"Mia!" Dominik ran up to her and gave her a big hug.
"Dominik not now." She muttered in his ears . "I'm here for work and you're still on duty."
"Oh pssht, who cares~ I'm just happy to see you. Talk about a nice surprise."
If Dominik were a dog, then one could practically see his tail wagging furiously.
"Oh Dominik… You always know what to say." She hugged him back.
"Hehehe~ Squishy squishy." He let out a creepy little giggle as he groped her butt.
"Ahn~ Dominik…."
"That's enough, you two. Break it up." The chief ordered as he went into his office. "Dominik, make sure your friend in the interrogation room gets cleaned up. He looks like shit with all that dried up blood on his clothes."
"Sir Yes sir!" He stopped his shenanigans and saluted.
"Also, this case is on you. Suspicions have been lifted from Kurt because you personally put in a word for him and I trust your intuition. Find proper evidence about the man he was chasing and maybe we won't throw him in a cell."
Dominik, receiving the message loud and clear, gave the chief a thumbs up and turned his attention back to Mia.
"By the way Mia, why're you here? Not that I'm complaining."
"Like I told you," she took out the contract from her purse, "I'm here for work. I need to negotiate some terms with your chief about the security for the upcoming tournament next week."
"Sounds boring." His shoulders sagged. "How about I introduce you to my new friend instead? He's got this mysterious badass vibe going on about him. The eyepatch definitely helps with that."
"Maybe later ok?" She held his cheek and gave him a quick kiss. "Sounds like you'll be busy with work too. So get to it before you anger the chief. If you do, I promise well have some fun later tonight~"
That really got Dominik's attention. Suddenly his whole demeanor changed from a sad little puppy to a german shepherd ready to crack down on drugs.
"Wait, are you waiting for Mia? Let's get to work." Dominik, with a straight face, walked out the lobby and into the back door where the interrogation room could be found.
Right when Mia was about to enter the chief's office, she heard him running back to her again. "Mia, wait! I forgot something."
"What is it now?" She sighed and turned around.
"You said to me this morning that you were going to meet a church member with your boss, right? Do you think you can introduce me to them? I want to ask questions about Bishop Tobias."
Mia's whole posture became rigid as she heard that name.
"Hey, what's wrong babe?" He held her shoulders to stop the shaking.
"Dominik," She spoke softly and held his hand. "That's who we met with."
"Really? But why are you shaking like that? Did something happen?"
Mia looked around the station to see if anyone was watching her. She then grabbed Dominik by the sleeve and took him away to a quiet corner where no one could overhear her.
"Theres something very off about that man. And I mean really off."
"Off? What do you mean? He's a Bishop from the church so maybe you misunderstood something?"
"No, Dominik." She held her arm and looked away. "It was his eyes. They way he looked at me like he was…...stripping me. The way his eyes lifted open, and his smile nearly hit the corner of his mouth. It felt violating and disgusting."
Dominik clenched his fists as he stood there listening to her. He managed to reel back his anger and calmly asked her, "Did… did your boss not notice him?"
"She did, and I'm glad." Mia smiled, visibly relieved at the thought. "That's why she sent me here, to be away from him. You said you had questions about Bishop Tobias? Is something going on with him? Should I warn Principal Valentine?"
"Do not tell anybody this but we have reason to believe that," he looked around and whispered to her, "He may be part of the cultists group."
"What!" She screamed and attracted a bit of attention to them,
"Shhh!" He covered her mouth. "Haha! Don't worry guys, I apologise for the ruckus. It's nothing to worry about."
"Y-yes, haha. I'm sorry for yelling…" She took his hand off and apologised with him.
Once eyes were off them and the coast was clear they let out a breath of relief and continued speaking in hushed voices.
"That's a serious accusation, Dominik. Especially against a member of the church. Yes, he gave me creepy looks but does that really warrant such speculation?"
"I already told you we have reason to believe that he is."
"How? Where did you even get this information from?"
