Hitman's Hunt

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Griselda was surprised when someone knocked on her door, she didn't invite someone nor ordered something.

On the other side of the door, Zora stood there with a big smile on her face and her laptop in her hand and Griselda's white walking cane.

The weather is colder than yesterday, she's wearing a dark green long-sleeved knit top that has a warm fur inside with her black high waisted black jeans.

Griselda touched her way towards the door and Ava is behind her instantly.

she opened the door and was greeted by a warm hug.

" Hey " Zora greeted while pulling back.

" Hey, what brings you here today " Griselda smiled, gesturing with her hand to Zora to let her in then she closed the door when she heard Zora stepping in.

" Wear the slippers " Griselda didn't like it when people walk around her apartment with their shoes on so she always asks them to wear the comfy indoors slippers.

Zora and slipped off her boot and slipped on the yellow slippers.

" I'm here so we can find you a job and I brought your walking cane," She said while getting Griselda's white walking can out of her bag.

Zora got in and placed her laptop on the small table in front of her and sat on the couch.

" I'm not sure that you will find me one seeing that I'm useless" Zora frowned, she got up and flicked Griselda's forehead.

" Ouch "

" Don't say that you're useless, seeing your statue and you're even doing better than disabled people you have great power and strength Gris, you are an amazing person, so please don't talk low about yourself, ok?" Zora said while pulling Griselda toward the couch, she caressed her hand softly and the disappointment shown through her voice.

" I can't help it " Zora sighed and started her search, Her husband mentioned to her many companies that needed employees.

" JL Inc in need of a secretary, to receive calls and, And there is a company of needing someone to help with the step-ups and help with the center call, I think that JL Inc is better " Zora stated while scrolling through JL Inc website.

JL Inc is one of the best Inc's in the world, it's famous and known very well, It doesn't only advertise but it only makes and advertise for their products.

Jayvyn Lionel is one of the wealthiest billionaires in the world, people fear him and respect him.

His personal information isn't yielded to the people. It's known that he doesn't tolerate people much, His temper and sturdiness is always talked about around.

" I don't think I would be able to manage to be a secretary" Zora glared at her.

" You can do it, Gris, You will learn slowly and I will be able to adapt it slowly, look, you should explore Griselda, you don't have to be cramped in your apartment with your dog " Griselda sighed.

" And if a get accepted as a secretary, who would take care of Ava " Griselda is trying to put excuses and she's trying to avoid the topic and it's obvious to Zora.

" There is a new pet shop nearby that take care of pets " Zora fought not giving up.

" You won't give up, right?" Griselda sighed and bite her lips.

" Nope," Zora shook her head.

" I will start filling those documents for you, then I will send it to them, I will tell you if they replied" Zora started filling the needed documents and she sometimes asked Griselda if she didn't a piece of specific information.

" Where is Julian?" Griselda asked when they finished the documents.

" He is currently working on a tough case, it's been driving the station nuts, it's been hectic " Zora sighed deeply.

" Tell me about it,  do you want a cup tea? " Griselda got up and Zora followed her to her humble kitchen.

" yeah," Zora sat on the stool.

" They found a headless corpse in a freshly dug grave three weeks ago, they found his identity after the DNA test, the team went asking around if they knew the man and they told us that he was homeless, he would roam around the neighborhood every day asking for money, but he suddenly disappeared "  

Griselda brought out an old white teapot with gold gilding around the lid and spout, she placed it on the stove burner and turned it on, she listened carefully while making the fresh chamomile tea.

" Two days later another corpse of an old homeless woman was found in the same neighborhood, There are no traces, no fingerprints, they didn't find anything" Griselda frowned, this is a sickening deed.

" Serial killer " Griselda mumbled.

" Yeah, it could be " Zora looked out of the window, the sun is up high and warm.

Griselda added a drip of vanilla and squeeze of half lemon then served it in the white teacups that are designed by blue and gold flowers.

" Yesterday, they found another one, and this time the head was there, the chocking traces was obvious on the man's neck" Zora sipped from the hot cup.

" He was homeless? " She asked.

" Yeah" Zora nodes.

"The killer is targeting homeless people, which is weird" Griselda frowned seeing that people like them won't bring any harm to other people.

" maybe because they are easy to kill because of their vulnerable state"  Zora placed her empty cup in the washing machine after washing it and Griselda followed soon.

"Ugh, let's forget about it, I came here to relax " Zora groan and threw herself on the couch beside the sleeping dog, making her jump down the couch and back to her bed.

