Chapter 29 Inspector Lee’s Visit

4 days have passed since Tainted Scorpion rescued Deleon Shaw from the clutches of infernal assassination. The Demon Triad thought that all of the scientists who were working on the secret formula had been killed, thus they middle no longer in the day to day operation of Bio-Ace Pharmaceuticals. Since Deleon was also pronounced dead, his majority shares were being sought after by greedy members of the company’s board.

During those 4 days, Tainted Scorpion had her minion fished for information concerning the Demon Triad’s leader. Nothing conclusive had been brought to her attention thus far. Tainted Scorpion also went back to Mt Venom to claim her bounty. With the amount of water she now had in her tank account, she wouldn’t dehydrate for years if she drinks in moderation.

“Phew, the customers weren’t that many today.” Finished with the night shift, Anna closed up shop and went to her apartment upstairs to freshen up before eating supper. While she was in the bath, she heard repetitious knocking on her door. [Bang! Bang! Bang!]

“Is that Ember? Why is she back here again when I just said goodbye to her? Tsk, it’s never an easy day with that girl around.” Anna hurried out of the shower, tossed on a towel over herself then rushed to the front door.

[Bang! Bang! Bang!] “Stop smashing down my door! I’m almost there.” [Creek!] After opening the door Anna recognized who it was outside. As a result, she shrieked while holding onto her breasts. “Deleon? What are you doing at my apartment and why do you look so disgusting?”

Though Anna was startled, she pretended as if she didn’t know what Deleon was going through. “You caught me at a bad time. I’m not even properly dressed. How come you show up at my place now of all times when you haven’t contacted me ever since our date?”

“I’m sorry, Ms Anna but something important came up.”

“What was so important that you couldn’t make a single phone call?”

“I guess you haven’t seen the news recently.”

“I’m not fond of the news. Too much negativity. Why? Did something happened to you?”

“Do you mind if I come in first? I’m shivering standing out here in the cold.”

“Yeah, come on in. Take off your shoes at the entrance and close the door behind you. Stay put while I go put on some proper clothes.” Anna ran off to her bedroom. There was a part of her vambrace lying on a counter nearby, she picked it up along the way. She looked if there were anything else out of place that would arouse Deleon’s suspicion of her true identity.

As she was jumping into her pyjamas, Anna’s face showed a miffed expression. ‘What is that man doing here? I thought he had already left town. Does he have a death wish or something? What if he’s discovered by the Assassin League of Black Scorpions who are spread about the city? Then I would be in major trouble for faking an assassination contract. I went through all that trouble to save his life and now he might ruin mine by remaining here. I have to find out the reason why he hasn’t left Arak Gold yet.’

Finished changing into her sleeping apparels, Anna came out of her bedroom to discover Deleon snooping around her apartment. “Hey, stop being such a curious kitty cat in my abode. Don’t think that I’ve forgiven you for ditching me for days. Why did you do it? Did you find some other better-looking lady who you like?”

Deleon alighted his bottom on the sofa. “Of course not. I wouldn’t betray the trust of the most beautiful flower in the world. You mean so much to me Anna.”

“How can I believe the words being pronounced from a cute player’s tongue?”

“You think I’m cute, Anna?” Deleon blushed while pointing at his face.

“Hey, smart guy, don’t trail off topic. Hurry up and tell me already why you are here?”

Deleon slapped on his serious face. “Anna the thing is, I died.”

“What, you died?” Anna acted surprised.

“No, I worded that incorrectly.” Deleon corrected himself. “What I meant to say is that the entire world thinks that I have died. If you were watching the news then you would have heard the details.”

“Oh, my. What might you be talking about?” Anna sat down beside Deleon, pretending she was oblivious to his near-death experience. Deleon retold his story to the girl he thought was just an amiable florist. As he was nearing the end of his story, Anna’s face became laden with custom-made tears.

