Not an Accident [Thomas, Don]

Thomas nodded as he listened to her, "It must meen something" he replied, holding the door open for Haylen

I walked out. "She must have been hoping to get her back." I said after thanking him for holding the door.

Thomas nodded as he followed her, "Aye" he replied

I got one of the free SUVs and looked at Thomas.
"Want to drive?" I asked him, actually not feeling up to drive right now.

"Sure" Thomas replied, taking the keys, then getting into the driver's seat

I got to the passenger side, thankful I didn't have to drive.
"You know, Lily and I were like sisters." I said some time later, as we were on the way to where she lived.

Thomas looked at her, then nodded, "Thats good" he replied

I glanced at him and then nodded.
"I hope it'll help us here."

Thomas nodded, "Aye" he replied, pulling up to the location

I got a little nervous as we stopped in front of the house. I haven't been to this place ever since I had hand the keys back to the owner.

Thomas followed Haylen up to the door, looking around at the place

The small house was in the exact same shape it was 5 years ago.
The little bit of furniture was covered with white sheets.

Thomas looked around, then walked into what was the bedroom

I had been following him, a little slower than normal, due to the memories I had to deal with on the way up. But as I looked around the room, something on the ground caught my eye. I walked over to the place where the closet once stood and got to me knees, examining the wooden floor. "Looks like she had a secret place to hide things." I said as I carefully removed one of the cut floor boards.

Thomas looked at Haylen, then to the floor, he walked over and got on the floor next to her, "Indeed" he replied

Once the cut wood was from the floor a small iron box was revealed. I got it out and then examined it.
"Sealed with a combination lock." I said and sighed.

Thomas looked at her, he then gloved up and took the box

I let him take the box and then think for a moment.
"Try 80-10-30." I said, telling him my birthday. It was one of three possibilities.

I was reading some older file about the case.

Thomas nodded, then did so, to his surprise, the box opened

I smiled a little when the box opened.
"So, what's in it?" I asked with some impatient in my voice.

Thomas looked at the contents, "Just these" he replied, holding up a few papers, meanwhile, Lilyanna looked around the breakroom as she sat there

"Looks like she wrote something important on it. What is it?" I asked curiously, but also a little uncertain.

At the same time Lilyana got up again and then got to the fridge, looking inside, she got herself a small bottle of water and then sat back down, openeing her backpack and started doing some homework.

Thomas nodded, "Just names and numbers" he replied while looking at them all


back at the lab, Shannon walked into the break room, not seeing Lilyana sitting there

"There's a letter." I said spying an envelope inbetween the papers. "At least it looks like one."

Lilyana looked up from her homework and watched Shannon. She looked nice, so the girl quickly relaxed.
"Hello." she said shyly, smiling a little.