Metamorphosis

Traces of Him

Chapter 67

Traces of him

"We really need to focus," Mira muttered in-between pressing her lips to Seth's. The two had been going through Joseph's found items, but got distracted when Mira's hormones took over and she had a sudden urge to kiss him.

"Do we really?" he asked, gently sinking his teeth into the soft skin of her neck and sucking. She moaned prettily and tilted her head back.

"Mm, yeah we need to get through all this shit."

Seth plopped back against the back of the couch with a gusty sigh. He didn't want to go through Joseph's items. It had been four hours since they had awoken, and he was still tired and restless. Usually whenever he felt this antsy, he would call some random girl and sleep with her. But today he just wanted to sleep curled up around Mira. God, this girl was making him soft… in more ways than one.

Mira held up the photo album. "What should we do with this?"

Seth looked at blankly. He was well aware of the contents of that object. That was where Joseph kept the photos of children he had hurt.

Mira set the book on the desk and picked up the flash drive instead. "I wonder what's on here," she wondered aloud. This time Seth shrugged.

"Lets find out," he took the small object and plugged it into the computer.

Immediately, a few word document icons popped up on the screen. Mira clicked on one. When it opened, both teen gasped.

"Holy shit…" Mira whispered.

Seth and Mira were staring at adoption papers.

"He is really prepared," Seth mumbled, moving Mira's hand off the mouse so he could scroll down. It appeared everything had been filled out except for the information about the baby.

Birth Mother: Mirabelle Laraine Pascal

Birth Father: Seth Joseph Elsen

Adoptive Mother: Rosemary Patricia Royston

Adoptive Father: William Fredrick Royston

Seth stared at the names with narrowed eyes. "They must be the family he's selling the baby to." He looked over to see Mira punching a number into her cell phone. "Who are you calling?"

"My aunt Leda, see if she can help us with these names," What Mira didn't know was that Adam had called Leda only hours before asking for her help in taking this guy down.

"A knock at the door caught their attention. Mira glanced at Seth, who was already walking toward the door. Seth glanced through the peep hole and was surprised to see his mother standing there. He opened the door.

"Mom?" he asked in surprise.

"Hello, Seth," she said with a small smile.

"Um, what are you doing here? How did you know I was here?"

"Mira's mother called me. May I come in?"

"Uh sure," he stepped to the side to let her inside the house. "Mira," he called, "My mom's here."

While Carolyn's brown eyes looked around the room nervously, Mira struggled to stand up and walk over to her.

"Hello, Mrs. Ramsey," She said politely, one hand resting on her belly and the other holding her cell phone.

"Hello Mira," Carolyn replied

"What can we do for you?" Mira asked. Carolyn toyed with her small purse in her hands.