Zora could still smell the nauseating smell of the corpse, The sight of it, on the other hand, managed to make her dizzy and feel as though she was going to pass out and vomit at the same time, the crime seemed completely unbelievable, Zora didn't have time to ask questions, though. There was a killer on the loose, a psychotic, genuinely dark, and horrifying killer.

She sighed and looked at the silent Griselda

" Sleepover? "

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" Did you put up the poster on the website " Jayvyn looked at Miss Lilian who wore a rounded glass that covered most of her face, she wore a crimson pencil skirt and a white button-up.

"Yes it was posted at eight in the morning, and many people applied to it " She answered formally.

" Print the documents and send them to me at the end of the day" He ordered with his husky and full of dominance voice.

" Of course " Lillian nodes 

" You may leave, love " Jayvyn gestured with his hand.

" Have a good day." She said at his stoic face, then she left taking the employees elevator, When she came here she was escorted by the security guys, seeing that it's not allowed to anyone to go to the last floor and they were standing beside the elevator, waiting to escort her back.

Vaughn is out today, he was sent by Jayvyn to do a tiny important task.

" I'm back " Vaughn suddenly barged in the office with a huge frown on his face.

he sighed and slumped on the couch " Those past two hours was f*****g tiring ".

" What did you found?" Jayvyn asked him while going toward the other couch to sit.

" Yesterday a corpse was found and the head was in place this time" Vaughn sat properly and gave Jayvyn the document of his researches of the day.

" The station is in chaos, they are panicking and all " Vaughn hacked the police station and he saw they were all panicking.

" they are thinking of including the Federal Bureau of Investigation," He told him

" And guess what " Vaughn smiled 

" what? " Jayvyn went with the flow and asked with a bored tone.

" When I was watching the camera records, I found your hunt talking with chief Merrick and detective Zora which is his wife, " He told Jayvyn what he saw and Jayvyn is starting to pay attention to Vaughn.

" I asked around, and it seems that she's trying to get back on being a detective " Vaughn continued telling his boss.

" That's impossible " Jayvyn commented seeing that it's stupid of her to ask to get back on being a detective while being blind.

" Yeah, the chief keeps on rejecting her, and she stopped coming the last two days " Jayvyn liked how determined she is.

" Whatever" Jayvyn sighed and leaned back "just compare the way of killing and when you find a match come back to me"

" Ok, see you later " Vaughn waved and exited his boss's office.

Jayvyn opened the drawer and got Griselda's picture out of it, Griselda is beautiful, he could look at her for a million hour and it wouldn't get boring.

The office phone rang and it annoyed Jayvyn.

He picked it up.

" Lionel," He said

" Sir, Miss Lillian is here to give some documents " The security guy informed his boss.

" Let her up," Jayvyn said with a bored tone and hung up on him without even saying a word.

He opened the drawer and place the picture in then closed it.

" Just wait, Cherie" He smirked.

Moments late Miss Lilian got in.

" I printed the documents you asked for Mister Lionel," Lillian said gesturing to the file she's holding.

" Give it to me and get out " Jayvyn snapped at her, he wasn't in the mood of meeting anyone right now.

Lilian was frightened, she placed the document on the desk and left while suturing her goodbye to her moody boss.

Jayvyn grabbed the file and looked through the documents that were applied to their website, most of them were women.

Jayvyn sent an email to Miss Lillian, he ordered her to email all the people who applied for the job to come to the building for the interview at nine in the morning.

She replied saying that she will do it immediately and that someone else applied and if he wanted their documents or not, Jayvyn refused seeing anyone right now, so he told her to email that person too and to give him their documents first thing first in the morning.

Jayvyn got up after two hours of responding to emails and completing some projects plans, he walked towards the shelves and pulled Turtles all the way down, which is his favorite book till now, the shelves moved and got in his cold home.

He got in his walk-in closet and pulled out the bottled cyclosporine and then swallowed a pill, he freshened up and wore his white dress pants, beige button-up and a long brown coat, he wore his Colonel Ray-Ban sunglasses on and rode his private elevator to the private parking lot and get in his car to head to his favorite place.

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"What about your husband? " Griselda asked, while Zora was searching around Griselda's closet for a pajama to fit her.

" I told you that he's working on that case, I will call him in a bit and tell him " Zora huffed and got a beige silky pajama out of Griselda's closet.

" I'm taking the beige Pajama " Zora informed her and stripped in front of Griselda and got into the comfy pajama.

" I will fetch an extra blanket for you " Griselda sighed.

" I'm going to call Julian " Zora took her phone and went to the kitchen.

she dialed her husband's number and waited for his reply.

" Hi, baby " Julian's tired voice was heard through her phone.

 " Are you still working at the station? " Zora sighed and frowned, Julian is straining himself on this case.

