She's waiting for someone. Waiting for him. She sat at outside the coffee shop at what's supposed to be a table for two.
A silent invitation. If he dares to take it.
So long as he doesn't chase her down the street again.
— Harry was sitting with a glass at the time, looking out the window. And I noticed her figure among the people again. It was already starting to get a little stressful. As if she was deliberately provoking him. But why? He could see the worry in her face —
sort of public indulgence. But, my, is she craving a warm cappuccino for breakfast. And that's where she's head off to now, her local coffee shop.
As per usual, she gives the occasional glance behind her shoulders.
Early the next day, Anna resurfaced. She was but a tiny figure in the crowd. Those big dark sunglasses took up about half her face, but that's exactly how she liked it. She doesn't like it when men, specifically, stare at her for too long.
Rarely does she allow herself any +
— When the heel stepped on foot, Harry felt a dull pain in his leg, and hissed a little. She spared no effort. He realized that he would not be able to catch up with her. But it won't stop either. He limped back through the rainy streets to the agency. —
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She throws her sunglasses over her hair, staring him down as she approaches him. Bag still cradled in one arm, the other reaches out to touch his cheek, luring him in until her lips practically touched his ear.
Nothing a woman's touch can't fix.
"He likes to play inside of +
— But Harry wasn't going to let her go either, so he moved with her to the side, blocking the passage like a wall. —
“ You're going to tell the tourists this shit, Anna. So I'll ask you again - what happened to Mark? ”
me and never come up for air. You'll never find him."
Without giving him a second to process her response, Anna's heel comes stomping down on his shoe, giving her enough time to cross the street and enter her apartment building.
An apple and some grapes might have spilled +
Surely, he didn't think it would be that easy. Her focus is to get away from him as fast as possible without being interrogated on the street.
"You don't know what you're asking me," she says instead of answering his question. Then takes a step to the left, determined to pass +
— Harry stared at her eyes, which were swimming behind her glasses, and after catching his breath, he separated the distance between them. —
“ Anna...Firstly: What are you doing here, and what happened to Mark? ”
Her relentless heels tapped against the pavement. She could do this all day if she had to. Alas, his towering figure cuts her off.
She stumbles back, panting, groaning like a hungry caged dog. Mostly to scare him off— or, well, try to scare him off. But she can only keep up +
— Harry knew these streets better because he lived on them. He tried to close the distance by making his way through different gates and other things that he remembered. The wind blew over his coat, and it was difficult to run, but he tried. around the corner of the house. —
She gets the familiar feeling that someone is watching. Not something, but someone. They're close, the hint of faint cologne hits her before she actually sees him.
Oh, Christ. Not again. Another silly detective who thinks he can crack the case. She spots him through the +
— At that moment, Harry realized that it must have been Her, and now another question was brewing in his head: what was she doing here, and why hadn't he heard from her. Harry watched her for a while until Mark disappeared. He noticed oddities in her behavior. —
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window of the local barber shop.
Anna is not afraid to let him know that she sees him. She turns rather abruptly. Her dark sunglasses are on, but it's clear she's glaring at him from behind.
And then, she darts. She holds her grocery bag like a mother fleeing with her child +
@H3NRYHI11 Anna, or what was someone who looked like Anna, moved quietly and hastily throughout the city. Everyone saw her, yet she never looked up from the ground long enough to actually see anyone.
In her arms, a brown paper bag filled with fruits, dairy, vegetables, and eggs . . .
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