We sat in the cafe for a few long hours but it was worth it.
I got to know many things about him. He is just cold on the outside. Inside he's a grown man who stresses too much about work.
He remains composed all the time and doesn't know his weak side to anyone.
Andrew was paying for our drinks while I finally looked at the girls who had been staring at him for as long as we had been here.
One of them finally got up and approached him.
"Um, excuse me? Are you in a relationship?" She gave me a side-eye.
I wanted to laugh now.
He ignored her.
I wanted to laugh harder.
"If not, is it possible..?" she stopped mid-sentence and touched his face. She had this weird looking smile spread across her face, which was making me lose control on my laughter.
He immediately smacked her hand, I'm sure that must have hurt, and then he said, "Can't you see I'm with someone?"
"Well, you both didn't seem much intimate, so I just thought you were just friends." She answered and folded her hands.
"In that case, let me tell you, she is my fiancé. And we are going to get married soon." He finished talking.
She looked pretty angry for I don't know what and glared at me.
I gave her a light wave and smiled.
He turned around and started walking. I was also going to join him just like before but this time he grabbed my hand and got me out of the restaurant.
"I have noticed another advantage of this relationship." He said.
"Which is?"
"We can use our relationship to get out of situations like that." He answered.
I started laughing and he smiled huge.
I read the letters from the next box. Again, I failed to find his name. But I did have a theory now, his first name's first initial might be O and surname's first initial A.
I thought of this since all the letters had 'OA' engraved on them.
The letters I read were of him, just talking about work and more work. He also talked about some engagement which had come for him, his father almost agreed to it as well. But he rejected it and told his father that he is already in love.
Now, it was sure, that this guy was my sister's boyfriend. I wonder where he was.
A few minutes later, I stumbled upon another clue. A location.
They visited a library by the lake, on 12th August, 20 days back.. I decided to go there tomorrow. Maybe the librarian would remember them.
"Hi, I want to-" "Which kind of books would you like to read today?" I was interrupted by the librarian,
I tilted my head. She was quite old, I have to say. She was wearing glasses on her nose tip and typing something, really slowly. I really wished I could type for her, considering her speed.
"I'm not here for any books actually." I said.
"I think you might be interested in the non-fiction. You can go in that aisle but be careful you might trip in the 'non-friction' section." She started laughing, wheezing to be precise.
I gave an awkward chuckle.
"I need to ask you some questions." I said. "Grab a book and come talk to me." she said.
"I don't want to read right now. After I talk to you, I'll check the books." I said, making sure she heard every word.
"Alright, so?" she asked, finally looking at me.
'"On 12th August, do you remember a couple walking into the library?" I asked.
"On 12th August? Hmmm... I just want to tell you, I'm not good with dates. But let me try.. 12 August.." she kept mumbling.
"I'll describe the girl. She had blonde hair, blue eyes. Around my height and really slim." I described my sister.
"Oh!! Yes, I remember that kind, pretty girl. She was with a man, I remember." she said.
"Do you remember what that man looked like?" I asked.
Finally, I'll get to know what he looks like.
"He had black hair and.... And.... And?" she began mumbling.
"Are there cctv cameras here? Could I check those?" I asked.
"Oh yeah, sure. Follow me. The control room is right there." she said and started walking.
She was walking really slowly.
We reached the control room where a chubby man , was sleeping on his chair.
"Jeffery! Get up and monitor the cameras." She shouted and slapped his head.
He woke up and immediately looked at the screen.
"Can you show this lady the camera footage of 21st August?" she asked.
"Um, 12th August." I corrected her.
He opened up the files and gave me the footage.
I checked the whole recording and around 4 pm, I noticed my sister and her boyfriend enter.
The quality was really bad but I recognized my sister. The man however, his face was blurry and he was hard to identify.
He was wearing a jeans and a loose shirt. He did have black hair and I think he was wearing glasses.
They were running around and laughing. Ally grabbed a book and sat down but he kept talking to her. I don't think she read anything in the end.
They left after an hour.
"Hmm, is the sound not there?" I asked but the cctv operator had fallen asleep again.
I sighed and played with the buttons to check the sound.
Either I didn't know the buttons or the sound wasn't available.
I checked out the books in the non-fiction aisle. I did find one, that interested me. Maybe I'll borrow it next time.
"Which kind of books would you like to read today?" The librarian asked again.
"Uh, it's me. Thank you, I got some information from the camera. I found a good book, maybe the next time I come, I'll take it with me. Now, what is a librarian's favorite chocolate?" I asked.
She looked at me and asked, "What is it?"
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