[Sob! Sob!] “How could they do such terrible things to a kind soul like you? Come here Dele. I’ll comfort you.” Anna embraced Deleon’s head, forcing it to rest on her buxom bosom. “There, there. I won’t let any of those bad people get their hands on you. You can stay here for as long as you like, ok?”

“Really? You’re such a kind person, Anna. Thanks for letting me stay over. I promised to be out of your hair as soon as I resolve my situation.”

“How do you plan on doing that? The Demon Triads are really bad people. It was not so long ago they vandalize my shop for money. I don’t want you getting yourself in any more danger. For a long time now I haven’t cared about anyone as much as I care about you.” This bit was actually true. Because of Deleon, Anna did something terrible that was considered taboo among the Assassin League of Black Scorpions.

Deleon offered the woman he liked some solace, he rubbed her back and snuggled into her bosom. “Don’t worry Anna. I promise to keep my head on my body as I resolve my situation.” They stayed cuddled up throughout the night until they fell asleep.

[Whoosh!]

Early the next day, shortly after Anna opened up her shop, a red vehicle pulled over outside. A beautiful inspector dressed in revealing apparels came out and walked up to the shop. She interacted with a flower that was on display, fondling its petals with her pointy nails, also, sniffing its scent. “Tsk, disgusting.”

“Excuse me miss, can I help you with something?” Anna came over to the lady who seemed disgusted by her plants. “If these Marma Lilies aren’t to your liking, I can introduce you to a more suitable plant inside.”

“Don’t bother.” Inspector Lee ripped off a petal from the plant, crushed it into her palm then tossed it at Anna’s feet.

“Excuse me. Can you not destroy my plants? If you’re not interested in buying anything then please be on your way.” Anna showed the disrespectful lady the exit.

“I think not.” Inspector Lee slapped away Anna’s arm then showed her the badge hanging on her waist. “I’m with Arak Gold Municipal Authority. I came here today on official business. You may refer to me as Inspector Lee.”

“Hm?” Anna eyed the badge being shoved into her face and felt a wee bit of intimidation. “What brings you my establishment, Inspector Lee? I’m sure I haven’t violated any vanity protocols.”

“No, you’ve done far worse, Anna Keyheart. I’m placing you under arrest for several counts of brutal murder.” Inspector Lee grabbed hold of Anna’s arm while taking out her handcuff, but before she could cuff Anna, she received a blow to her wrist.

[Slap!] Anna’s true personality began to show on her face. “Cut the shit, Ajay. You’re not fooling anyone with your womanly appearance.”

“I could say the same about you, Tainted Sco.” [Whoosh!] Not getting the chance to finish her sentence, Anna thrust her face towards Inspector Lee’s mouth and locked lips with her.

“Huh?” Inspector Lee was flabbergasted. Why was Tainted Scorpion sucking on her face? How long had she developed feeling for her? Due to these confusing thoughts, Inspector Lee didn’t push away Anna’s lips immediately, instead, she deepened their embrace by introducing moist tongue.

The reason for Anna’s sudden lip service was to prevent a certain someone from discovering her identity. Earlier when Inspector Lee was about so call out her assassin’s moniker, Anna spotted Deleon eavesdropping from behind the rear shelf in her shop. Hence she engaged Inspector Lee’s lips to shut her up from speaking.

“What is Anna doing with that woman?” Deleon was startled when he discovered Anna speaking with the beautiful Inspector Lee who was at the safe house with Detective Kim before it exploded. What got his mien riled up was when he saw them sucking on each other’s tongue. “Was Anna always into women? When did this happen? Is that woman the previous lover she mentioned who hurt her?”

[Gasp!] The passionate kiss between Anna and Inspector Lee lasted for a while. The saliva of their tongues coming loose trickled down their soft lips. Afterwards, Anna grabbed Inspector Lee’s hand and led her around the corner of her shop where Deleon’s eavesdropping wouldn’t reach.

“Why did you drag me all the way around here for?”

“There’s a cockroach in my shop that I don’t want listening to us.”

“Cockroach?” Inspector Lee realized something. “So that’s why you kissed me earlier?”

