Chapter 16: Grace
It's been a week since my parents' ninth year remembrance. Donald and I's relationship has been going pretty well. Theo finally tracked Gina to a cafe right here in the city. We all set out in about four vans right after informing Cavani of the current situation.
"All teams in position?" Rachel asks and each team responds. We burst into the cafe only to find out no one was there. I then spotted a laptop. "Guys. It was a trap. It's set to explode in a minute and thirty seconds. You have to evacuate that place immediately.", Theodore says into our earpieces. "You guys head out. I have to get that laptop.", I say into the earpiece.
Donald leads everyone outside and shouts, "Hurry up Grace, get it!" I move quickly and grab the laptop. Don and I then make our way to the entrance and just in time before the cafe explodes.
"Is everyone okay?", Theo asks in a worried tone and I reply into my earpiece panting, "Yeah. We're all good."
We all headed back to the agency. "What happened back there Theodore? We almost died and Grace's injured arm just healed completely.", Rachel asks and Theo replies saying, "I don't know what went wrong. I'd been working on tracking Regina for weeks. She must've tricked us."
"So she's much more dangerous than we realize." Donald replies and I respond saying, "That means we need to step up our game." "Tracking her has proven to be difficult. Let's look in another direction. Let's focus on THE TRIAD.", Rachel says and we all nod in agreement.
"The best way to take down THE TRIAD is to do it from the inside.", Theo suggests and I continue saying, "How do you suggest we do that?" "We ask for funds.", Theo responds. Rachel nods saying, "Yes, THE TRIAD always asks for collateral. We could find out how they operate and take them down. We could even get evidence and find out the trio who runs the organization. This could be the end of THE TRIAD."
"But how are we going to do that? We don't know when, where or how they operate.", I say, confusion laced in my voice. "We find the person who poisoned Dominic and the people who attacked the warehouse while we were in Tokyo.", Donald replies and we began to strategize on a plan to help us locate them.
"I'm going to call Kai to see what information they have on the suspects. In the meantime, you guys continue to go through the documents on Gina Baldini. See if there's anything we're missing. Theo see if Gina was registered as an employee of the convenience store she works at.", Donald continues and we began to work on the tasks assigned to us.
Soon it was time to close for the day and I decided to visit an old friend. Donald offered to drop me home but I protested and told him I was meeting up with someone.
I enter the homey cafe and the strong scent of coffee hits me like a gush of wind. I look for the familiar face I've been searching for and as soon as I spot him wiping down the tables, I yell his name.
"Clyde!" I say with a bright smile on my face. He looks up and as soon as we make eye contact he grins and walks up towards me saying, "Hey kiddo. How are you doing?"
"I'm doing great Clyde. How about you? How is business doing?", I ask as we both take a seat at one of the tables. "Business is doing fine as usual. How's your job?", he asks and I respond saying, "It's going great. I'm getting closer to solving the case I'm working on."
"That's amazing kid. Now have you made your decision on whether you're going to be staying at the agency as a full time agent?", he asks curiously and I reply saying, "I'm not sure yet Clyde."
He sighs then continues saying, "Well, I know you and I trust that you'll follow your heart." I smile and then my phone notifies me of a message and I check to realize it's Donald just checking in to make sure I'm okay. I smile at the text and suddenly Clyde speaks, "That your boyfriend?"
I look up at him and nod. He continues, "That's great G. I'm happy for you." He grins and I reply with a bright smile saying, "Thanks Clyde." We continue to talk for a few hours till about 8pm at night.
I then say, "I've got to head home now. I'll see you soon." "I'll treat you to a nice meal when you come." Clyde says and I smile and we bid our goodbyes. Just as I'm about to head out of the restaurant, Clyde calls out my name and says, "You deserve happiness and I really do hope you find it." I smile and wave at him before heading home.
I smile to myself as I walk home. "I think I may have just found that happiness," I say grinning.
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