Chapter 19 - She is a she, he is a he

20 minutes had passed since Seraphina entered the ladies restroom. Ladies come and go but Seraphina's hadn't showed up. After a few more minutes, another batch of ladies exited the restroom. Ace decided to go inside while Riggs blocked the way to the restroom. To Ace surprised, Seraphina wasn't inside. He checked every cubicle but no one is there. He looked at the ceiling but nothing seemed wrong.

He hurriedly got out of the restroom. Riggs looked for her around the mall but to no avail, he hadn't found her. Ace on the other hand went straight to the monitor room to review the cctv footage. After he got permitted to review the cctv's, he directly went to check the cameras near the restroom.

As expected, there wasn't any cctv cameras inside the restroom, thus the angle was at the entrance of the restroom. They immediately started it the moment Seraphina entered the restroom but to their surprised, she didn't exited.

Their suspicion that she probably blended with the other ladies exiting the area vanished.

In the footage, Ace entered the restroom and anxiously exited. What happened next made Ace petrified. Riggs just arrived at the monitor room and witnessed what happened in the cctv. Their jaw almost dropped to the ground as they saw what happened in the footage.

Just a few minutes after Ace went in and out, Seraphina exited the restroom with a large smug grin on her face. She stopped then turned her gaze to the cctv's direction. She mouthed something as she winked at it before leisurely hopped out.

Ace rewind the footage a few times in a slower paced before he understood what she was saying.

'Home. 7pm.' She mouthed.

'F*ck!!!' Ace cursed. He hurriedly check where she went, but as if she knew each cctv's position, she went to all its blindspots and just like that, she disappeared.

Frustrated. Both men exited the monitor room and made their way to the lift going down straight to the designated parking lot.

Ace pulled his phone from inside his suit and dialed someone. Seeing the caller ID, Riggs brows knitted.

"Hey why are you calling X?"

"I'll find her."

"What?! Why'd you do that? Didn't she said we'll wait for her?"

"Don't you find her suspicious?"

"Why'd you say that? She's just like that. you know.. typical, rebellious, spoiled young miss trying to make all things troublesome for us. Lets just meet her at 7pm man. Why get X involved?" Riggs said in a matter-of-factly tone.

Ace side glances at Riggs. His expression was stern as he spoke.

"That's what a typical teenager would do but she's in her mid 20's, Riggs. She isn't rebellious —she lost her memories for f*ck sake and that's what makes her suspicious. How did she managed to evade us? Even if we say we'd been inactive for quite some time now, I don't think she could leave the premises just like that."

Hearing Ace statement, Riggs couldn't help but ponder.

'He does makes sense' he thought. When the sound of the call was answered by X, as if Riggs was splashed by cold water he blurted out.

"Don't you think this is familiar?" With a disbelief tone, he continued.

"I just cant shrug the idea that it was just like—" before he could continue, Ace abruptly interrupted him. The temperature around them dropped as Ace spoke.

"Don't compare her to boss. You're insulting him." His voice was eerily flat as if he was the one being insulted.

"Right, right. She is a she. And boss is a he. She is thin. He is thick." almost instantly, Riggs agreed to him as he find his own idea absurb. Both of their attention was diverted from their current situation, thus, when the phone Ace was holding turned in loudspeaker, both of them were startled.

"Did you call just to let me here your dilemma?" A robotic voice said from the other end of the call.

"Hey pimpsquek, stop doing that alright?" Riggs bristled at the person called X.

"What do you mean she is a thin and boss is thick?" The robot-ish voice asked. Not minding Riggs statement.

"I want you to find someone." Ace spoke. He didn't beat around the bush as he asked for X assistance.

"New target?"

"No. Just locate her. 500km radius from our current location." Ace was about to send a photo of Seraphina but before he could he stopped midway.

"F*ck!" Ace let out another cursed as he send an old photo of Seraphina.

"Her hair was done in a lavender color or near that color." Ace added. Though he is skilled in battle he was bad at describing a person's appearance or things. Thus, his frustrations were piling up one after another.

"Wait." The robotic voice answered. Not a minute had passed, the robotic voice was once again heard.

"Can't find her."

"What do you mean you cant?" Ace asked in disbelieved.