I Hate That I Loved You!

32- Who is she? (2)

At Rizi's villa:

Rizi was helping Leo with his new comic art drawings.

Both mother and son were busy discussing the latest sketch made by Leo.

After Leo won the competition, he was signed by Mr. David Walt and he took him as his disciple.

He had given Leo his first assignment and had asked him to draw 3 or 4 sample sketches of a new character based on his new draft story. He wanted to include Leo's sketch in his upcoming book.

Rizi had explained him the story that Master David sent to her. It was an initial draft but it was helpful for Leo to know about character and details Master David was looking forward to.

"Mama, how's this?" Leo asked in a curious voice pointing towards his sketch.

"This is lovely, baby." Rizi planted a kiss on her son's forehead.

"You think the Master will like it?" Leo questioned having a doubtful expression on his face.

Rizi chuckled. Her 3 and half-year-old toddler is concerned about his master's preference!  Even though her son is so young, she was immensely proud of his talent and his achievement.

Learning under Master David's guidance will be good exposure and experience for him. Being his mother, She wanted to support him in every possible way. She knew he was talented and a unique baby, but she did not want him to feel different or isolated because of his talents. She wanted her baby to learn and explore everything that his heart desires. Her eyes radiating immense warmth and love.

"Of course, he will love it. He will be proud of you. My baby is so talented. Now let's finish this one and then sleep. Mama is so tired." Rizi yawned and placed back of her hand on her mouth.

Seeing her mama so tired, Leo quickly put his pencil down. "Let's go, mama, I will finish it tomorrow. We have a lot of time."

Rizi smiled at her son's consideration. She stood up from the sofa and carried Leo in her arms and walked towards her bedroom.

Leo tighly hugged her and wrapped his arms around her neck. He clung to his mother like a Koala bear.

As soon as she placed him on the bed, her cell phone rang.

Seeing the caller id, she quickly answered.

On the other end, a familiar voice rang into her ears.

"Zi. I have found the IP address and location."

"Did you trace it? What's the location?" Rizi asked quickly.

"Location is some local residential area in The CentralFord city. I am forwarding it to you. You can check later." The girl elaborated.

Rizi smiled "Thank you so much. I am very grateful to you."

After a couple of seconds, in a worried tone, she inquired, "Hope everything went well? Was it risky for you?"

The girl chuckled.

"Yes Zi. Everything went well. I sedated him and swapped the pictures of you that we have stored for a situation like this. I had also planted a virus on this phone. His further phone calls will be tapped and I will keep an eye on his mailbox. Don't worry. It was not that risky. You know I can do anything for you."

Rizi heaved a sigh of relief "Ok. We will work on it tomorrow with Zack to figure out who is behind this. I have my doubts but I just need confirmation."

The girl on the other end nodded. "Yes sure Zi. Okay, am hanging up now. Good night. Love to Leo."

Rizi nodded and spoke. "Thank you once again. Good night. Take care."

She hung up the call.

At Beans n' Cream Cafe:

The girl hung up the phone and came out.

She saw that the man had already left.

Only a few customers were there. She requested her colleague to close the cafe as she wants to go home and rest.

She packed up her stuff and left the cafe.

She walked towards her apartment building. It was a shabby looking simple apartment building with four floors. Three small apartments on each floor.

She stayed on the first floor only so she need not to use an elevator. She quickly climbed the stairs and reached her apartment door.

Using the keys, she opened the door and went inside.
She switched on the lights and made sure to lock the front door properly

It was a small shabby 1 bhk apartment indeed.

She looked around and walked towards her bedroom. After entering, she ensured to lock her bedroom door properly again.

She had secure lock fingerprint panel inside her bedroom door that will lock the door properly and will notify her if there's is any intruder.

She walked towards the walk-in closet section. 

There was another door at the end of the closet, she pressed her palm on the panel to scan her biometrics and slid open the door.

An ultra modern luxury room welcomed her with a soft earthy-toned color, designed with high-spec furnishing and the latest in-room technology.

It was a complete opposite of the outside room.

No one will know that inside the shabby average apartment, there's this modern luxurious room.

She threw her bag on the bed and walked towards her modern spacious bathroom.

She removed her jet black long-haired wig, and her short blonde-hair came into the sight. She removed brown lens and quickly washed her face to remove the prosthetic makeup.

She almost looked like Rizi with the wig, brown lens and the prosthetic makeup, but close pictures might reveal the truth.

Even though she and Rizi are of the same stature, the people keeping watch on Rizi might discover the gaps if they knew Rizi very well.

She cannot let that happen.  It was too big of a risk to take. All their planning and efforts will go in vain.

So it was necessary to swap pictures to assure the opposite party that indeed she was Rizi even if they perform an authenticity check.

The benefit of this whole incident was they got a positive lead and traced the actual location.

Soon they will confirm their suspicions on who was keeping the close watch on Rizi.

She took a long warm shower, wore her night pajamas, and lie down on her uber comfortable bed.

She sighed in relief.

'What a day!" she murmured herself.

She picked up her cellphone and sent a text message to the frequently contacted number.

[Hey. I know Zi must have already told you everything. Forwarded you the traced location details. The task was successful.]

Soon, her cellphone beeped. An instant response came from the other side.

Zack: [Well done! Abby. I am proud of you.]

Abby smiled.

She placed her phone aside on the night stand, closed her eyes and flake out.