we sit in a car in the parking structure. the windows are down, and a cigarette is burning to ash between my fingers. i lean my head against the headrest, the day's pressure causing my eyes to close tightly out of stress. pinching the bridge of my nose, i heave a sigh through my nostrils. ❛❛ is there anything i need to know? ❜❜ my tone is mild irritation, but the tiredness weaves into it. raising the cigarette, i take a deep drag from the filter. staring out of the window, i watch cars come and go. ❛❛ [ … ] before i'm thrown in the middle of something i can't handle. i'd rather be prepared. ❜❜ this time my eyes cut to him, my jaw hard as my neck turns to fully, the both of us face - to - face. i push up my glasses. ❛❛ i expect you to be honest. ❜❜ i'm not sure if we both have truth in us. i tap ashes, then draw more smoke into my lungs. meeting like this is risky [ … ] but we plan it carefully.
perfectionism comes from certain aggravated agitation to be precise －－ deliberately thorough, which is something he seeks from a person that he could blindly trust upon. the apprehensive articulations didn't go unnoticed, however the eyes are scrutinizing towards what's lain in front of them ; the empty vessel to a scheme when he walks out from the vehicle &. become the carrier of secret message which wouldn't be spoken about besides them －－ TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE PRECARIOUS SITUATION HE IS IN, shouldn't he be mindful of the record that telltale the story of the fallen employee ? but the other person is a smart one, he graduated from big university, &. he knows how to scheme, sort of. ‘ i want you to be my eyes for this clan, ’
forthrightly uttering the inclination, by the time honesty is expected from him ; he would never lie unless it is necessary. albeit honesty shall have deception intertwined to assuage the fear of being thrown to ruination, ‘ you'll work as their accountant &. i want you to report me about their expenses －－ i need more evidences on their human-trafficking, but the prosecutor i assigned had their license taken. you're a nobody, no one would suspect you a thing. you see, they're covering their tracks as real estate business &. i know you have some expertise in that. ’