"Thank you so much for coming. I never thought you would actually come back." Emilia said as she welcomed me into her office.
I woke up real early, at least saving me the cost of buying a new clock.
Although Moonie didn't like it because she was basically clawing at me in the bath as I washed her.
As I walked in, Emilia gave a seat and sat behind her desk.
"So I won't like to waste your time. The police team were actually able to find something about the unknown attacker last night after you'd left." Opening the drawer, she brought out a small dangling silver chain, handing it over to me.
What is this?
I took it from her and slowly inspected it.
It had animal shapes on it with tiny diamonds around it.
I've never seen this before, could this really be from him?
"I've never seen this before, nor on the arm of the attacker, but it looks cute." I gently tossed it back to her, resting my hands back on Moonie's head, earning me a cruel hiss from her.
The question I wanted to ask for so long bubbling inside me.
She took it back and apologized.
"I'm sorry this isn't related, I just thought maybe this might lead us to a clue."
"Nevermind that, just make sure you make this report to the police as you leave here, alright?" She said with concern in her voice.
"But what about the incident of me running? Nobody actually saw it or is this all a prank." My voice came out sharper than intended.
She was clearly puzzled and replied.
"I promise, last night I went round asking the few customers left about the incident but all claimed they hadn't seen anything."
That can't be possible.
"How come…I…–
"Don't worry, the police are still at the lobby, you can go meet them, I'll be there in a second." She cut me off with a little reassurance for sure.
With all said, I gave a slight nod of appreciation, before leaving the office and mistakenly bumped into someone.
"Ouch!"
"I'm so sorry, I'll –
"Are you not the lady from last night?"
Alex?
Moonie hissed angrily at him with her claws out.
What is wrong with her?
She was calm a while ago, what now?
Alex winced, stepping back a little.
"Such a feisty cat you have." He commented.
"Yeah, I'm so sorry for this." Giving him a hand I helped him pick up the remaining papers on the floor.
"No worries, ughm... is Emilia in her office?"
"Yes, I'm just coming from there." I replied, seeing a bit of blush on his cheeks.
I just gave a knowing smirk, making him blush more, and thanked me.
"Thank you.. see you later."
With that, he walked towards the direction I came from.
I headed straight to the lobby, sighting two uniformed officers.
Walking towards them, one of them sighted me immediately.
"Glad to meet you ma'am, you must be miss..Kira. I'm chief officer Kendra and this is my partner Enders."
I nodded my head in answer.
Emilia must have told them earlier.
The other police officer behind gave me a nod.
"We received some information that you were attacked last night by an unknown man." She spoke, writing some things down in a book.
"Yes." I slowly adjusted Moonie on my hands. Because I knew this was gonna take a lot of time.
"Can you give us a detailed description of what you saw and exactly what happened?"
I shifted my weight slightly.
"I can't even remember that much of it but…it was a man in a black hoodie and jeans, I couldn't quite see his face. I was just in the pet accessory section when I sighted him first. But next thing I know, he was charging at me at full speed. I ran and screamed…but nobody heard or did they see anything when asked."
The officer wrote down everything I said, then glanced at her partner then back at me.
"Is that all?" She asked.
"Yes."
Emilia had walked right in with a material in hand.
"I'm sorry to interrupt but I just came to hand this over."
She handed over the material to the police officer and stood beside me.
The chief officer took it and asked.
"Miss Kira, are you sure this doesn't seem familiar to you?" She asked again.
"No. I haven't seen this before." I shook my head.
"Okay, that would be all. We'll start going now."
As they left, Emilia said.
"In case you ever need the picture of the bracelet, I have it and you can get it anytime."
"Sure."
We waved each other goodbye as I entered my car, keeping Moonie at the back seat.
She fell asleep the whole time.
No wonder she was cranky, and nearly attacked Alex.
My poor baby.
I was almost running late for work, but I need to drop Moonie back first.
**
"You look tired." Leah remarked.
I nodded my head, handling the files sent to me by Ben's PA.
"Is it really that noticeable?" Taking a slight break as I relaxed myself on my seat.
Giving me a small glance, she hummed, nodding.
"Are you okay or maybe feeling sick?"
Again, I shook my head, continuing my work.
I had dropped Moonie back, when I suddenly felt little pains on my body.
I was so tired, like yesterday's incident was catching up on my body.
I did run, then collapsed on the hard floor of the mall, so maybe that's why.
But I needed a nice sleep.
"Girl you look sick, what do you mean?" Leah spoke with concern in her voice.
"Don't worry about it, just a few hours more and I'll be done with work." I tried to lessen her worry.
"No way, there is no excuse for this. Don't worry I'll cover up for you. Just go and maybe seek permission from Ben."
I guess it didn't work out.
Not bothering to argue more, I took my back and left the office.
"Take care!"
Leah's voiced out.
…
"Come in."
I walked into his office.
It looked like he was busy with something and his expression wasn't kind at all.
"What do you want?" He asked, flipping through some papers in hand.
"Sir, I would like to take a leave due to a health issue."
That's the only way I could phrase it out.
"Whichkind?" Ben asked with a slight arch of his eyebrow.
"I'm really sick and can't really concentrate well at this point. I need a 3 day rest."
"You did not answer the question. I said, what kind of health issue?"
He reiterated, emphasizing on what kind.
"I don't know yet, I need to go for a check-up." I replied, feeling slight irritation already.
"Alright, since you say so, you can have a one week medical leave then. It's that all?"
What!!?
Just like that?
"No sir. That would be all."
"You can leave."
I walked out immediately.
He..he just gave me a full week rest like that?
That's surprising.
I headed straight to my car and drove off immediately.
…
Reaching my apartment door, I swiftly opened it.
But something felt off.
Not this again?
Did someone break in?
But my door wasn't damaged or anything.
I haven't fixed it back yet.
How reckless could I have been?
Rushing back to my door, I checked the handle.
It was the same as before.
No extra scratches whatsoever.
Locking my door, the emptiness and tension in the room started to creep in.
"Moonie?"
"Moonie, where are you?"
I called out but there wasn't any sign of her around.
Is she really more tired than I'd thought?
Heading to my room she wasn't there either.
Where could she be?
She must be playing somewhere.
Not hung much in mind, I headed for the bathroom to have a nice shower and then find some painkillers around.
Finally snuggled into my sheets, I slept off immediately.
"Meow."
Oh Moonie.
She just laid beside me.
I was too tired to pat her, do I rest.
I felt her fur as she snuggled into me.
Little nutcracker.
***