Not Me ~ A Hamliza Mystery

Park Search

Peggy and Eliza made their way to the park that Alex met Norman at. It was probably where he got taken. Eliza's hands shook as she walked around the small park, scanning for security cameras or houses with cameras. Anything that could have seen Alex here.

A house across the road had a clear view of the park and they could see security cameras by the front door. This was perfect! Now all they had to do was ask to see the footage... without sounding like someone who was just trying to get into the house.

"Eliza, you go. This is your case." Peggy urged as they walked up to the house, bickering about who would be the one to knock and talk. Eliza sighed heavily and nodded, going to the door and knocking three times.

The door opened and there stood the one and only Kitty Livingston. Eliza felt the cold glares of Kitty as she cleared her throat to talk.

"Um... hey-" she started but was cut off by the door slamming in her face. Not the best way to start. Peggy smirked a little and pushed Eliza to keep going. No matter how difficult it seemed to her.

"Alex is missing! The park is the last place he went! We just need to see your camera footage!" Eliza called. The door slowly opened again and Kitty's former stone cold look had melted away.

"Alex is missing? What happened?" She asked, getting concerned. She let the two sisters in and led them to the livingtoom. Peggy quickly messaged Angelica to look more into Kitty Livingston.

"Where were you yesterday night?" Eliza asked as she and her sister took a seat on the grey fabric couch in Kittys livingroom.

Before she could answer, her husband and child came into the livingroom. "Kitty, you didn't tell me we had company." Her husband said. Kitty gave him a small, fake smile.

"They just showed up. A close friend has gone missing." She said through gritted teeth. It was obvious she did not like her husband.

"Please answer the question, Katherine." Eliza said, growing impatient. Kitty gulped and nodded, shooing out her husband with her son. "Ok... I was out of town. I was in Brooklyn visiting some family. I promise, I had nothing to do with Alex going missing." She said, weather desperately.

Eliza sighed. "We need to see the security camera footage. Your camera can see all over the park." She said. Kitty nodded and pulled out her phone, pulling up the footage from the night before.

"There's someone standing there," Peggy pointed out, "but it's so dark, I can't see their face." The three girls sighed and continued to watch the person stand there until they saw another person come over. They could see this person's face.

"That's Alex!" Eliza said excitedly. They watched as Alex went over to the other person, looked surprised then was knocked out. The person dragged him out of the cameras view, supposedly to a car where they drove off.

Eliza gasped and hugged her sister, trying not to cry in front of Kitty. "I'll... I'll send the video to you..." Kitty said quietly and saved it. She sent it to Eliza's number.

Eliza and Peggy went back to the park, looking around clues. From where the house was, they could take a guess about where Alex and the mystery person was.

"Ok, so Alex came up here and saw the person." Eliza said as they reenacted the scene. "He gasped then the person hit him with something over the head and dragged him that way..." she took a deep breath to console herself.

"I think the person was about 6'1." Peggy said. Eliza gave her a weird look. "Because Alex is 5'7 and based on the footage, the other person looked about 6'1." She explained.

Eliza nodded and went back to following the path Alex was dragged. There was a road about 300 meters from there. That's probably where the car was parked. They kept looking, walking to the road and back 100 times until...

"I found something!" Eliza shouted. She knelt in the grass and picked up 2 things. Alex's watch and his wedding ring.

"Whoever did this wasn't in it for his valuables." Peggy sighed and put the things into a small plastic bag. "Let's just go back home and get some rest. We can tell Angie what we discovered."

...

Once they recapped Angelica on what happened, she looked through her notes. "Isn't Kittys husband about 6'1? And Francis Kinloch?" She asked.

Eliza nodded slowly. "I guess we're going to the Kinloch residence." She said. "Plus, he's also from SC, right Pegs?" Peggy nodded and grabbed her things.

"I should get home. John is expecting me." She said. Angelica nodded and left as well. For the exact same reason.

Eliza sighed heavily and went up to her room, changing into her pajamas and getting into her bed that was meant for 2. Unfortunately it would have to only hold 1 until they could find her husband again.