"From my new friend." He crossed his arms and lifted his chin in pride. "It's all thanks to him that we have a new lead on them. I'm glad I decided to make friends with him when I did. I swear I think the Goddess has made our path cross again for this very reason."
"Again? Who is this man? It's very rare for you to make friends on your own. Normally it's the other way around."
"It's the guy I told you about. You know the one who nearly broke my hand with a handshake the other day. I met him again today while working. He was covered in blood from head to toe haha! You should've seen how this old lady run up to me, she was like-"
"The Jesus guy? I've heard rumors about him. And that was you who caught him? Nice~"
"Word spread that fast? Damn, it hasn't even been a day yet." He scratched his head in embarrassment. "Also technically it wasn't me who-"
"DOMINIK!" The chief slammed his door open, "Why are you still here!? Don't you have work to do!"
"Oh shoot he's right! I gotta go babe, don't wanna keep my buddy waiting." *mwah* He kissed her on the cheek. "I'll see you later, alright?"
"Okay. See you later. Introduce me to your friend when you have the chance."
"Definitely."
After greeting each other goodbye, Dominik left for the interrogation room and Mia entered the chief's office to begin negotiating a contract.
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"And that's about it. Everything else looks good otherwise." Tobias put his glasses away.
"Perfect. With that the terms have been settled." Diana conducted herself professionally and put a copy of the contract in her purse.
"If you're free Diana-"
"Call me Ms. Valentine or Principal Valentine." She interrupted him while putting on her sunglasses.
"...Ms. Valentine. If you're free you should come to the daycare at the church. I'm sure the kids would love to see someone with your level of caliber and… charm." He sneaked a glance at her chest while she was strapping her purse around her shoulder.
"I would love to visit the kids. Unfortunately though I have a whole academy of them to manage especially during this week so I'll have to respectfully decline. Another time perhaps?"
"That's perfectly understandable." He nodded
"Lovely. Thank you for your time today Bishop."
"No prob-"
SHWOOSH
"..... Stuck up bitch." He began talking to himself in a low voice so that nobody could hear.
"Thinks that because she has the looks she can do whatever she wants? No no no that's not how this works, Diana. Oh Mother Bula, it seems that we have a lost lamb that needs proper guidance."
He thought of Mia and the way her body swayed. His face then contorted into a creepy smile as a sliver of drool left his mouth. "Two of them, Mother. Hahaha, there are two that need proper guidance hahaha."
From the shadows of the coffee shop building came another priest and sat at the table where Tobias was.
"Ah you're back. Tell me, how'd the 'cleanup' go? Has the Peeter problem been dealt with?"
"Yes, Bishop. He is no longer with us. Although there is a slight problem."
"A problem?" The smile he had on his face disappeared.
"Yes. There was, or rather is, a witness who may or may not have recognised me."
"....Excuse me? Witness?? Recognise you? How? Were they not wearing a disguise? Had you not waited for him to be in a secluded area?"
"I…know not how he recognised me since I was in disguise and he was in a secluded area. It's just, the person he was with seemed to be following him, so I decided to get rid of the problem before he started blabbing."
"Then why didn't you eliminate him?"
Tobias, who's fuming on the inside, was having a hard time not flipping the table as the priest spoke on.
"Because he started chasing me before I had the chance to. But worry not, I managed to escape him and confirmed that he has been arrested."
SLAM
He banged his fist on the table.
"Didn't you just say he recognised you? What if he knows about me too? What if he reveals to the prefects about it?"
"O-oh…I…didn't consider-"
"Shhh… please do not speak anymore, brother. Lest you regret it." He leaned on the table with his hand on his head.
"By eliminating one problem you've created another…."
The priest pushed the chair back and kneeled in front of him, "Brother Tobias, let me fix this!"
".... Haaaa." Tobias gently put his hand on the priest's shoulder. "No brother, this is our problem," His fox shaped eyes opened and revealed a pair of dead black pupils as he looked at the kneeling priest. "And together we will solve it."