Separately Attached To You

Alaina

I start making my way towards his home. One of Elias's men opens the door letting two people in. One of them is a male, he seems to be around six foot. The other one is a woman who seems to be five-eight. Whoever they are, Elias seems to know very well.

I'll have to invesitage who they are.

The three of them start making their way into his kitchen. I can tell Elias told their chef to go somewhere else, whatever he wants to discuss, it seems to be personal. After some time, their meeting ended and Elias gave these two people a hug. Are they related to Elias? How does he know them?

The male and the woman start making their way out the door. Just as I am about to leave and head back to report what I discovered, he sees me. The mysterious man sees me. He pointed it out to Elias and I quickly started moving. I need to be smart about this. No one has been able to see me in this spot before, it's a dark tight spot just about 100 feet from his home. No cameras are able to pick up this area and no one patrols this area. Yet, this mysterious man sees me.

Once I escape from my spot, I start running fast and far. I know someone is behind me watching where I'll go. I can't go to base, not when I could be followed. In case this were to happen, I remember Mr.Caruso said he would cover for me. I quickly headed into his shop from the back entrance, making my way to Mr.Caruso.

"Hey kiddo, is everything alright?" said Mr.Caruso with a concerned look on his face.

"Remember when you said you would cover for me, I need you to cover for me please" I say desperately, trying to catch my breath.

"Yeah, I got you kiddo. What do you need from me?" said Mr.Caruso with a confused look on his face while looking for any items that could be helpful.

"I need a place to hide in for a few minutes. I put some clothes in one of your employee locker". I say as I am grabbing some clothes I placed in one of his employee lockers a few months back.

"Someone is coming, hide now!" said Mr.Caruso in a secretive tone, loud enough where I can hear him.

I just about finished changing clothes and I started crawling my way towards the counter. The counter has a nice hidden spot and if I can tuck myself in more, no one would know someone is here. Hopefully.

Mr.Caruso has always been kind to me. He is like a father to me. My parents kicked me out of the house a few years ago and I came to travel all of Europe. Germany has become the place where I stay the most, especially since Elias is here. Mr.Caruso has taken me in, I don't work for him but he gave me a place to stay. He doesn't question anything, he has his mysteries and I have mine. One thing for certain is, I can count on him when I need something and for that I am grateful.

As soon as Mr.Caruso finished talking, someone entered the shop. The footsteps sound menacing. The person is definitely looking for someone. I have learned when I am staking out, the key is to control your breathing. Controlling your breath makes it harder for humans and animals to know where you are. This is something I managed to learn.

"Hello Sir, what can I help you with today?" said Mr.Caruso with a warm smile.

"Hello. I am looking for someone. The person ran into your shop. Mind if I look around?" said the man letting Mr.Caruso know he should do what he is told.

"I'm not sure if I am comfortable letting someone who is not the police take a look at my shop looking for someone," said Mr.Caruso in a concerned tone.

"Well, it would be a shame if I let Elias know, you are interfering with his work. My advice is you have errands to run and you decided to go do them now. Understood?" said the man in a demanding tone.

"There is no need to let Elias know. I do have errands to run. I'll be leaving now." said Mr.Caruso nervously.

I'm fucked. I can't run out the back as he saw someone enter from the back. I want to assume someone is guarding the front. There is no way out but to remain quiet. I can hear his footsteps coming closer and closer until it stops. The footsteps stopped right in front of me.

This is going to be fun.