She was observing the carefully drawn illustrations of the Indian jungle , when she glanced at the clock.
20 minutes!
Valentina scrambled to get dressed, shutting her book with a clap.
She decided on wearing a strapped white top, and a loose, sheer, yellow button up shirt. She paired them with white culottes, and nude sandals. She added daisy earrings, and ran a comb through her hair.
10 minutes!
It takes around 4 minutes to hail a cab, and traffic was a whole other ordeal. She groaned.
There goes a good first impression; being timely.
Valentina grabbed her cell phone, and jabbed it into her pocket. She darted around the room looking for her keys, finally finding them on the kitchen counter. She then left the apartment with a slam of the door.
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Judas' POV:
I had arrived at our agreed-on destination 20 minutes ago, but my patience started to waver.
Valentina was beautiful, sure, but seemed ... never mind.
I was here to spend time with her, get acquainted.
After all, that's what I was assigned to do, by Piotr.
Piotr had been my best friend since high school, and we reconvened three years ago. Turns out, he had been very busy over the course of those years. The funny, math-favoring, blonde haired boy I once knew, had transformed into a hard, frigid man.
Even after all those years though, he showed compassion towards me. He convinced me to join the organization he worked for, which had seemed very shady. I was young back then though, and had accepted against my better judgement. Now, I was part of their little schemes & heists, hidden from the eyes of the police, and world.
Piotr had assigned me to one of the most important tasks, and required me to search all over the city.
The plan was to find someone to join us in our newest scheme; our grandest one yet.
We would swindle the mayor of this city; He had a valuable collection of gold underneath his villa, and currently, we needed a distraction.
Our newest member would have to be quick thinking, and fast. They would also need to be gullible-
and disposable.
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"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting." A sweet voice said, snapping Judas out of his recollection.
"It's no problem," Judas answered automatically, "Let's go?"
She nodded her head.
