What the Doodles Revealed
“Ah, the lady who led you here!” Heidi exclaimed. Kelly’s name did not come as a surprise for Heidi; she already had information on her. However, her having the information that Kelly led Nick to Ali definitely did come as a surprise to Nick. He looked at Heidi and kept staring at her for a few seconds. Finally, he said, “What? How’d you know about that? What, you got a tail on me, too?”
Heidi shifted on her nimble feet. She would have done anything to avoid answering the question, but she knew if she were going to derive information from Nick, she would have to answer a few of his questions. She looked around the room to avoid making eye contact with Nick and said, “Not entirely. You were seen entering and leaving her condominium, but beyond that, I had no intel on you. How did you figure it out?”
Nick held up a page in Kelly’s handwriting. The page had many random doodles scribbled on it. While passing the paper to Heidi to see, he said, “Never underestimate the power of the subconscious mind. Kelly drew these while sitting at her desk sometime over the past week, and I was able to piece it together and come up with the name of this establishment.”
“Sharp, Agent Robins. Very sharp. Ever thought of a change in profession?” She smiled at Nick but only got a stare back. Nick was not in any mood to joke around.
“No thanks. But, tell me, what do you know about a man named Omar?” he asked straightforwardly. He was sure Heidi knew something.
Heidi swallowed hard as a look of concern flashed across her face. Though she recovered quickly from it, Nick noticed the look on her face and it became fixed in his photographic memory. Heidi looked at Nick and said, “Never heard of him. Why do you ask? Isn’t Ali your target?”
“That has to do with the other instance of me being made a fool of.” He held up another set of pages. These contained text written in Arabic. “According to these, Ali was set up by an assassin named Omar.” Nick made sure to look at Heidi when he made this statement. He wanted to see what her face might reveal.
Heidi let out a snort. “Yeah, right. And, of course, you can believe Ali because…why exactly?” She wanted to know where Nick was going with this.