“Sure, thank you,” she accepted the card. She
looked at the card in her hand, and then back up at him; She fished out her
smart phone and quickly save his number.
I am giving you a missed call. You can add my
number to your contacts.”
“Sure I will.” Martin replied. A question formed
in her mind that reflected in her pretty eyes. “Do you think you’ll be able to
find him?”
Martin
looked to her, not sure what to tell her. While he knew the odds were not in
his favour, he knew that Anita would expect him to get in touch with her again.
But once he found Joseph, would he be able to mention it to her? Could he allow
her to thank a "terrorist"? If he told her that he found him, he
would need to explain that.
While he was sure she wouldn’t care too much
about that fact- she would still be thankful for her life- he just wasn’t sure
if he could morally accept her to thank someone who had previously put the
lives of many others in danger. He thought it was likely that he wouldn’t let
it happen, and that it would be best for them both if they just parted ways and
thought nothing else of it. Even if that meant giving her a false hope.
“You
can never say for sure. People have many ways to disappear from the sight of
the authorities,” he said with his signature shrug, which served as a
dismissal. “Have a good day now.”
Anita
stared at him for a moment before nodding. She knew she was being dismissed. There
was still so much she wanted to know. Martin clearly intended to hide what he
could from her, and it wasn’t that she blamed him but she, too, was dying for
answers. Why was he also in search of that man? Had the man done something? Was
he really missing like Martin said? She knew far from enough to judge what was
happening before her, and though she was hesitant to do so, for now she had to
settle with knowing that someone was helping her find the man who saved her.
That was enough, wasn’t it?
She
said her farewells to Martin and then walked past him on the sidewalk, moving
in the direction of her office; she would need to get to her car before
returning home. It was difficult to get her mind off of the meeting with
Martin, but for now, she knew she had to let it rest.
Once she was back at her place, she would have
the opportunity to brood over what she’d learned. Anita was glad to have
finally gotten the story off of her chest, but it was impossible to deny the
fact that her quest was incomplete. Martin had been hiding something from her.
But what was it?
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