by Consulting_Angel » Sun May 20, 2018 8:59 am
Luke Ortega | Location: Home.
As they all sat down around the table, the four adults began talking, making conversation. Luke was careful to not step in, and he just listened quietly. So far, nothing that was really of any great interest was said. He wondered how the others were doing - had they found anything yet?
It wasn't until part way through dinner, that his mother seemed to remember something. She'd, apparently, forgotten to bring out an additional tray of something, and so she went off to the kitchen to go and get it. His father also excused himself briefly. Luke turned towards the Chief of Police.
"Thank you for all the work you do. It must have been hard to get a night off," Luke said, nonchalantly.
The Chief of Police laughed, somewhat awkwardly, and replied, "Haha, you're welcome. I never really get a night off completely - I've still got to be ready to answer any call."
This kind of conversation continued, with Luke casually asking the Chief of Police general questions, such as how he met his wife, and his hobbies and the like. Eventually, he asked, "Where are you with the investigations? I heard you were making progress."
The Chief of Police, by now being much more comfortable into the conversation (and having had a couple of glasses of wine at this point), answered, "Ah, well... there's progress. I'm keeping tabs on each of the missing girls, y'know? Got a couple of files, looking for any possible connection..." his wife let out a giggle, and was unable to stop herself from commenting.
"Though he doesn't really think there's anything he can do to help those girls - they're probably already, y'know, gone. But don't tell any of their families." Apparently, the pair of them had forgotten that Luke's sister was one of the girls to have gone missing.
When his parents returned with the additional tray of food, Luke quickly excused himself from the table - saying something about needing to feed Alaska and Circuit before they ended up destroying the rest of the house from not being fed. This was a lie, of course, since both pets had been fed. It was just an excuse to leave the room.
Walking out to the hallway, Luke took a deep breath, and he walked over to where he'd placed the Chief of Police's coat. He slipped his hand inside the pocket, and took the phone. Then, he quietly went upstairs, to his room. At his laptop, he connected the phone to the laptop, and found that the phone had no lock or passcode on it. He bit his lip, as he started to copy over as many files as possible from the phone to his laptop. It took a couple of minutes, but once the files had finished copying, he unplugged the phone, then went back downstairs. Putting the phone back, Luke went back to the dining room, and sat back down.