[Straywolf]

The bookstore was only a few red lights away. The boy nervously spoke up. "Um...Miss Hanako? What am I doing, exactly?"

Makoto stopped at the red light and turned to face the boy. "I won't make you do anything extreme, but I just need you to help me deceive the woman I'm after. Do you have anything to protect yourself with, just in case something goes wrong?" She took out a knife and offered it to the boy, but the boy gently pushed the knife back and revealed his own.

"I'll be fine. I can do what you want me to, I've done something similar with my friends...ah, I never told you my name. You can call me Beita. My real name is a secret too." Beita snickered and grinned at Makoto.

Thieves, huh? Works for me. "Alright then." Makoto drove another block and slowly turned into the backlot of the bookstore. "Okay, Beita. Get in the trunk. That woman over there is my target, and she thinks that I'm holding her sister captive. When you hear her talk, make it sound like you're gagged and struggling to untie yourself. Kick the trunk, or whatever you can do. When she opens the trunk, attack her once, and get out of here. She won't expect it."

Beita nodded and pumped his fist in confidence. "You got it, Hanako." Beita slipped into the trunk and slid the suncover over him.

Makoto slowly approached Chloe in the SUV. She parked it several feet away from her before stepping out of the vehicle. She smiled at Chloe as she shut the door. "Hello, Chloe. It's nice seeing you again."