The Promise

Courage & Disguise

The news is in the air.

Fear looms in Russia.

Nobody knows who's next. The former Ambassador has just been assassinated .

Everyone is walking with eyes behind their head at the minute,nobody wants to be the next to die.

Cara is making her way to the restaurant. She is in so much fear. If she wasn't a spy she wouldn't have been that worried. After all, she works with Americans,

but her case seems to be different, as she's in a very tight space of choice,

If her cover is blown, she will be killed by the Americans, whereas if she doesn't continue her job as a mole for the Russians, her whole family will be executed by the Russians.

Cara is confused yet she maintains a warm smile as she enters the restaurant,but notices that the restaurant has more customers than usual.

She maintains a straight face as she rushes to the back to inspect everything going on in the office and also prepare Mr Capello's catalog for the day.

Even though they're spies, they run a very organized restaurant that would even make it very hard to even think of them as spies.

It was a lively day, people were placing their orders as they were supposed to be,but Cara went upstairs so she could carefully monitor everyone, as it was the routine every morning to be on the safer side to avoid surprises.

As her eyes roved around she noticed two men dressed like Americans both wearing black suits, but the only odd thing was they were Russians from their looks,so she placed her focus on both of them to spot any suspicious activity.

As she stood there watching these men closely, Mr Capello walked into the restaurant,and as he walked passed where the two men,one of them acted like he wanted to go somewhere but stopped halfway after he locked eyes with Mr Capello. Then he walked back to his seat like he had forgotten something. Cara didn't take her eyes off them as she was focused on them. The second man brought a book,flipped it open,turned the book around to the guy who stood up initially and the second guy shook his head from left to right, signifying negativity.

Cara already knew what was going on,

Mr Capello isn't the one they were looking for,

but whoever they were looking for was supposed to be in that restaurant and much more than that the person was not an ordinary customer but someone with access to the management department reserved for just workers and management.

Before Mr Capello could get to where Cara was watching everyone from,these two men got up and left the restaurant.

Mr Capello said "Cara, is everything alright?

Cara said faintly:

" They're here for us,they are looking for someone,I don't know who,but they just checked you out."

Mr Capello was so shocked,he didn't even notice.

As soft as Cara was with all levels of sweetness intertwined, she is a trained shooter,one of the best in the world,

Well positioned and properly disguised was a Savage Model 10 BA Stealth gun to eliminate any target with all smoothness and speed.

They knew they had to be vigilant now. They couldn't double security openly, else any ongoing suspicion would increase,so they'd have to double security internally,

which means more guns in strategic places in case anyone moves mad,more CCTV cameras.

Cara knew she had to confirm from Nicholas Kavoski if he knew anything about an assassination in the restaurant.

As Mr Capello went to his office to make a call, Cara sneaked out to call Nicholas Kavoski,and as Nicholas answered the phone, Cara said;

"Sir, would you like your pizza with a box of chocolate?

Nicholas said yes, which means the coast is clear and they can both speak freely and Cara said

" Someone is onto us. Are you involved, Nicholas?

Nicholas Kavoski said "Cara,an American spy and assassin, has

entered this province,we just have a sketch of him. An anonymous tip stated he entered this morning from the train station, we're just making sure he doesn't get to his destination, we want to catch him,we need him alive.

You will call me when you see someone like that, won't you Cara?

Cara said, "most definitely If there's a new American I'd tell you immediately".

As the phonecall ended,it dawned on Cara that she had not completed her duty by reporting to the Russians about Angelo. He was the new American,yet she couldn't bring herself to turn Angelo in.

It's not in her place to decide when to report a finding, she was to report every piece of information she found, but this once she has withheld vital information.

She knew she had messed up, but if she reported her findings, Angelo would be killed. She was still lost in thoughts but she hurries back into the restaurant to avoid being seen with a burner phone.

There she was walking with her head filled with many confusing ideas and thoughts when Mr Capello said:

"Cara, in my office now"

As they both entered the office,Cara shut the door behind her.

Mr Capello said "Angelo will be coming here today,we have work to do.Cara knew immediately it was for an infiltration mission or somewhat.

But in her head,why does it have to be Angelo, because the Russians already know an American is coming and they've been trying to make sketches! If he is found walking into their restaurant,the Russians would know he's the one, and they'd assassinate him before he walks out that door.

She has to think fast before Angelo gets there,

Everyone is on guard, something funny is about to happen.

As she walked round the restaurant to make sure everyone was okay, she was thinking of a way to save the man she'd fallen for in these past weeks,but she had to think really fast.

