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"Dr Lightman? You have a phone call." The receptionist said loudly, the forehead slightly pinched, making her appear worried but Cal decided to dismiss it.
"Bloody hell why do I need to answer the phone just to get another case." Cal groaned as he picked up the phone, "What?" He said loudly and Gillian stood next to him and knitted her eyebrows as if to ask what it was about.
What Cal heard next made his jaw drop, he hastily finished the conversation and slammed down the phone and near enough ran out of the building and to his car, grabbing Emily along the way. He tuned out of everything else, ignoring Emily's protesting and Gillian's inquiring as to what was going on. He pulled the car door handle so hard he thought it would come off, but he didn't hesitate once. Cal drove for about half an hour with his foot practically flat on the accelerator, Emily tried multiple times to ask what was going on but gave up when her father kept ignoring her.
Suddenly, Cal slammed his foot on the brakes and inertia threatened to pull him and Emily out of the front window.
"Get out." Cal said to his daughter, "Now!" He shouted into the car just before he slammed the door and paused to look at the dark building looming over them.
"Dad... why are we at the police station?" Emily asked slowly.
"Just shut up and walk. Quickly." Cal says back obviously trying to hide how desperate he was. Emily let out an exaggerated sigh but didn't say another word.
There she was. A frail, pale girl with long, matted, lilac hair, the blonde roots barely noticeable.
"Dad!" She shouted as she jumped off of the small wooden stool she had been sat on and sprinted for Cal. She jumped and hugged him, wrapping her legs around his waist. Cal was surprised how light she was, obviously he expected her to be light but not this light. Cal squeezed the girl like a child and it's teddy bear and allowed a few tears to roll down his face. When they eventually broke apart, Cal's eyes were brimming with tears but the girl was just smiling, her face beaming with a smile that could brighten up even the darkest room.
"Emily!" She said, her voice full of delight as she wrapped her arms around her younger sister.
-LINE BREAK-
"Does anybody know where Cal went?" Gillian was asking, her desire to know was like a fire with wood being added every waiting second.
"I heard something about a girl called Alissia." Rita said shrugging.
" Alissia?" Gillian said, her eyebrows raised in shock, "Wren's back?"
" Alissia? Who's Alissia?" Eli asking pushing his chair backwards so he could be more involved in the conversation.
" Alissia Lightman. Cal's other daughter, she was kidnapped three years ago." Gillian said slowly and sympathetically, "I can't believe she is back!"
That was when they heard the door open and they all whipped their heads around. First walked in Emily, a smile plastered on her freckled face. The Cal, his eyes slightly red and the same smile mounted on his face. Then walked in another girl, the others had no clue who she was but they assumed it was Alissia. She was tall in contrast to her father's shortness. She was very skinny and looked like a walking skeleton. She had long lilac hair that even when tied back in a ponytail, still reached the bottom of her back. She had the exact same smile anchored on her face, which confused Gillian slightly as she had seen many kidnap victims and they didn't smile until nearly a year after.
As soon as Alissia saw Gillian she ran up to her and threw her arms around her. Gillian couldn't help but smile herself, she loved how happy Alissia was. She was just like the old Alissia and Gillian was not accepting that.
"Look I got all my metal back in." Alissia chuckled smirking playfully and gesturing to her vertical labret lip, nose and multiple ear piercings, Gillian jokily rolled her eyes in response. Then, Alissia turned her body to Eli and Rita.
"Hey, I'm Alissia." She said smiling and holding her hand out to Eli and then Rita. But when she Rita shook her hand, Cal saw a flash of fear jump on and off of Alissia's face so quickly nobody else noticed. He began to press it when Gillian interrupted by holding Alissia's hand and dragging her off to one of the interview rooms.
When Alissia had left, Emily grabbed her dad's hand and the shared a beaming smile and pulled each other back into a deep embrace.
"Who knew Lightman could actually be this happy." Eli muttered and Cal pulled out of the hug and looked at Eli.
"Keep your bloody mouth shut." He said looking Eli deep in the eyes and nobody could tell whether he was actually being serious or not. They played it off as a joke.
-LINE BREAK-
"So Alissia, I just have a few questions for you." Gillian said in her smooth, calming voice.
"Okay." Alissia nodded smiling.
"Okay so first question, tell me in three words how you feel right now." Gillian tilted her head to the right.
"Happy, elated and overjoyed." Alissia said laughing.
"Wren, they all mean the same thing." Gillian said also chuckling but slightly meaning it.
"What can I say I'm just very happy to be home after three years of being locked in a basement the size of the cube." She says chuckling and gesturing to the cube like room her and Gillian were sat in.
" Alissia... are you okay?" Gillian asked leaning in after hearing the sight difference in Alissia's voice.
"Not really." Alissia said shrugging and chuckling a little, messing with her lilac hair.
Gillian chuckled a little at Alissia, "Remember when you used to come to see me every Tuesday?" she said, a little out of the blue.
"About before I lived with my dad? Yeah." Alissia responded smiling nostalgically.
"Yeah. And you always contradicted yourself, I'd ask if you ever considered following your step-dad's footsteps and you would just nod smiling. Always smiling. I thought it was crazy." Gillian said slightly chuckling.
"Tell me about it. Now, are we done because I never liked this cube." Alissia shrugged chuckling.
"Yeah, yeah we are." Gillian said giving Alissia her usual reassuring smile.
-LINE BREAK-
"Can we get some ice-cream Eli? Please?" Emily begged walking around the shop.
"What would your dad say?." Eli said back but when Emily widened her eyes, he gave in saying, "If it's less than a quid you can get it."
"Yes! Thanks Eli!" Emily said chuckling and walking to get ice-cream.
Alissia was left alone walking with Eli. She was smiling as they walked down the aisle remember how things used to be. She saw a tall, slim pale woman with dark hair walking down the opposite way, when the woman brushed against her Alissia took a sharp intake of breath.
"What's wrong?" Eli asked the girl who stopped walking for a couple of minutes.
"No... nothing." Alissia said shaking her head and then she saw Emily walking towards her and smiled, "Double chocolate?" she asked and Emily nodded laughing.
"You too look very similar by the way. Just like your mother." Eli said attempting to break the awkward layer of ice that had formed.
"I'm assuming you mean Emily's mother. Which is very strange because well... I bear no relation to her." Alissia laughed.
"Excuse me?" Eli said knitting his eyebrows.
"You don't believe me do you! Look at your eyebrows. I didn't even live with my dad until Emily was born. I lived with my mum and step-dad and then everything went well.. tits up." Alissia said laughing.
"Ali you really need to work on your people skills." Emily said chuckling and she playfully rolled her eyes.
"Shut your mouth you little brat." Alissia chuckled and Emily rolled her eyes again, "If the wind changes direction, they'll get stuck there!"