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With an arm around her waist, it seemed settled between the two of them. The walk would do everyone good, just in case there were ears around and in case Freddie decided that maybe, being near music and a stage wasn't where he actually wanted to be. "I meant it in a way of you asking me twenty questions. Or less. Or more." Twenty questions was a game she knew of and had 'borrowed' the game for the phrasing, but she didn't expect him to curb off at just twenty questions. Especially if he asked some questions revolving around why she moved here on a deeper level.

She inched them away from the wall, indicating she was ready to start walking, but didn't go too far without Freddie still attached to her. "So, you know my name, my favorite color, and where I'm from and what I do for work...Oh! Before I forget...the lease to the apartment is up at the end of June and..well...I think a change of scenery is good. Maybe something closer to the city limits." It was something Hannah had been thinking about since her calendar was flipped to May and things with the Yakuza were at an end. And soon, hopefully things with Gino would be too.

After a few more steps of walking, Hannah glanced over to Freddie and smiled. "I imagine you-like everyone else wants to know how I came to get these..." She trailed off, parted her lips and pointed to them. "It's a long story, but it started back in Japan while I was in college." It was best to start there, because that was how Hannah had gotten here. And hopefully with understanding what happened back home, Freddie wouldn't go running for the hills or think she was a bad person. Deep down, Hannah knew she wasn't a bad person, even if she had done some 'bad' things from time to time, but everyone's point of view was different.

Freddie wanted to get straight to the point. Hannah couldn't blame him, she had promised to share more about herself than the superficial things. And when she spoke about things that were dangerous, Hannah was careful to say enough, but not more than she should. She didn't want Freddie wrapped up in her past and had hoped to never bring him there. But, here they were and the plan to kill Gino was taking longer than Hannah anticipated.

"I was in my last year of Uni, when a friend of mine introduced me to one of her friends." Her eyes moved to Freddie's face as they kept walking and she kept talking. "We started spending a lot of time together, dating...Anyways, he ruffled a few feathers." She sighed, then looked ahead, deciding not to turn down the block, but to keep going. "The wrong feathers. He was a computer guru, did a lot of homework at my apartment, and...other things too. It wasn't hard to trace the source of where most his 'crimes' took place.

She stopped, looked around and then faced Freddie again. "Here, there are gangs and back home there are gangs. Not like the ones here. Ruthless, powerful, corrupt, political. No one tells them no, and lives to speak about it again. They have no problems erasing an entire family, if they have to." Hannah strayed from that train of thought to interject with another. "I've done things that I'm not proud of, or particularly like-not just for my life, but for my sister's, my dad, step-mom and even my family back in the states."

Knowing how that sounded, Hannah put a hand up and pressed it to Freddie's left shoulder. "Only relay information, spy on people-enemies to them...nothing...deadly. I thought by now I would be out from under their clutches, but..." Hannah had come to realize that would never happen, which was why she traded one bad guy for another. They were too powerful and too far away where she was now, but with Gino here, it might be an easier possibility. To gain some freedom. "They sent me here to spy on someone. Get close to them, without alarming him. Which is why I'm here. I didn't have much of a choice on the matter." Hannah crossed her arms at her chest and looked away from Freddie. "I know what you're thinking. I'm a horrible person, but I couldn't risk my family, either one of them being an expense to a few bad choices in college."

What Freddie said and what Hannah expected him to say were very different things. Was she being too hard on herself? Maybe. Then again, maybe not. He followed up with the idea that she hadn't killed anyone, but she had thought about it. But, would anyone blame her for wanting to kill Gino?

"No, I haven't. Yet." Hannah replied a little too easily and openly in front of Freddie. She turned and started walking slowly, as she thought about the rest of the things Freddie wanted to know about her and her predicament. "A few months ago, things...changed." Hannah confessed, glancing around again.

"I no longer work for the people back home in Japan. A man approached me at work. Pretending to be a patient, but he wasn't. He, he knew why I was here. Who I was here for." Hannah turned and looked at Freddie again, wanting to make sure that he was the only one hearing what she said, as Hannah dropped her voice. "He offered me a deal, one that got me and my family our from under the Yakuza. I took it, not knowing just what that deal would entail." Hannah tapped at her tiny fangs, indicating what some of that price was for her. "Regardless, my family is safe...for now." She sighed, then shook her head.

