Third person pov
The final bell of the day rang and the loud cluster of chatter overtook the halls of the school. The very same halls were crowded , but that did nothing to stall Tabby. She walked with determination and vigor. Heading to the entrance of the school, Tabby was persistent to cut off F/n so she can convince him to take her sisters case .
As she arrived at the entrance of the school she waited , and waited , and waited some more. Before she knew it ,it was 4:00 . .
"What the hell? Did I miss him ?" Tabby asked out loud to herself.
Suddenly her cellphone dinged , she look at the notification absentmindedly , thinking it was her over protective father.
As she opened the test , she realized it was from a number not listed in her contacts.
"What the hell?" Tabby said confused as she opened the text.
" It's F/n , your late which is incredibly rude. Meet me in the cafeteria asap. Ps I stole your phone number from the office records." The text read.
Tabby rolled her eyes and pocketed her phone and headed to the meeting place.
A few minutes Tabby made it to the cafeteria only to see F/n pacing on top of a set of tables reading her sisters file. " Nice of you to join me." F/n said bluntly.
"Yeah well you never told me where your 'office' was." Tabby retorted.
F/n nodded. " Fair enough." He said as he closed the file and looked at Tabby.
"Well ? Will you take her case on ?" Tabby asked nervously.
F/n sighed and hopped off the table onto the floor. " it boring." F/n said pointedly, as if Tabby was wasting his time.
Tabby looked at F/n. " B.....BORING ?! That's my sister your talking about !" She shouted as she got into F/n's face and ripped the file out of his hands.
F/n shrugged and walked around Tabby and headed out of the room.
"W...What ! I ... I'll Pay you !" Tabby shouted
" I'm not doing this for the money ." F/n said coldly
Tabby took the only thing she had and threw it at F/n, causing all the papers to fly out of the folder.
F/n sighed as he went to turn around , only for his attention to come across two pictures of the sisters house. The front door and the back door. He crouched down and grabbed the pictures. " Was your sister doing renovations ?"
Tabby looked at F/n " How did you know that ?"
F/n looked at Tabby , who had started to cry. " I'll do it .... take me to the house now . "
After some time Tabby and F/n made it to the house. As they stood on the sidewalk F/n turned to Tabby.
"Look I agreed to take this case, but understand . If I start on this case I may find out things that you may not like. Things about your sister's life you may not agree with or understand. Things about your family, her friends. If you understand this and still want me to look for her I will , but you are to give me one hundred percent honesty."F/n said in the most caring voice he had shown Tabby.
Tabby nodded and gave a serious look. "I understand . Please you are our last hope at finding Sarah."
F/n sighed and walked up to the front door and just stared at it. "You and Sarah have different last names . I gather your parents divorced, but judging by the two cars in the driveway I assume they both are inside ?"
Tabby sighed but nodded. "That's right, we are all sticking together during this."
"Go get them but have them stand on the front porch till I say so" F/n said in a monotone voice as he walked around the back not waiting for her to acknowledge his order.
F/n pov
Walking around to the backyard I look at the door. Walking up to the door I look around the boarder.
"Tabby !" I shouted
Tabby and her parents came around the back and looked at me. Her father and mother looking at me confused.
"When I mentioned the renovation, what all was renovated ?" I asked as I looked at them.
The dad aka John answered "o...oh um an island in the kitchen, a bathroom on the first floor, and some hard wood flooring. Sarah and Tosha were doing most of it In between work and school so it was taking a while.*
The mom aka Tosha then chimed in " yes that's right."
"Are you certain that was it ? No painting , or smaller renovations took place without either one of you noticing?" I asked
They looked at each other for a moment as if to be sure they both didn't know of anything else. "No that was it."
Tabby then looked at me "what does this have anything to do with my sister missing?"
"John do you have a crowbar or a pry bar ?" I asked ignoring Tabby annoying her.
John quickly left and brought me a pry bar. Taking it I ram one side under the siding next to the door . After a minute I rip it up and look unsurprised.
"This house was new when you bought it correct?" I asked
Tosha nodded "y...yes it was made as part of the newer subdivision"
"Your daughter's disappearance was labeled as her running away, she was kidnapped." I said coldly as I step back and point to , two holes drilled so someone could push in the locks from the side and easily open the door.
All three of them rush to the door to see what I found and I demonstrated how easy it was.
They all looked shocked and then back to me.
"Y...you could tell that from pictures ?" Tabby asked.
"The siding from the front and back were similar but they had smaller differences, if a cop saw this and noticed the difference they could chalk it up to the renovations. That you couldn't find the same on and you just picked one similar. So it didn't raise any suspicion." I said taking a picture of the siding. Then of the holes with my thumb next to them as a size refrece "But you three all were persistent that the renovations were confined to the interior of the house, meaning none of you were involved in this particular project."
All three looked at me , Tabby then stepped forward. "What next?"
"Next I take this picture to the nearby hardware stores and see if I can find a match for the replacement siding , after that I will attempt to make a list of suspects depending on how cooperative the stores are with sharing their information." I explained.
John looked at me " And if they don't want to share ?"
" Then I'll be creative. Look ...I'm not the warmest or the kindest person. But when I make a promise I keep it . I promise I will find out what happen to your daughter and anyone involved will be held responsible." I said showing a rare amount of empathy. I then turn to leave only for Tabby to stop me.
"Wait ! So what now ? We just wait ?" Tabby asked .
" Yes .....is that a problem?" I asked going back to my lazy and cold demeanor .
Tabby just glares at me. " I'm going with you !"
I look at you for a moment. " Thats your choice I suppose ." I said walking away.
Tabby smirked as if she got one up on me and walked beside me.
"Tabby ?" I said in my normal lazy tone.
" Yeah ?" She asked
"Did you know about your sisters personal life ?" I asked
Tabby sighed " Not really , when mom and dad divorced we sorta lost touch."
I nod "Thats more common then you think." I said as we make it into the town center.
Tabby stops and looked at me " You really are something you know that ?"
I also stop and look at her. " Yes , I am a person." I replied in a slightly confused manor.
Tabby laughed slightly. " No I mean what's the deal with only taking cases that interest you ?"
I shrug and continue walking. " Most of the cases around here are runaways fed up with family , they tun back up eventually, but every once in a while someone really does go missing and the police jump on it pretty fast . But on those rare occasions they seem overwhelmed, I take an interest."
" So they never ask for help?" Tabby asked
" Would you want a smart ass lazy teenager telling you how to do your job?" I said bluntly.
She chuckled " No I suppose I wouldn't." Tabby replied .
Then we arrived at the first hardware store.
"Ok , this is the first one . Are you ready Tabby?" I asked
She nodded nervously as we both stepped inside.