Early one Tuesday morning in August, Alan and Scott Presley were taking a short vacation in Los Angeles. Alan couldn't take much time off since school would be picking up again in the next few weeks. He taught English for high school students. Even his students' parents seemed to like him as well. He and his younger brother sat in a law firm with four strangers but none of them looked at all familiar to him and Scott. He and Scott looked around. The four friends looked to be in their 50s, but he and Scott did notice the leader, who was the owner of the law firm, Fred Jones, looked to be the oldest since he was nearing sixty. As a blonde turning gray, Fred looked active for this type of business, Scott thought to himself. Even Alan noticed.
Both the boys watched as Fred put his fountain pen back in its proper place, which was a glass you could drink out of. It was starting to age, but it was still in good condition. Both brothers did see that the glass was starting to yellow. It looked once before its age, was a light purple glass with a rainbow and flowers.
He and Scott watched his girlfriend, Daphne Blake play around with her hair. Fred also had a calendar on the desk. The group looked at Alan and Scott for a bit longer without saying anything. Finally Velma decided to ask a question. Velma sure looked familiar to the two brothers. No wonder she looked familiar, he and Scott thought.
"I don't understand why you came to us. Why are we involved?" Velma questioned.
"We came here because we wanted to look in our father's past. We really don't remember him very well. We would want to know about what happened in his past. We heard it was pretty dark," Scott answered.
When Scott talked, Fred and his friends had a quiet and similar question. 'Doesn't Alan look familiar?'
"If this had something to do with your father, why did you come to us?" Shaggy asked.
Before any brother could answer, he and Alan thought Daphne Blake also looked familiar.
"We tried doing this ourselves, but we didn't get too far," Alan answered.
"How far were you able to search in the dark past?" Velma asked.
"Not too far. As you can see, our birth father used to coach for the Green Bay Packers. We were told that he had some health problems," Alan continued.
"So you came to us to do this job for you?" Shaggy asked.
"That's right. We are both adopted. Our adoptive parents really don't give us much detail to talk about our birth family. That is something we can't answer," Scott agreed.
"Oh," Daphne said.
Alan and Scott nodded to let the gang know they were listening.
"This is all the information we have for now," Scott told the gang.
Both he and Alan got up to leave. It was nearing lunchtime and the four friends stood up as well. They did hear Alan and Scott's stomaches growl as they left the office.
"I still don't get it," Fred said as he shrugged his shoulders.
"Don't get what?" Daphne asked.
"Why two young men came to a law firm and tell Mystery Inc. about a family matter with very little detail."
"I understand, Fred, but we'll be able to figure this out," Shaggy said as he patted his friend on the shoulder.