He smiled 'cause she shrugged it off, he doesn't want a situation whereby she'll start suspecting that someone was in this office with her, and she'll start searching around 'cause of that. And who knows, while searching around, she could catch him, and then his whole plan would spoil. The sausage wasn't even enough to satisfy half of his hunger, but at least, it was something.
Eva began eating her snacks once again, and before she knew it, she had eaten them all. Then she started gulping the content of her soft drink until she emptied the bottle. After she was done drinking, she started working once again. Seeing that she had gone back to work, Leonard sighed and said to himself,
"Now, we're back to this, she's gone back to working, how would I discover the type of men she likes like this?".
Time kept on passing as Eva continued working, and you know what? Leonard kept feeling bored. He knew she wasn't gonna start a conversation with anyone soon, so he strolled back to that spot at the side of the cupboard and sat back on it. The time to get useful information concerning the type of men she likes was when she was discussing with her friends, he knew that.
Females tend to discuss men and relationships when they are together, and she and her friends were gonna meet at their favorite restaurant to chat, he was gonna be there. Time kept passing, and before Leonard knew it, it was close to complete evening already. He had spent hours in this blank room without eating a good meal, and the worst part of it, without accomplishing the main reason why he was here.
He was a bit frustrated, but he knew he was doing all these to accomplish his quest, so he shrugged it off. It was almost close to complete evening, and Eva was done working, she quickly round-up with the clothing she was working on and began speaking with someone on the phone, precisely...one of her friends. This is what their conversation was like,
"So, we are still meeting at our favorite restaurant, right?". Eva inquired of her friend.
"Yeah, all three of us are completely prepared". Her friend responded.
"OK, so I'll start heading to the restaurant right now, would I see you guys there when I get there?".
"Maybe, maybe not, just start coming".
"OK, I'm coming right now".
Leonard was listening to the discussion, but as usual, he was hearing only what Eva was saying. But only Eva's saying was enough for him to know that she was heading over to the restaurant right now, and he knew he had to follow her...but how? Coming out of the passage along with her would be a really bad idea, people would suspect to the brim.
So this is what he planned on doing, he would wait for her to walk out for some minutes, then he'll walk out also. People would most likely not notice him 'cause of his black hooded clothing, and he'll walk in a way that would make them not notice him. The workers might be few right now 'cause some of them might have gone home already, he would use that to his advantage also.
Eva held her classy handbag and sauntered out of her office, and Leonard came out of the blank room. He was gonna wait for some minutes before he'll stroll out of her office also. He wouldn't waste time 'cause he didn't know where that favorite restaurant of theirs was located and he planned on making use of the boot of Eva's car once again...if you know what I mean.
Some minutes have passed already, Leonard didn't waste time to walk out of the office and began sauntering across the passage. And before he knew it, he was already on the first floor of the edifice. And as he sauntered, no one called him or stop him, they didn't even notice him, he covered his head with the hood well. He began dismounting the staircase that led to the last floor, and before he knew it, he was already on the last floor.
Just as no one stopped or called him on the first floor, so it was on the last floor, he sauntered freely until he arrived at the door that led outside. He opened it and stepped out of the building. He sighted Eva standing close to the gate discussing with a man that seemed to be working at this enterprise, and the security guard was standing close to the gate also glancing at the both of them as they discussed.
None of them were staring at him, this was his chance to enter Eva's boot before it becomes late. He bent well and began tiptoeing to Eva's car. Arriving at the car, he opened the boot gently, entered it, and closed it gently. Eva, the man, and the security guard didn't even notice Leonard enter the boot, their attention wasn't there at all.
Leonard sighed deeply upon entering the boot, look at the risk he just took, it just took one swiveling of head from one of them, and he'll be caught. He just hope all these risks he was taking wouldn't be in vain, he'll accomplish what he was searching for. Just as the boot wasn't comfortable in the morning, so it wasn't comfortable now. Lying in the boot for some minutes, the car came to life, Eva had started it..it's about time for movement.
Then Eva put the car in motion, Leonard could feel it. The guard widely opened the gate as Eva sped out of the compound. She drove until she arrived at the front of her favorite restaurant, the favorite restaurant she shares with her friends. Then she came out of the car carrying her classy handbag in her hand as she strolled into the restaurant.
Leonard knew that she had put the car to a halt, he felt it, but he didn't want to come out of the boot just like that. Who knows how many people were staring at the car right now, once he comes out, all their gazes would be fixed on him...that was just his speculation though. But he knew he needed to come out of the boot, it was uncomfortable. So he began opening it hoping that no one's gaze was fixed on the boot until he opened it finish.
And thank goodness! No one was watching the boot. He jumped out of the boot immediately, that's when he noticed a young boy about 12 years old staring at him. After staring at him for some seconds, the young boy shook his head and walked away....definitely, he saw Leonard coming out of the boot.
"What was that for?". Leonard questioned himself as he began sauntering towards the restaurant he knew Eva entered.
Entering the restaurant, he glanced around to locate where Eva and her friends were sitting, after some seconds, he sighted them. Four of them were sitting on chairs around a table discussing and laughing, why weren't they eating or drinking something? Haven't they ordered something yet? He knew he needed to sit close to them to listen to their discussion, so he began sauntering to the table closest to them that had empty chairs around it.
Before he did that, he made sure to position the hood well so his identity would be completely hidden...they mustn't recognize him. Arriving at the chairs, he sat on one of them and lowered his head a little...listening time. Just some seconds after he sat down, one of the waiters in the restaurant filled Eva's table with food and drinks.
Each of her friends had food and drink in their front, but Eva had only drink in her front. Yeah, she ordered for only drink 'cause she wasn't feeling that hungry, the snacks she ate in her office go a long way in filling her stomach. Leonard couldn't help but lick his mouth as he stared at their food, he was still feeling hungry.
He was tempted to just go home and eat something, but he needed to do this, he needed to listen to their conversation to see if something useful would come out of it. Sitting on the chair for about a minute, he heard a voice which made him glance up immediately,
"Hi, sir, what do you wanna eat or drink? Can you place your order?". It was the voice of a girl in her early twenties.
It was now that Leonard began to realize the importance of money, and he's got none. He hadn't even been thinking about money since he transmigrated into this earth, he felt like he wouldn't need them since an apartment and other essential things of life were bestowed unto him. But now, he had realized the value, what was he gonna tell this girl now?
He couldn't tell her that he just came here to sit? This wasn't his parlor, this was a f**king restaurant. He could have easily ordered something if he had money on him, and he was feeling hungry too. But you know what? Leonard ordered something though he's got not even a single bill in his pocket.