Criminal Detective

Handsome Mexicano

Claire's eyes peered open to the loud sound of meowing close to her ear. She groaned, turned her face into the sofa, then, placed a pillow between both ears but could still hear the gnarly cry of the cat. She exhaled, took the pillow's off and turned, her eyes met with the bright green ones of the feline before a sigh escaped her mouth.

"Why?" She asked and it meowed in response. Claire groaned and lifted the cat off her hand then placed it down to the ground. It watched as Claire sat up on the sofa before it began to lick itself. Claire looked up to her wall clock with a groan then crashed back down into the sofa.

7:42am.

There was still an hour left before she had to be at work. But, she still needed to go to the gym, which meant she would've already wasted a decent amount of time at the gym before she could get to work.

"God, I hate my life" Claire muttered to herself and cat meowed. She sat up then arched an eyebrow at the cat whose eyes locked with hers.

"Are you hungry? Is that why you woke me?"

It meowed in response and Claire sighed.

"Do I even have anything you can eat?" She got up from her sofa then walked to the kitchen, with the cat behind her. Claire opened her cupboard, scanned hard for anything close to cat food but found nothing. She pulled open another drawer and found Mr Paws cat food but one look at the expiration date and she sent it into the trash.

She continued to scavenge around the kitchen and just when she was about to give up, she opened her fridge and found a can of unexpired tuna. She sighed in relief before she picked it out and served in a bowl. A bowl she had now reserved for her tiny new friend.

"There you go" Claire said and placed the bowl in front of the hungry cat who attacked the food as soon as it entered its eyeshot "Almost thought I'd have to take you back outside"

The cat meowed and she smiled "Yeah, I don't want to get rid of you either buddy. Seems I'd have to add you to the list when I go grocery shopping" She said then sat up "I wonder what I'm gonna even name you. Mr Paws? Seems a little awful, don't you think?"

The cat continued to gobble down its dish and Claire sighed. She remained silent then snapped her fingers with a bright smile.

"Gravy?" Her face fell "No, that's not pleasing enough" She sighed "I guess I also have some brainstorming to do to figure out what the hell I'm gonna call you" Claire fetched some water in another bowl and set it down for the cat. She went into her room, freshened up, and quickly geared up for the gym. As she walked out of her room, the cat bumped into her feet and meowed. Claire gave it a small caress on the head with a smile on her face.

"I gotta go to the gym, then to work, then grocery shopping. So I won't be home for a while, little guy. But, that tuna is beyond enough for you. So, go nuts okay?" The cat meowed in response and Claire stood to her feet.

"I might have to get a litter box too" Claire muttered to herself then headed straight for the entrance. The cat tried to smudge its way out with her which made Claire pause.

"You want to come outside?" The cat meowed then reclined on Claire's leg and she chuckled. She picked him up and quickly placed him inside before she waved then shut the door close. She could hear the retaliations of the cat but she ignored them with every strength she could muster and headed down the stairs.

"I tossed him out when me and my boyfriend came over. I could hear her screaming all night but it suddenly stopped, have you seen her?" A lady asked as she pointed at the spot the cat Claire found last night lay. Claire's pupils dilated but she quickly walked past both the lady who was asking and the person she asked as she whistled down the rest of stairs and the hallway till she got outside.

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Claire pushed open Sarah's door and walked inside with someone.

"He says you asked him to come" She said and her eyes beamed as it landed on the tower of a man.

"Oh, Bennett. Hi" She grinned "You can go, Claudia"

Claire arched an eyebrow and huffed as she walked out then shut the door.

"Claudia? How the hell did you even get that?"
She muttered then sat back on her seat. Claire picked up a pencil then began to scribble away at a paper in front of her. She looked down to the small clock that was added to her table along with a bunch of documents by her boss and smiled at the time.

8:40pm.

A couple more minutes and she'd be done for the day.

She watched from her office as her co-workers conversed with each other in their own section while they gathered their things to go. Miranda turned around then waved at Claire as she stepped out of the office with a small smile which Claire returned.

She giggled and walked out along with Gregory who repeated the same gesture as Miranda and Claire managed a nod of affirmation to his farewell.

"Lucky" Claire muttered to herself then continued to scribble on the paper. She suddenly stopped scribbling as a realization struck at her.

"Aw shoot, the Cat. And, I haven't even done grocery shopping yet" Claire exhaled then crashed down on her table..

Unlike every other day since she started working at the office, Claire was given actual work to do once she arrived. Sarah had bombarded her with a ton of documents to stamp and though an easy task to the ear, it was quite unnerving to perform. She also had to take a ton of calls on Sarah's behalf because she was "too lazy" to discuss with them and a ton of other things that had Claire feeling more like a personal assistant than a receptionist.

Maybe, Miranda was right.

As Claire thought of the hell she'd have to still go through during the rest of the night and how she needed to buy a car as soon as possible, the doors of her office swung open and in came three shady looking men. Two built like gorilla's and the last was a strikingly gorgeous model like figure who stood in the center of the three. They all walked up to Claire's table with a confidence you could almost smell.

Claire looked down to the clock and sighed in relief.

9:00pm.

She no longer needed to handle work.

She smiled "Sorry gentlemen, but we are closed for the evenin..."

"Claire Williams?"

She cocked her head backward with an arched eyebrow.

"What?"

"Claire Williams. That is your name, right?"The model like man repeated with a small grin.

"How the hell do you know my name?"

The handsome guy only smiled.

"Do I know you?" Claire asked and he exhaled.

"No, but I do know you." He smiled. Claire balled her fist as she stared back at the man's piercing gaze.

She smelt trouble and she wanted none of it.

"Look, I don't know who you are and I don't know what the hell this is about, but I need to hurry home because I have important things to do" Claire said as she packed up and stood to her feet "So, if you'd excuse me..."

"I'd prefer you seat, Miss Williams" The man said and one of the gorillas tucked his suit aside to reveal a glistening metal strapped to a holster.

A gun.

Claire gulped then looked up to the supposed leader's eyes as he smiled brightly at her.

"Please, seat" He repeated and Claire was quick to obey his instructions.

"Very good" He sat down on the chair opposite her then sighed "Now, where were we?"