The Search For Them

Chapter 9

Josh exhales looking around the internet, Instagram, Twitter everywhere he could think about for the one name which Maya had remembered.
Colton Hart.
Unfortunately there were a few of them but none which Maya would be able to recognize.
He exhaled grabbing a mug as he saw how there came a name up on his computer.

"Hey, Cory. What you doing up at midnight?" Josh asked.
"Can ask you the same, Little bro. I'm doing some work late. What is your excuse?" Cory asked.
"Busy with a case," Josh said pouring black coffee into his mug.
"I just found a girl who went missing for 19 years. Problem is when she went missing she was 5 and can't remember a lot of back then so I'm trying to help her find her parents. But I'm starting to agree with her when she says it's almost impossible," Josh said.
"Strange. Not like you to just give up on something. Usually you fight. How difficult can it possibly be?" Cory asked as Josh took a sip of his coffee sitting down.

"A 24 year old girl is looking for het parents who she last saw when she was five years old. She remembers their names and a brother and Eric was involved but lost contact with the people. Now I'm trying to look for someone who can possibly help," Josh said pulling out his tablet quickly looking up the name.
"Okay, Brotha. What is the girl's name?" Cory asked.
"Maya Hart," Josh said as he came upon a article exhaling.
"And here is what I was afraid was," Josh said.
"What?" Cory asked.
"Woman in her late 30's dies in a car accident. The woman was revealed to be Katy Hart, mother of the lost Maya Hart. It is said that the woman committed suicide because she couldn't deal with not knowing where her child was. The girl has been gone for nine years. The woman was a mother to a 16 year old boy and 12 year old girl," Josh said exhaling.
"How on earth did everything go so wrong? Listen, Cory. I need to go. I'll talk another time," Josh said closing his computer.

He exhaled knowing this was going to be one of the harder things for Maya to handle.
He looked up as he hears noises seeing Maya come out of the hallway.

"And if you're up? Thought we agreed to look more tomorrow," Maya said as she sat down next to Josh.
"I couldn't sleep so I looked further. Maya I'm so sorry or what I'm about to show you," Josh said.
"Why?" Maya asked as Josh handed her the tablet.

Maya looked at Josh as she quickly read the headline.

Katy Hart, 35, died earlier today in a suicide car accident.

Maya looked at Josh as he showed her to read further.

Katy Hart, Age 35, had died earlier this evening in what seemed to be a suicide car accident. We have received information that her daughter is the lost Maya Hart who she and her husband, Kermit (37), has been looking for, for the past nine years. She has two other children, a son named Colton age 16 and a daughter named Angela age 12. The search for the lost girl is still being held hut according to Kermit his wife couldn't deal with the hurt anymore. She didn't want to live and she told him that the previous day. She was on her way to go to the store when the accident was made on a clean and quiet road in Vancouver, Canada. It was...

"I can't," Maya said giving Josh the tablet as tears streamed down her face.
"I'm sorry, Maya. I didn't think that would be the information I would find," Josh said as Maya exhaled standing up.
"Can I do something for you?" Josh asked and Maya shook her head.
"She's dead. We have names but I don't want to find anymore surprises," Maya said wiping her tears away.
"Stop the investigation. I don't..."
"We can't give up now. I know this is upsetting but we can't let this get us down. What we are going to do is keep on fighting and looking. Yes, this is bad but maybe the next news will be better. Maya we can't stop now. It's late. Let's go to bed and we can discuss this tomorrow again," Josh said.