Half-Truths [hs, mc, zm, nh, lt +]

Chapter Thirty-Three

*Michael's POV*

VIOLENCE WARNING

"Niall Horan?" Adria asks me. She's confirming I didn't say the wrong thing.

I nod. She better help me.

"Alright. Do we have any names or suspects?" She leads me over to a little setup that was filled with computers and other techie stuff.

"Yes. Asher Pierce." I answer. She nods her head, typing on her computer. Adria's gaze flicks between the keyboard and the screen every other second.

"Okay, so... Asher lives just an hour away from here. Are you going alone?" She turns back to me, waiting for my answer.

"For once, no. I'm taking Niall's girlfriend and best friend." I answer. She nods and starts to type again.

"Well, Asher has tons of security in and around the house. Thankfully Niall left his location on and, the idiot Asher is, didn't check to turn it off. This makes my job easier." Adria says, not looking at me. I tap my foot impatiently.

"It looks like he's being held in the basement. Easy enough. Woah, not really. He also has motion sensors. You guys have to be carful going around." She turns away from the computer and pulls out a tiny device, then hands it to me.

"What's this?" I ask, taking the tiny little stick.

"It's something to help you get through the motion sensors. It'll give you a little buzz when your near one." She tells me. I nod and put it in my pocket.

"Good luck, Clifford." Adria says, standing up.

"Thanks Adria. Hopefully Chris is here when I come to drop this off." I say. She smiles and nods.

"He probably will be." She chuckles. I make my way to the exit of the warehouse.

"Bye Clifford." She calls from where she's still standing.

"Bye Adria." I call back, then leave the warehouse.

I get to my car and go back to the hospital, where I'm almost immediately greeted by Trish.

"Hey!" She says happily. I give her a smile.

"Hey Bean, I got good news. Let's go back to Emma's room." I say, slinging my arm over her shoulders and giving her a one-sided hug. She chuckles and we go to Emma's room.

"Mitchell! Your back!" Emma says, sitting up in her bed.

Trish sits beside her, and looks at me. I love her eyes, they're gorgeous. They're a mix between brown and golden. Like honey.

"I found Niall, and I know how to get there. There are tons of security and motion sensors, but thankfully I got something that'll get us past the sensors." I say. Trish's face lights up and Emma's jaw drops to the floor.

"You found Niall!?" Emma exclaims, scooting up a little further. I nod.

"Indeed I did, Elijah. I'm bringing both of you. You can walk, right?" I ask Emma. She shrugs.

"I mean yeah, it'll hurt because I got a goddamn shard of glass in my leg. But yeah! I can walk." She says sarcastically. Trish laughs.

"Oh Bean! I got you something." I say, pulling something out of my pocket.

I hand her a small, squishy, blue dolphin. She smiles as she takes it, immediately squishing it. She giggles as she squishes it.

"Thank you Mike!" She says happily.

"Please tell me your not going to name it, T." Emma says. Trish turns to Emma and squishes the dolphin.

"T what the fuck." Trish giggles even more.