The Affair [DISCONTINUED]

Kuchel Ackerman ~15~

“Step into my office Ma’am” Mike opened the door for her, he’s been meaning to have a talk with her for a while. Hanji and Moblit were inside the office waiting for her arrival.

“Just call me by my name Mike, I’ve known you since you were a child, it’s alright”

“Will do Kuchel”

She stepped inside of Mike’s office and sat down in the chair across from him, placing her bag to the side. Mike quickly followed suit and sat across from Kuchel. Right from the moment she walked in she could smell Hanji’s distressing scent. Everyone she knew from Levi’s life was here and yet no Levi. She understood the situation that she might’ve walked in on but still kept a calm scent and face.

“It’s about Levi isn’t it”

This is part of the job he will never get used to, how do you even begin to explain to a parent that there is a chance that your child may never come back home.

“Yes..”

“Goddammit, what happened to my baby is he alright!” Any composure she had was gone. Now that they had confirmed the one thing she never wanted to hear, she couldn’t keep calm any longer.

“That’s the thing, we don’t know”

“What do you mean you don’t know!?” She exploded at him, unleashing everything she kept bottled up inside. Mike expected this reaction, especially from her. He doesn’t blame her nor does he think her reaction is over the top, it’s the only reaction he expects from a parent who genuinely does care about their child.

But if she goes on like this any longer then his entire office would be in shreds.

“Please calm down Kuchel. I understand that what your hearing is hard, it’s for all of us. But you have to remain calm and keep a level head” Attempting to calm down a worried hot-headed parent was always something hard to do, thankfully it was Kuchel he was dealing with, she is more understandable than others.

“Right, sorry. Continue on,” She sat back down in her seat, yelling isn’t going to get them anywhere. She quickly composed herself till she calmed her nerves.

Hanji chimed into the conversation, since she had much more information than Mike and if the information she had could help ease Kuchel’s mind then she’ll gladly tell her every last detail.

“When I and Moblit came to Levi’s house on Thursday the door was left open. Not like it was left wide open it was just unlocked,” The Beta stumbled on her words, her nerves were getting the best of her again.

“Hanji called me over to inspect the house to see if anyone was still inside, the house itself was completely fine, nothing appeared to be stolen, but Levi's clothes were missing. The only thing that was broken was this” Mike placed the broken picture frame that’s inside a plastic bag right in front of her. The picture was one that she paid to get taken, for Levi’s wedding day. It was a day she could never forget, for the first time in her life she had entrusted an Alpha to care for her son. The day was perfect and Levi was happy, it was all she could ever ask for.

Sometimes she wonders if she could have somehow protected Levi from all of this, protected him from Erwin. “Do you think that he could’ve done it”

“No, we have strong reason to believe that Levi himself did it”

It took her a while to process the given information, Levi breaking his wedding picture? He absolutely adored that picture. “I’m sorry, I’m a little lost can you explain”

“We believe that Levi ran away”

“How can you be so certain?” She had her doubts, she knew about Levi’s attempts to run away thanks to Hanji.