeared, his footsteps growing distant. I was relieved he wasn't coming near me, meaning he didn't suspect my location. But still, being so close to him in this position is making this one of the most nerve-wrecking moments of my life.

Not to mention the sickening cigarette smoke was still circulating the room, and so I slowly brought my other hand up and placed that one over my mouth as well to hold back another stubborn cough, "Are you sure An? You have a habit of being forgetful." Piett tried to reason with him and I was praying Anakin would listen.

But the sound of a magazine being pushed into a glock buried any and all hope I had of that happening. My heart dropped into the pit of my stomach as bile rose to my throat. He had a gun, and for my own well-being, I had to assume he wasn't afraid to use it.

A newfound fear slithered over my skin, raising every hair and goosebump on my arms and legs, and freezing the blood in my veins — submerging me into a frozen state of terror.

"Positive Piett, pull up the security footage to the dance floor." Anakin ordered.

I couldn't see what they were doing, nor could I hear anything except a light tapping on a screen which was—what I'm guessing—Piett following his boss's demands. I knew it too, I knew there was at least one camera in that area, so I'm glad I was cautious and kept my face hidden the best I could going through.

"Rewind," Anakin broke the silence, then the room fell back into it. Unfortunately, that's also when a muffled cough slipped out of my throat, "Did you hear something?"

Fuck.

"No," Piett responded just as I heard a single footstep come closer to where I was, "But I did find something, look." The step retracted and I internally thanked Piett for unknowingly saving me, but this was still bad since I'm positive it's me they're seeing on that camera coming up here — and not coming down.

"I told you someone has been here. Is it a woman?" Anakin questioned.

"Walks like one, but we can't know for sure. Their face is hidden well, they knew we had cameras," Piett sighed, followed by a few more taps on a screen.

"Well, based off the build and height then it can't be either of those two cops that have been following me lately."

Piett hummed, "They're still on your tail?"

"All damn week," Anakin groaned in frustration followed by the sound of a heavy weight hitting the desk above me - my guess is his hand, "Even when I was at my lunch with Padmé today. They're not very good at being discreet."

So that's the name of the unknown woman, Padmé.

"Oh and how is Padmé by the way? I forgot to ask." Piett asked in a tone that showed this Padmé girl was adored. I couldn't help but roll my eyes, she can't be that special with a name like that.