Aaron has grown a tad bit suspicious about the fact that it has been a couple of days since they've gotten anything. He has a small feeling that they have. Someone's just hiding it. He has an ideas of who that might be. Even though he's only been his dad for a little bit of time, he knows Lear. He decides to go after him. It's just a Saturday so he should be good to go.
Mariah takes a deep breath. She has Malaya in comfortable but cute clothes. She looks cute in anything that she's put in but that's besides the point. Mariah has on a crop top and jeans. They are both tight fitting. She gained a little weight since she's had a baby but it went to all the right places. She touched up her hair last night and styled it. Her nails and makeup are done. If she's going to stoop to Tyler's level, she's going to look damn good doing it. She waits for Luke to come pick her up. He comes in and picks up Malaya's bag and her car seat with her in it.
"Baby, I can take one of those." She says
"I got it" He says. He buckled Malaya into the car and in her seat. Mariah comes out side with a bottle made for her. She gives her the bottle to drink on the ride.
"You look good." Luke says. His eyes scan her up and down. His hand slowly goes down to her waist and to her butt.
"Do I?" She asks and twirls her hair with her finger.
"Mhm. I know you did it for Tyler but I'll take it."
"I didn't do it for Tyler I did it to show Tyler. Luke I will always be yours and now you have something presentable to show off." Mariah says while wrapping her arms around his neck.
"I always want to show you off. You're a trophy all the time." He gives her a kiss and they get in the car and embark on the journey. He holds her hand while driving. He lifts it up and kisses it. Malaya gurgles in the back. They're ready.
Aaron makes it to the police station. He opens the door and greets the receptionist and officer at the front. He drops some donuts on the front desk.
"That was sweet of you Aaron!" The receptionist says. Aaron knows everyone around her because he's been here hundreds of time.
"No problem" he shrugs. He heads to the back investigation room. He knocks on the door.
"It's open." Lear says in his focused state. Aaron opens up the door. He takes a seat beside his dad.
"I brought you some donuts and some lunch" he says. He knows he's going to have to talk to him to get him out of this funk.
"What are you working on?" Aaron says. He examines the table with all evidence on it. He glances at the picture of scene that took him over the edge.
"Just connecting whatever thoughts" They sit in silence.
"Dad I know about the packages you've been hiding." Aaron finally says.
"I knew you would find out. So what do you want to know." Lear sighs.
"It's not about what I want to know, it's about helping you. You told me to stop acting like I was and bottling things up but you're turning around and doing the same thing. I'm going to help you out and put end to that."Aaron says. Lear looks at him and shakes his head. What is he going to do with this boy. "Now where can we get started"
Mariah and Luke pull up to Tyler's house. She takes a deep breath and they go up to the porch. Tyler opens the door after hearing the door bell ring. He gives Luke a little glare. He didn't expect for him to come with her.
"Is she in there?" Tyler asks. He looks at the car seat covered in a blanket blocking Malaya from the sun. He's totally clueless. This is strike one on Mariah list of why she shouldn't let him have Malaya. She scans the house with her eyes. She remembers that there's a car missing in the driveway. Somethings going on. Luke unbuckles Malaya and gently placed her into Tyler's arms. Mariah hurries over and positions his arms to support her head. Strike two. He holds her awkwardly and looks at her like she's not his. She watches Tyler hold her for a bit then she gets into the intriguing questions.
"Where are your parents?"
"Huh? They're gone with my brother. I wanted to spend time with my baby." He says.
"Do they know about Malaya?"
"I-I... No they don't but that's not why we're here." Tyler stutters.
"No. Tell my why we're really here Tyler. You know why." You can hear the anger in Mariah's voice.
"No other reason than to see my daughter."
"You keep saying your daughter. Call her by her name. Matter of fact you don't know it. All you know is Malaya. What's her middle? Last? Do you even know my last name? Actually we're done here." Mariah says. She picks up Malaya and puts her back in the car seat. She walks out the door with Luke.
Aaron and Lear are looking through evidence. Aaron is trying to figure this out. He's pretty smart but has never had to put his intelligence to a test like this. He wouldn't even know where to begin. The picture of the scene makes him cringe but he gets over it. He thinks if he stares at it long enough maybe it will lose that eerie feeling. When he's staring at it he notices something. That's not the shirt that Andrew was wearing that night. He looks at the evidence. None of it was specific except for the head. All of it was just what the media released.
"Dad. Whoever did this can't be too close to us. They're missing key details. They probably aren't even living here or know us." Aaron says. This could be a big break.
