,,My goodness! Nothing happened! "
“You say that every time! I've asked you so many times to take care of yourself! "
"Sometimes it gets a bit tricky ..."
,,Oh man..."
,,What?"
“I have to go now, Kev! Up soon...."
,,Yes / Yes...."

The door closed behind her.

Phew!
She's killing me ...
I've told her enough times before, not to worry ... but ... she still does ...

Hm!?
The bell has just rang...
Who could that be? A client?

I went to the door and opened it.

"I accept Kevin Hiller?"
,,Yes..."
,,Very good!"

The guy who was standing in front of the door just walked in ...

,, Nice to meet you too. Come in."

I closed the door.
The guy had already sat down on one of the chairs in front of my desk.

,,But please. Have a seat! "

Meanwhile, I sat down behind the desk.

"I'm glad to meet you in person, Hiller."
"Who are they and above all: What do they want?""You don't know who I am?"
"No ... and to be honest, I'm not particularly curious about her as a person ..."
,, Well, well, well ... why so rude? As for myself ... don't you read the newspaper? "
"I'm sorry, but I've been very busy lately ..."
"Then I want to give your general education a bit of a boost. My name is jersey Anthony Jersey. We're basically the same ... I'm a private investigator. Just like them ... "
"Anthony Jersey ... so ..."
"Are you just saying you've never heard that name before?"
,,That's the way it is. I don't know your name ... "
“Your first question would still be answered. Now for her second:
I am here to introduce myself to you personally. After all, you want to get to know your colleagues. "
"You haven't been here long in town, have you?"
,,No. But I read about them in the newspaper and immediately became curious. This curiosity ultimately led me to them.They got pretty high praise in the papers and I wanted to know if they were really as good as the editors of the papers claim. "
,, Oh yes ... I can calm you down. I am a worthy opponent. "
“You saw through me, my dear. I actually wanted to find out if they were my equal. "

He got up, came over to me behind the desk and sat on the table top.

"What is that supposed to be?"
"Oh ... I think it's more convenient that way. Not more."
"I'm sorry, however, that my desk doesn't have a built-in backrest ..."
"You are a cynic, Hiller ..."
"Well, you might be a fox to me ..."
"But you are a cynic who obviously has a lot to do ... That is quite a pile of files that you still have to work on. You should work hard, otherwise you won't be finished by Christmas ... "
"Thank you very much for pointing this out, but all of the files ... have already been processed.The cases have been solved and the perpetrators are under lock and key. The files are only here because the inspector from the local crime department wanted to come over and take a look. "
"As a colleague, is it allowed to take a look at it?"

He was about to open the folder, but ...

,,Hands off. They are confidential! "

He closed the folder again.

“Not so petty, my dear. I'm not exactly what you call a chatterbox. "
,,That's not what it is about. Have you ever heard of privacy? "
"Yes ... I think I remember darkly ..."
“You see! Privacy applies to me as well as to my clients. Only I and the police can see these files. No friends and no colleagues either! "
“It's good. I already understand! "
"I say yes ... you are just a fox ..."
,, Well ... who is that? I know the girl ... "

He had discovered a photo that is on my desk and immediately took it in his hand to take a closer look ...“I don't think you know the girl in the photo. Incidentally, this picture also belongs in the private property category. I would therefore like to draw your attention to the word privacy, the meaning of which, I assume, we have just clarified .. "
,,Yes, yes. I know you. Not in person, but I only saw her earlier. Here in the stairwell. She was just coming down and I wanted to go up to her. I am sure it is! "
"That is of course possible, yes."
"And the boy here in the photo ... they are Hiller!"
,, Y-yes ... but ... what is so surprising about that? "
,, The girl is her friend ... When I saw her in the stairwell ... she probably just came from them. Isn't that so? "
“You are partly correct. It just came from me, but you are wrong on one point. She is not my friend. "
,,Oh yes? And what else please? "
“She is a friend. Not my girlfriend! "
“Alright ... one thing is certain.When it comes to women, they have taste! "
,, Thank you too .... "
"They are much younger in the photo ... So you've known them for a long time?"
"Y-you could say that ... but ... I really think it's none of her business!"
"It's okay ... But I have one more question: How old are you now?"
"Twenty-three, why?"
,,Aha! In the photo they are maybe sixteen or seventeen years old ... So she's her childhood sweetheart! There is no such thing! And you are still in contact with her! "
“Now it's really enough! You are clearly going too far, my friend! "

He put the photo back in its place.

“I just combined a little ... I just allowed myself a little joke. Nothing else!"
,,Okay. They combine quite passably ... they are a joker ... they have a great future ahead of them. But in order to be able to work on your career, you should go home now and also let me work on my career in peace! "I got up, went to the door and opened it to this cheeky jersey right away
kick out. But...

“Come on! Time is working against them ... "
"Oh Hiller! You really just want to deal with me and throw me out, when I took the extra effort to visit you personally? We haven't even had a coffee together! "

He got up too. He was facing me, sideways to the window wall in front of which my desk is.
I looked out the window. The sun is shining. I let my gaze wander and watched the dilapidated skyscraper opposite for a while ...
In the middle of the city such an old building ... as far as I know, it will soon be demolished ... I don't even know if people are still living in it ...

What was that!?
Since on the roof of the skyscraper exactly opposite ...
Something is glistening in the sun ...
Wait a minute ... someone is sitting there!
He's holding something that glitters in the sun in his hand ...What is that !? I can't see ...
The guy is apparently looking closely into my office from the roof of the skyscraper ...
The thing still glitters blackish in the sun ...

Wait a minute...
That can only ...
Oh no! He's not planning to ...

My train of thought had taken place within a few seconds.
Jersey was still there as it was before ...

“What is it now, Hiller? Have another coffee with me, won't you? "

Damn!

“Get off jersey! Fast!!"
,,What!?"
,, Get down on the floor! Now do it! "
,,I do not completely understand..."
"Damn it down !!!"

In the next instant, a bullet smashed one of the windows Jersey had stood in front of. He was just able to avoid her by doing what I had called out to him, namely throwing himself on the floor. So the bullet only hit the wall across from the desk ...

I ran to the smashed window and opened it.
The guy who'd been crouching on the roof was gone!So he shot ...
The thing that had glittered in the sun ... That black thing ... that was a weapon.
He wanted to kill Jersey. In front of my eyes...
The bullet hole in the wall ...
He would have put the bullet in his head ...

,,What was that!?"

Jersey had now straightened up again.

"Apparently an assassination attempt on her ..."
"You saw that I should be shot !?"
,, Yes ... but ... come now! Maybe we'll catch him! "

I stormed out the door, down the stairs, into the street.
Jersey after me ...

Just wait!
We get you ...
You have nothing to laugh about ...