THE GIRL DETECTIVE

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I chose this song because Lily and Riley are best friends. Best friends- Sophia Grace
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"My little girl, are you ok?" Auntie Debby greeted me with a big hug.
"Yeah, I'm fine" I rushed over to Lily, her chestnut hair was tied up in a messy bun, saying hi and hugging as well. I then hugged my uncle, the funniest guy you will ever meet. Me and Lily hurried upstairs to catch up.
After a good half an hour of talking we watched Mean Girls on Netflix, an absolute CLASSIC, then posted loads of pictures on Instagram, tagging each other. We then made about fifty musicals on musical.ly and some were so embarrassing I don't want to talk about it. Next we watched Picture This, Legally blonde and Pitch Perfect. Debby brought us dinner, dominos pizza, of course, then we fell asleep straight away. All that movie watching!
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The next morning I got a phone call from the police. PC Alexander said they have sent a search party out with no news yet. The detective agency have tried a few tests, none worked but they are trying more. I was a little down hearted that they haven't found dad yet, though I still had hope.
Lily and I trekked downstairs in our onesies. "You two look like zombies" uncle Will teased. Well that's what he did for fun. Cereal splashed in the bowl and went over the sides, as Lily poured it, basically with her eyes closed.
"Lily, for goodness sake, it's going everywhere" he exclaimed, just as he dropped his toast with jam on the floor. We both giggled.
After that, we did every normal thing you do in the morning, including post more photos on Lily's favourite app.
Suddenly, my phone vibrated and the famous ring tone blasted. Uh, I let it on full volume with speakers, how stupid. I quickly turned it down and answered the phone, not looking at the number for I knew it was the police. Maybe the police had found dad, maybe they were so close, or maybe they realised he's not lost at all and he's accidentally slept over at work.
"Hiiiiiyyyyyaaaaa"
Oh no, it was Hollie, the most irritating girl who would ever meet. If you havnt met her yet, you are the luckiest person alive.
I can't hang up now, I just have to go along with it. This is what nightmares are made of.
"Hi Hollie"
"What ya up to"
"Nothing Hollie"
"aren't ya gonna ask what I'm up to then " See what I mean. Total. Nightmare.
" what ya-"
"Well yesterday I got a manicure ........" Thanks for interrupting. I drowned out after that. I couldn't care less about her perfect life with her pug or whatever.
"Anyways, see ya next week at schooooool!" She hung up. Finally, after about half an hour of me and Lily giggling about her Instagram posts.
Hours passed but still no news about the disappearance of my dad. I decided to sleep on it. He has to be around somewhere.
Suddenly, sadness enveloped me. What if he was dead? What if two days ago was the last time I ever saw him. I broke down into silent sobs. I didn't want anyone to think I was crying. I kept telling myself, he's ok, he's ok, but it just made it worse.
After dinner, I forgot about what happened and me and Lily carried on being silly, like we usually were.
Night time approached so we went to bed. Then the flashbacks kept on coming to me. That night was the first time ever that I cried myself to sleep.