"I don't know. I thought about killing him, thought I could do it. But he's never alone, and after all these months, I've no idea where he's living. And even then, I'm not sure I could actually go through with it, Freddie. But, I'm sure I haven't produced the results he's expected by now, and that means I'm running out of time with limited options. I don't know what he will, or won't do, Freddie." Hannah laughed wryly and then held out both her arms at each side and shrugged. "I bet when you said you wanted to learn more about me, this was not exactly the scenario you had in mind." Both her arms dropped at her sides, as Hannah stood there, looking at Freddie with a partial smile. "Which means, it's not too late to pack up and head for dodge. I wouldn't blame you. It would probably be the best idea, come to think about it." Hannah would figure out a way to survive, even if that meant fleeing Harper Rock. There was no need for Freddie to get tangled into something that didn't even involve him.

Hannah laughed at Freddie saying he wasn't leaving and why he wasn't, or wouldn't be. She knew it wasn't true, he had about four million reasons why he could pack up and go and they both knew it. Still, he wasn't running for the hills. Yet.

She nodded her head, took a deep breath in and then reached for Freddie's hand. "I thought about killing him, but...I don't think I can. And I don't think I could have you kill him either. It's a nice offer, but it's not your 'mess.'" Hannah gave Freddie a small smile, before she nudged her head towards the north of them, indicating she wanted to keep walking and talking.

"Besides, it's a little more complicated than just killing him and never having to worry about the consequences. He has family here and someone as...influential as him, it might not take much for them to put two and two together." There was a sigh that passed through Hannah's lips, as if she were admitting defeat, finally, over her plan to rid the world of the guy. Gino might be Levi's uncle and not just an 'uncle' of the pretend sort. And if he found out she had anything to do with his uncle's murder...who knew what Hannah and Freddie would have to deal with, then.

"I thought about leaving town too. A long time ago-before we met, before you moved in. But I'm too uncertain of the outcome. If I don't keep my end of the deal, does he have to? What would that mane for my family?" Her shoulders rolled into a shrug, implying that Hannah wasn't wanting to find out what it would potentially mean. "I was kind of hoping that maybe, you could help me with this? Do you know anymore about what you can and can't do?” Hannah asked, glancing over at Freddie, before her steps slowed and then came to a complete stop. "Maybe with the right power...I don't know. But there are a lot of things vampires can do, so maybe, something?” Hannah's hand dropped from the hold, so that both her hands could find their way around Freddie's forearms. "It's asking a lot, I know, but maybe if you had a really wicked power that might scare him...maybe he would think it wasn't worth crossing me?” Her hands slowly rubbed up and down the length of Freddie's arm, stopping at inside his elbows, to his wrists, as Hannah tried to devise a plan, to some degree, to get Gino out of her life.

Hannah looked down at Freddie's hand closest to her and reached for it, then squeezed it. Even if he didn't have the answer to her predicament, it was nice to finally be able to talk to someone about this part of her life. All the lies and subterfuge she had been part of for the last ten or so months-all the people she kept at arm's length at best. Hannah let out a slow sigh of appreciation.

She nodded when Freddie repeated what Hannah had said about not killing Gino or leaving town. Though if it came down to it, as much as Hannah would try and parade around being capable of killing him, she more than likely would go with the latter option. "Maybe. Possibly?" Hannah said with a lift of her shoulders. "But, it's your money. You'll need it. Your life span will be far longer than mine ever will be." Hannah pointed out. What if he offered a million dollars, and it wasn't good enough for Gino? What might be good enough for the guy? Five? Ten? Hannah didn't want to ask to try and find out. Frankly, Hannah never wanted to talk to Gino again if she could.

When Freddie offered all his blood, Hannah laughed and then stopped abruptly. "That's sweet, but I don't need all of it." Besides, what would happen if Hannah drank too much? Was it possible? Would Freddie die? She didn't know. Hannah stood on her tip toes, then pressed her lips to as close to Freddie's cheek as Hannah could. "We don't have to figure it out right now. We have some time." Freddie might not know who or what he was capable of, but that didn't make him stupid. "We'll figure it out." Hannah said with a confident nod of her head, before she pressed into Freddie's side.

"Thank you. For not running for the hills." Hannah bit down on her lower lip as she took a deep breath in, not taking too long of a break with her thoughts. "As crazy as this whole road has been...it's been a lonely path to travel on. I left Japan with my family confused and always asking questions that I can't answer. There's been some distance created between us due to it. My dad mostly." Hannah wrapped both arms around the one she had been pressed against a few seconds ago, then looked up at Freddie. "It's refreshing is all." They came to a corner and Hannah slowed her walking pace. "Ready to go back and give them round two, or..." She left the possibilities open because outside of karaoke, they had no real agenda.