The Tracker

Chapter 5

There he was, standing with a smile which was enough to tell me that he knows something that I surely don't know and wont be happy after knowing. His light brown hair was messy, his eyes looked tired yet was full of excitement.... for what, I don't know. With hands deep inside the pockets of his dark denim, he was standing coolly, as if he was expected to be here. Last night I saw him only, and that wasn't a dream, now I was sure about that. But the main question was, WHAT WAS HE DOING HERE?

"Did you get to the museum?" I asked trying to break the silence that had surrounded us, he was the same person who asked me the address yesterday, what a coincidence?   "Has somebody ever told you what an excellent route-teller are you?" Was it a simple question, which I doubt, or a sarcastic answer. I would have guessed it was a question if his accusing eyes weren't fixed on me. Okay, so it is the sarcastic one. Did I tell him the wrong route? Now I doubt, I was in a hurry, So maybe, yes.

"Don't worry, I reached the museum somehow. By the way Hello to you, I am Jake." He introduced himself, his accusing and serious-self vanished and a funny and cool side appeared, nor that I complained. "Hye I am Katherine and he is.." Before I could complete he said again " Jonathan, I know." "You two know each other?" Jonathan just smiled and for the first time today said something, " He is my brother... Jake Woods"

Okay, that was really unexpected. Jake is brother of Jonathon. But they had nothing in common, no common feature, no common personality. One thing that I could say they had in common was, an excellent talent of annoying me, specially right now when they both are smiling, not a 'everything-is-okay' smile but 'I-have-something-to-tell-you' smile.

"Stop creeping me out. Tell me what you two are hiding?" Jonathan was the one to answer, "Actually, there were two catches...." Two catches.... Scott planned something.  How could I miss it...

"Meet your new partner Jake Woods." What! That was surely something I wasn't ready to hear and didn't want to hear. First, one assistant and now a partner? Are there  some more coming Scott? 

"It is nice that you are interested in the mission but I am not interested in involving you. So get out of my mission and no one gets hurt." I tried to not so polite and not so rude, maybe somewhere in between. But whatever it may be he seemed unfazed by it. "Don't worry Kate I know how to protect myself and you too if circumstances demand." "First my name is Katherine, not Kate, only friends call me that, and when we land you take flight back to Canada." he was still smiling, and keeping a hand near his heart he answered, "Ouch! Am I not your friend? Kate".

Before I could answer an air hostess came and requested him to sit at his seat as we were going to land. This mission is going to be long.

He waved be goodbye, and said, "Meet you on the ground."

Too Long.....