Let it Rain (The Umbrella Academy)

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: Busted

"Well that was a bust." I grouched.

"Was it?" Allison said as she opened the door in the stopped traffic.

"Where are you going?" I narrowed my eyes at her with a bemused look. She pointed to a blue and white scarf beside the crime scene. She walked over to it then tossed it to me. "Vanya's."

"Yeah."

I walked over to get a better look at the crime scene. "Hey. Pardon me. Hey." An officer shooed us away. "I gotta ask you to stay behind the lines."

"What happened?" I asked.

"We had an accident here last night."

"A—What kind of accident?" Allison questioned.

"Ma'am. The line, please."

I waved her over to me. "Allison, that crossed the line." I put a hand on my hip and raised an eyebrow in a sarcastic manner.

"Funny."

"Got a lot of stuff on the ground, okay? To be wary of."

"So, what happened?" I asked again.

"We're trying to figure that out. As soon as we do, you'll be able to read it in the newspaper with everybody else. So, have a nice day."

My sister took off her sunglasses. "Look, officer, if there is any way—"

"—Holy shit!" the officer exclaimed. At first I was taken aback but then I realized that my sis is famous here and smirked. "You're Allison Hargreeves!" He pointed a finger at her for clarification. "I saw you on tv two nights ago in that Sandra Bullock movie about underpaid teachers that rob a bank."

"Yeah. That's me." She chuckled.

"Oh! Wow. Hey. If I'm being honest, my wife and I, we prefer you in the romantic comedies. The Love on Loan trilogy."

"Aw." I smizzed. We all chuckled.

"We can't get enough." He grinned ear to ear.

"Copy, Cheddar?" a voice said through the officer's radio.

"Yeah, what do you got, Fred?"

"Hospital called. Perp from last night just regained consciousness."

"Copy. I'll be right over." He sighed with his full smile. "Allison freakin' Hargreeves. Wow. Ah, my wife's not gonna believe it." He laughed. "Anyways I-I-I gotta go, um. Work stuff. Yeah."

"Yeah, of course. Sorry." She started to walk away and I lightly kicked her in the ankle. She looked at me then realized. "Actually, that's... why we're here. I'm-I'm researching a role."

"A law enforcement role," I added.

"In Jackpine Cove? We haven't had a murder here in years." He put his hands on his hips.

"Oh, uh... it's about, um..."

"It's about a small-town cop who takes down a drug cartel," I finished while putting my hands behind my back.