She rushes upstairs to grab her gurevich revolver as she puts on her regular work cloak to conceal the weapon.

She knows she has to position herself to be the first person to see Angelo before he walks in, but she doesn't know if she has to go to the train station to wait,but she still doesn't know what train he's going to be on.

What time will he arrive? a question she has no clue about. She can't ask Mr Capello too much information about Angelo,it will arouse suspicion.

But as the clock continued to tick, she went to Mr Capello and said "I hope Angelo is using the regular train station where its always crowded and busy?

You know its riskier now considering the recent assassination of our alibi"

Mr Capello said:

"Yes, that is the only option we've got at the minute."

Cara knew immediately where she'd got to be if she wanted to save her man. She waited for about thirty minutes and she went to Mr Capello and complained of being sick in the stomach. She needed to take a short break to treat herself.

As she exited the restaurant, she headed straight to a clothing store. She bought a new hat and before leaving she went to the restroom to apply some heavy makeup before she walked out of the store with the hat on.

She headed for the train station with the utmost caution.

When she got there, she noticed people were seated waiting for their loved ones.

She asked a lady in Russian how long she'd been waiting and the lady replied to her in English saying;

"I speak English"

Cara quickly apologized and asked the same question again but this time in English.

The lady told Cara that she had been waiting for over five hours and that there seemed to be a little problem with the train, but a few minutes ago, the station announced that the train would arrive shortly.

She could relax a little as she still had to keep a keen watch to detect Angelo before anyone else.

A few minutes later, she could hear the train horn from a distance and the place started to get more rowdy. She quickly walked towards the train stop.

She was so focused on everyone. She didn't want to miss Angelo,she was so sure he'd be on that train,he had to be. She loved him so much,how she got to that point she couldn't fathom. But today she's saving him.

As she looked intently she spotted Angelo. He didn't see her, but she moved closer and hugged Angelo, who almost became hostile because he didn't know who just hugged him, but before he could say a word Cara whispered:

" It's me Cara,stay calm, they're here to kill you, don't say a word, I'm going to kiss you right now, please wear your hat immediately and follow my lead."

And as they walked towards the subway. Angelo said " What's going on, Cara?

Cara didn't say a word, and as they approached the exit,Cara sighted Nicholas Kavoski and immediately spinned around holding Angelos' hands.

Angelo didn't hesitate,he trusted Cara, which was too sudden for him to do,

They moved to the back again.Cara continued her way out of the station.She had a knack for disguise, so she took Angelo behind one of the trains and she gave him her cloak, but they still had the briefcase which they had to discard. Angelo put the document he was carrying under his shirt,tucked it in and placed the cloak properly with his hat on his head and Cara put her pistol in her handbag as they continued their journey through the back.

But as they approached the back exit, they heard a voice in a Russian accent say:

" Where do you think you're going? Can I see some ID?

When they both halted and the soldier came closer to take a good look at both of them,he recognized Cara and he asked her: "who is this man?

Cara said he was an immigrant physician. He is dumb, but he has been our trusted family physician.

My sister is sick so we wrote to him and he agreed to come today to examine and treat her."

Right beside where they were halted by the soldier was a phone boot,and the soldier said

"wait here" and he went inside to make a call.

Cara knew who he was going to call. It would be no other person than Mr Nicholas Kavoski. She had seen him earlier in the train frontyard,

Nichcolas was just standing there confused and almost accepting his fate that he might be caught while Cara was monitoring the soldier and immediately he put in the coin into the payphone. Cara walked speedily to him and shot him three times with her gurevich revolver before he could even utter a word .

Angelo is in awe. First off,she just saved his life.

Secondly, he didn't know Cara had the courage to even fire a gun,

Thirdly, her Russian ascent sounded polished and thick,she didn't sound like someone who had just learnt the language,and to make it worse, how did Cara know the Russians were laying ambush, these are questions he found difficult to wrap his head around,

But only the living ask questions. He's not dead yet, in fact, he's at the mercy of Cara, the woman he has fallen for but is yet to understand,and who will give him answers to all his numerous questions?

No other person but Cara, but first they have to escape the crime scene, which they did immediately. They got to the roadside and Cara stopped a taxi and said to the driver in Russia: "Take us to the Grace Tower hotel."

as they entered, she held Angelo so tight and said "Relax handsome, you're safe now."

Angelo was mute as they drove to the hotel. He had just escaped death,there was nothing much he could say at that moment,he just put his arm around Cara as they rode to the hotel.