Chapter 123 - 123: Don't Fall for Her

At Skull Gang Headquarter...

The man who was the target of the joint task force today was currently sitting on a couch together with an expert facial composite artist.

James Arison hired an expert composite artist in order to sketch the facial feature of Catseye according to the memory of Black Shadow, the only person who saw Catseye's true face.

Since the CCTV footage was deleted that night they had no way to find out if Catseye's face was recorded in the CCTV.

Besides, there were lots of guests that night. Not all of them were taken a shot or picture and everyone was wearing a mask.

They were sitting there for almost an hour. Black Shadow started to get bored. He also felt annoyed.

He already described Catseye's facial features, her dark alluring eyes, her pointed nose, her perfect arch brows, long eye-lashes, and perfect curve thin rep lips.

But he was not satisfied with the sketch that he was seeing. The girl in his mind was very beautiful compare to the sketch.

If there could just a technology who could flash the images in his mind then this lousy sketch would not be needed anymore.

There were also a lot of crumpled papers scattered on the floor. Black Shadow's patience was already in the breaking point. 

"Are you really an Expert?!! Why can't you do your job well? Your drawing is very far from the image in my memory!! I am wasting my time here!" Black Shadow exclaimed as he stood up from his seat.

The artist was sweating a lot. He was afraid of Black Shadow. He could not concentrate well on his drawing because of the fear and nervousness that he was feeling.

"I ... am... sorry sir." The artist stuttered in his speech.

"What is the problem here?" James just entered the room.

"Your artist is not reliable. He can't picture out the image I was saying to him. I already described Catseye's beautiful face for so many times but he could not still get it right." Black Shadow complained to him.

James frowned after hearing that. He could see the artist's trembling hands. He just shook his head.

"Go out now. I think this will not work." The artist felt relieved when James ordered him to go out.

James just stared at the annoyed face of Black Shadow. He leaned on the wall with his arms crossed over his chest.

"So what are you planning to do? How we will able to catch Catseye?" James asked Black Shadow in a serious tone.

Black Shadow grinned gleefully at him.

"Don't be impatient Boss. I think she is just hovering around you. See... she even attended your birthday party and she did not do anything to harm you or your family. Are you not curious about that?"

"Just wait, she might deliver herself to you willingly." Black Shadow commented as he chuckled.

James was put in deep thought. "The 30 days promise ended... is she trying to harm Selena now?

"Maybe yes or maybe no. If she has the intent to kill or harm someone, she would be in her assassin clothes or in her disguise but she did not wear any disguise that night. I wonder why."

Then there was a moment of silence between the two men after Black Shadow said that.

"I assume that she was there for her personal life and not for her work or mission." Black Shadow laughed because of that thought.

Black Shadow's remarks made James more confused and puzzled. Seeing James's expression, he decided to elaborate on what he meant by his statement.

"Catseye had stop receiving any mission. The assassin guild was rejoicing because of that. My fellow assassins have the same questions in mind."

"Did Catseye retired already because Black Shadow learned her identity?" Black Shadow continued to speak while James was listening attentively to him.

"However, just a few weeks ago. She killed another businessman, Jefferson Gong, the owner of one of the biggest Casinos here. So we rejected the thought that she retired already."

"I also noticed something. The way she killed him was a little bit different from how she usually works. She even revealed Gong's illegal activities."

"I think Catseye is doing this because of her own grudge."

"How sure are you? Why did you think so?" James was still in doubt.

Black Shadow let out a soft chuckle.

"Boss... you don't understand. Assassins have different life stories on why they became an assassin."

"Some chose this path because of money and they love killings. Some became one because of their dark past. Some had experienced some cruelty of this world that forced them to become an assassin."

"I thought Catseye was like the first one I mention but seeing her I could sense that there is something more about her, a deeper story behind her viciousness."

"So... you were saying that Catseye has an interesting life story that made her an assassin? " James laughed dryly as he looked at Black Shadow with disbelief.

Black Shadow just nodded while grinning at him.

"But still, she is just a killer, the one who killed my father. I don't give a d*mn about her life story. All I want to do is to catch her, know the mastermind and punish her for killing my father." Furry was evident to James's voice.

"Alright Boss, I will help you catch her. But I want to warn you. Don't fall for her when you see her. Because I guarantee you, you might change your heart when you see her." Black Shadow smirked at him.

James shot him a cold stare.

"Tsk... Don't spout nonsense Black Shadow. Watch your mouth. I won't ever fall to my father's murderer. Even if she is a woman, I won't show her any mercy."

Black Shadow just smiled at him mischievously as he shrugged his shoulder.

'Hmm, Be careful James Arison. You never know... you might eat your words in the end.' he thought to himself.

"Okay, Boss. Speaking of a girl, there is someone whom I needed to meet tonight. Yesterday you interrupted my date with her so I must make her up tonight.

"I need to go now since I think my presence here is no longer needed."

Soon, Black Shadow left the Skull Gang Headquarter. He would prepare now for his date tonight. He would also meet Reaper, his assassin friend since they decided to have a double date.

James was left in that room still thinking about what Black Shadow had said to him. He was now curious to see how Catseye would look like face to face.

"Did my father see her face before he died? I wanna know the last moment of my father," he mumbled to himself.

"Catseye, who are you? What are you doing at my party that night? Why are you there?"

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Evening came...

Elle was sitting in the living room of her new place. She was there but it seemed like her mind was somewhere else.

'Did Erick already return home? Did he see my letter? Is he looking for me?' These were the questions of Elle right now in her mind.

But there was no way to find out. She already left her phone at Erick's house. Even if Erick searched for her in the Cafe. He won't see someone.

Phantom and Charles also decided to accompany her tonight and she agreed. If it was like before, she would prefer to be alone.

But given the circ.u.mstances right now, the more she was alone, the more she was thinking about Erick. That was why she allowed them to stay.

Charles just arrived after buying some food for their dinner tonight when suddenly his phone rang.

Charles frowned when he saw the caller I.D. It was Bryan who was calling him.

'Why is he calling me at this hour?' Charles mumbled as he wondered.

Elle noticed Charles's phone was ringing and he was just staring at it while frowning.

"Why are you not answering your phone? Who is calling you?" Elle asked him.

"Bryan is the one calling me right now," Charles showed her the phone.

"Maybe he is also looking for you. He might ask me if I know where you are right now. The detective must be searching for you now. Too bad, he won't see you again." Charles just shrugged.

'Why Bryan? It could have been Erick but why Bryan?' Elle did not want to admit it but she felt bothered by that call.

Charles's phone continued ringing. It went off for a second but it rang again, over and over.

Elle could not bear it anymore so she grabbed Charles's phone and she answered it. Charles was just looking at her bewildered.

As soon as the phone was answered, a panicking and trembling voice of Bryan could be heard from the other line. He was desperately looking for Elle.

Elle was puzzled and she felt a bad premonition when she heard the urgency in the voice of Bryan.

"Bryan, It's me, Elle. What's wrong?" Elle replied to him. She felt uneasy.

Seconds after, a loud thud was heard in the living room. Elle was shocked for a moment causing her to drop the phone from her hand.

"Oh my god, my Phone!" Charles exclaimed as he failed to catch his phone.

The next thing that Charles saw was Elle yanking the keys in the table as she dashed out from the house in a hurried manner. 

'What happened? Where is she going? Why she is in a hurry?'

Seconds after, he heard the sound of Elle's motorcycle leaving the garage.