Monster » (Stiles Stilinski)[Book 3]

Case of Deja Vu

"I'm sorry..We tried as hard as we could. Maybe if it wasn't so long ago we could have tracked her but.." I sighed, offering Sheriff Stilinski an apologetic look. 

"It's okay it was a long shot. In fact it was a pretty terrible idea, I think I just ripped a wound open in that poor man." The sheriff looked at the ground, having this sad look on his face.

Right now, we were about three miles from Mr. Tate's property. After Sheriff Stilinski told us about a case he had been trying to solve, the three of us jumped into action. Mr. Stilinski distracted Mr. Tate, the man who's family's murder Mr. Stilinski was trying to solve, while the three of us snuck into this Malia girl's bedroom. It was sad, having lost your whole entire family in a car accident just to be told decades later that it might be murder, well... 

I can relate to it and it sucks. 

Scott and I tried catching a scent but all we could get was the scent from the dog Mr. Tate had in his house. It was hopeless, we would have needed something of Malia's that still had her scent like an old tshirt that hadn't been washed or something. Maybe even a pet animal of some sort that the dog hadn't scented all over. 

"I never should have brought you guys here, I don't know what I was thinking." Sheriff Stilinski sighed. Wow, he was really torn up about this case. But why? I mean, i can guess why but why this case all of a sudden? Why did he want to solve it so quickly? It was almost like he had a time limit or something, like he was trying to solve it before the last grain of sand hit the bottom of the hourglass. 

"It's not your fault...You wanted to help, you have a good heart..But not even we can save everyone.." I sighed, trying my best to make the sheriff feel better.

He cracked a fake smile, patting my shoulder before opening his car door. "Thanks for trying, all right. I'll see you guys later." 

"Yeah.." Scott and I said, watching as the sheriff climbed into his car. 

"See you at home." The sheriff told Stiles, Stiles throwing up a peace sign as we watched his dad drive off down the road. 

As soon as the sheriff drove off, Scott and I turned towards Stiles, who had been uncharacteristically quiet. 

"Aren't there a lot of cases that go unsolved?" Scott asked. 

Stiles looked down at the ground, messing with the dirt underneath his shoes as he shoved his hands into his jacket pockets. "Yeah, I just think that this is one he felt like he could have figured out right now." 

"Why is it so important now?" Scott and I asked, missing the part where this whole case was so important that it needed to be solved right this second. 

"He wants to be able to solve one more while he's still sheriff." Stiles sighed, admitting to the two of us. We both looked at him confused, not understanding what he was saying. Was Stiles dad quitting or something?"