Conflict Of Interest - Part 2 (When Your Crazy Ex-Sister-In-Law...

Work, work, play

early 2019

Luis Tamayo was walking on the corridor towards his office with hurried steps, when he heard some noisy music coming from one of the nearby offices. He decided to check who is having a party in there during such a late hour, so he opened the door and stepped inside.

The red haired woman sitting behind a pile of papers, moving her head to the rhythm of the music seemed to be so caught up in what she was doing that she didn't even notice the man approaching him. She just threw another gummy bear into her mouth, and kept reading through some files.

"What the hell are you doing here, Sierra?!"

The woman raised her glance on him, and pulled her lips to the side, her mouth still full of gummy bears. "Working." she blinked at him, as if it should have been self-evident.

"At 23 pm?!" Tamayo furrowed his brows.

"Oh... I didn't even realize how late it has gotten..."

"Alicia..." the man reached towards the speakers and turned the volume down. "We have plenty of rookies around here who can do the extra hours. Go home!"

The woman straightened her back, and raised her eyebrows. "Did you just tell me that I am old, Luis?"

The man rolled his eyes, and angrily hit her desk with his fist. "You're pregnant, for heaven's sake! And not twentysomething either! We have a bad reputation anyway, we don't need the scribbles on our heads too, telling that we don't respect women's rights!"

Alicia clenched her jaw, then her lips curled into a coy smile. "I'll be away for plenty of time in the next years, in your place I'd be glad to be able to benefit from my clever contribution at a maximum level while I'm here." she grinned.

Tamayo just rubbed his forehead.

"And what are you doing here, huh?" the woman furrowed her brows.

"Working... We have some news regarding the money printer bastards."

Alicia blinked at him, suddenly more interested in what he had to say. "By the money printer bastards, you mean the heist in the mint, from three years ago? With the nerdy professor and his bunch?"

"Yep."

"And what do we have?"

"Aníbal Cortes."

Alicia's jaw dropped. "You must be kidding me! We have one of them?!"

"So it seems."

"If we have one, we can get them all!" she said with an enthusiastic spark in her eyes.

"I know."

Alicia swiped away the papers which were in front of her, and leaned back in her chair. "Give me this case! I'm really in the mood for something challenging!"

"You have a lot of work already, don't you?"

"There are plenty of rookies who can take over." she shrugged.

Tamayo bit into his lip. "I don't know... I'm not sure this is a good case for you right now. It might get pretty dirty, pretty soon..."