“Yeah. Did you perhaps read too much into it, thinking that I’m still attracted to you?” Anna raised an eyebrow suspiciously at Inspector Lee.

“What? Of course not!” Inspector Lee was flustered. To not make it look so bad, she quickly slapped on here earnest face and glared at Anna.

“Quite a deadly glare you have there, Crimson Scorpion. So… why did you seek me out during my day job?”

“Fu-hu-hu-hu. Hold on to your panties.” Inspector Lee Pinned Anna against the wall then began slithering her tongue inside her ear. “While I was going through a case file involving the Demon Triad’s recent activities, I came across something really interesting.” She took out her phone and cycled through her gallery. She selected a photo which displayed an alluring woman of mature beauty then showed it to Anna. “Doesn’t this woman share a striking resemblance to somebody that you’re very familiar with?”

“Hm?” Anna received a massive emotional blow to her cranium when she laid eyes on the image displaying on Inspector Lee’s phone. “This… this woman…? Why does my head hurt whenever I glance at this image?” Anna felt light-headed and dizzy.

“She looks just like you am I right? Due to the shocking resemblance between you two, I did some background check on this person and look at what I’ve found. ” Inspector Lee swiped the face of her screen until an image of a middle-aged man showed up. “This man was the lady’s husband several years ago. He’s been missing for a good while now along with his daughter. I couldn’t find a photo of the daughter but look at this.”

Inspector Lee showed Anna a document which contained the man’s personal data. “Tavares Keyheart, former general manager of Daltek Conglomerate. Father of a single child. Went missing on December 22, 15 years ago. The same date as his daughter. Funny enough his daughter’s name is….”

“Stop!” Anna slapped the document out of Inspector Lee’s hand abruptly. She was an emotional mess when this realization hit her. “So that nightmare that I had was real after all? My head hurts whenever I try to remember. Ahh! Huh?”

While she was battling the painful memories popping up in her head, Anna coincidentally spotted a printed photo of the mature beauty which had slid out of the fallen document. She bent down to pick it up.

“Mother…?” Anna began to remember bits and pieces of her childhood. Her head hurt so much whenever she reflected on the past.

Inspector Lee confirmed her suspicions when she noticed how intensely Anna was staring at the photo of the mature woman. “I knew it. That lady is your mother, isn’t she? What sort of effed up family do you have? Were you aware that this lady is a very high ranking official of the Demon Triad? She also has some pull with high-end politicians. Getting access to her personal files was very difficult. I had to seduce some old security minister. Do you know how disgusting it is licking old men saggy balls? But it was worth it getting my hands on this information. That expression of yours is quite priceless. Fu-hu-hu! Who knew a slick killer like yourself would be such an emotional wreck after remembering her past. Now I know your weakness I will use it to my advantage. You can go ahead and keep that photo.”

Inspector Lee picked up the remaining document from the floor then went back to her vehicle out front and drove off, leaving Anna to sulk from remembering her painful memories.

“Mommy… why did you kill papa that night? Mommy… why did you toss me away like rubbish? Mommy… how have you been living this past couple of years? Mommy…” Anna stared fixedly at her mother’s photo for a long time while muttering to herself until Ember came along and rouse her from her dilemma.

“Boss, what’s up? What are you doing around here all by your lonesome?”

“Huh, nothing.” Anna quickly hid the photo in her bosom.

Ember noticed that something was off and asked. “What do you have there?”

“It’s nothing. I’m going out for a while. Can you look after the shop for me?”

“Sure thing, boss. Where are you off to?”

Anna didn’t answer the question directly. As she stepped by Ember she replied: “Deleon is hiding inside my apartment so be careful.”

“Wait, what?” Ember just received a massive shock to her mien. “Hey, Anna! Come back here! Anna! Geez, she’s gone already.” Ember became peeved at Deleon’s presence residing inside the shop. “Why is he here at my boss’s place? The thing I hate the most is a clingy man.”