Chapter two
THE LIGHTMAN GROUP.
Ria Torres stood at the giant projector screen. She stood in the middle, just looking at faces. Photos of facial expressions. At her first year at the lightman group, she shadowed Lightman, watching as Lightman and Foster were impressed with the way she hadn't had any training. The way she could read people and the way she read facial expressions and lies. She was of course a natural and one of the rare naturals that Lightman and Foster had come across. As she read each face one by one, she tried to think of why they would be showing that particular emotion that she had found.
"Ahh what are you doing?" Loker asked her walking over to the computers.
At the sound of Locker's voice, Ria turned around and stared at the man.
"I'm trying to figure out and come up with different reasons on why these people would be showing these different emotions. Disgust, anger, fear, surprise, happiness, Contempt. These are all common emotions that we show each day. The thing is why would we be showing them? That's what I am trying to figure out" Torres told Loker as she smiled and then turned back to the projector screen and the different faces.
Meanwhile in the foyer…
"Cal have you had a chance to look at these cases. They should have been finished months ago but instead they have been sitting in your office" Gillian foster spoke as she followed Cal Lightman over to the reception desk.
"Oi fosta these cases are just small ones. Nothing big. They weren't important at the time. Give them to Torres to do, Loker can help her" Cal told his partner.
Just the as Gillian was about to reply to cal, something caught her eye that made her look at the figure that was slowly walking towards them. When cal realized that Gillian had not replied yet, he turned around and saw a girl; she looked to be a teenager, maybe a year younger than Emily.
As Hayley finally got to the pair. She looked up into the eyes of Cal and Gillian, hoping that the deception experts might be able to help her. Cal and Gillian read her face. Fear scared, Frightened, Terrified were the emotions that were being shown on her face, loud and clear.
"Excuse me sir. Are you Dr Lightman the deception expert, the one who can spot lies and are you Dr Foster the psychologist by any chance?" Hayley asked the two in a quiet voice.
"Yeah that would be us" Cal replied to her.
"What's your name sweetie?" Gillian asked her.
"My name is Hayley, Hayley Carson and I need your help" Hayley said. "Nothing else has worked and you are my last shot. So please would you help me?" Hayley pleaded.