Grey Skies

Facts

Chapter 12

Helen

The family was scared. They were frightened. Of course they tried to hide it with smiles here and there, and they did a fine job. But members of the upper class are known for not disclosing how they really feel. Rarely a tear will be a spilled, a smile shared that is not forced. It is their life; who am I to judge?

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Michael isn't home when I get to his flat, so I stand outside the door, impatiently tapping my foot and checking my watch every minute or so. Michael is my "partner in crime" so to say, and the irony is not at all lost. He really is quite clever, but he lacks motivation. Take right now as an example. I called him earlier this morning, telling him I would be at his flat around noon. And currently, it's 1:03. I would be surprised if he knew what the case was about at all. I give up on waiting, and I dig around in my bag, pulling out his key. I let myself in, and sit at the kitchen table. He gets here 20 minutes later, looking shocked to see me at his kitchen table.

"What, Michael? Shocked to see me?"

"Well, you know I have a life outside of work, right?"t

"Yes, but when I call you, asking you, pleading you, to this one thing and you agree, I expect you to hold up to your commitments!"

"Something came up." He says, not meeting my eye.

"What was it?"

"I had to go order something for my sister."

"Which was?"

"A plane ticket, Helen. Could you please not questions my motives for once?"

"Ok, I'm sorry, just why didn't you say something earlier?"

"Because the story is embarrassing."

"And I didn't care the story until now."

"What's the case?" He asks, sitting down at the table.

"A girl went missing from Berlan Castle last night."

"The Duchess's daughter?"

"No, the daughters friend. But the strange thing is that the girl was in the room when her friend got kidnapped." I open my laptop and place it on the table

"And this is everything we know."