" Yeah, we couldn't even get a footprint " Julian sighed and leaned back on his chair while looking at the documents and pictures in front of him.

" I'm sleeping over at Griselda's " She informed her husband.

" Enjoy, you guys should spend more time together, what happened about the job? " He asked her softly and closed his eyes to rest them a little bit.

" I applied for her at JL Inc " Julian smiled, he was happy that Griselda's is letting go slowly.

" That's good " He breathed deeply.

" Yeah, don't overwork, ok? " Zora smiled.

" yes, boss " Julian saluted while chuckling.

 " Good night" Zora laughed.

" Good night," Julian said and waited until Zora hung up then started working again.

Griselda got a spare blanket from beneath her bed and she placed it on her bed with an extra pillow.

" What do they usually do in sleepovers?" Griselda asked Zora, they were both lying on their back, Zora's looking at the ceiling and Griselda looking at the nothing but black.

" They play, watch movies, eat, chat and maybe take selfies " Zora looked at Griselda's profile and answered her.

" How about we get to know each other better? " Zora said excitedly.

" Don't we know each other? " Griselda wondered and smiled slightly.

" Come on " Zora whined and sat up.

" Do you believe in ghosts? " Zora asked and a smile is sketched on her face.

" No, if they were real I would be friends with them at this stage" Griselda answered honestly. If the ghost were real, they would've bothered her boring life.

" Have you ever wished for something desperately and it didn't happen? " Zora hugged the pillow to her chest tightly.

" Yeah " Griselda whispered.

" What is it? " Zora tilted her head.

" Death " Griselda wished death upon herself, she wanted to desperately die as soon as possible.

" Oh " Zora is speechless, her eyes welled up with tears.

" And you? " Griselda asked back.

" To have a baby" Zora smiled at the mention of a baby, Her and Julian tried to have a baby several times but their tries are not useful.

" Would you ever get married?" 

" Yeah, if someone wanted a blind woman," Griselda said bitterly.

" Your beautiful Gris, even if you can't see that, someday someone will not give a damn thought about your blindness, they will see your beauty from inside out and they will love you uncontrollably" Zora smiled while trying to picture for Griselda about her mesmerizing beauty.

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" Missed me?"

The old lady who was reading a book in the backyard of the orphanage got startled by the deep asking voice.

" Jay? " She looked at him, wrinkles filled her face and her white hair in a messy bun, she smiled and got up from her wooden rocking chair.

He walked towards her and hugged her tightly, he missed his mother figure, Jayvyn couldn't see her for those last two weeks.

" I Missed you, you little brat "   Miss Makayla laughed along with Jayvyn.

" I'm not little anymore, I became a billionaire and you're still calling me your little brat" Jayvyn pouted, showing his childish side to Makayla.

" And even if you became the president, I will shout it to the world you little brat "  Jayvyn chuckled and pulled her toward the worn-out couch to sit down.

" When are you going to let me renovate this place? " Jayvyn sighed while looking at the old orphanage.

" Never." She replied with a shrug

" Why not? " Jayvyn whined like the little brat he is.

" This place holds many precious memories "  She sighed and smiled while looking around.

" Then, relocate? " He suggested.

" Nope " He huffed and puffed his cheeks.

" There is this new kid that came to us, he was beaten up, his clothes shredded and starving, he's refusing to talk to anyone of us, I was thinking of calling you, maybe you could talk to him and get him out of his shell " Makayla rested her head on Jayvyn's shoulder and he rested his arm around her shoulder.

" I will come back tomorrow then " He sighed and kissed the crown of her head.

" Thanks to my dear little brat "  They both laughed together.

" You won't stop, will you? " He smiled and looked down at her.

" You guessed it " Makayla smiled brightly.

" Someone caught your handsome little brat eyes," He told her.

" And who's that lucky lady " She pulled away and looked at him while smiling fondly.

" Her name is Griselda," He said without giving her any further information about her.

" That's it? "

" That's it "

The moon was a warm milky glow in the sky as if the sight of it could become a song in the eyes of anyone willing to raise their head upward.  

They both looked at the moon who's being held by the darkness around it.

" Then tell me when you're ready " She whispered mot wanting to ruin the mood.

Jayvyn hummed and laid his head on her lap, she ran her hand through his silky locks and smiled slightly at the moon.

Jayvyn sighed and closed his eyes, loving the feeling of her hand between his locks, Makayla is the closest person to Jayvyn, he has so much love towards her and he's afraid of losing her one day, it scares him the most.

Makayla has brought him far enough from his fears and anxieties that the only fear he has is losing her, he blames himself because he got attached to her.