Chapter 4

The very next day at the Hale and Stilinski Law Firm...

"Wait you want me to do what?" Malia asked confused.

"We would like you to track down Liam Dunbar and see if he's still alive? Apparently there was a plane crash years ago and nobody could find his body so we believe he might still be alive." Stiles replied. "Just please try to locate him. Hogarth may know where he lives or something. I heard she was pretty close to the Dunbar family."

"This case just sounds like a lot of missing plot holes though. What if this guy is really just dead and no one has discovered the body yet. He could be rotting 20 feet underground for all we know." Malia said.

"Please just look into it, we'll compensate you for everything gas money and travel expenses as well." Stiles practically begged with his puppy dog eyes.

"You're lucky I like you enough to do it. Otherwise I would have dismissed this case fairly easily." Malia replied smiling at Stiles.

"Oh there you guys are. Where did Allison go?" Derek asked his fellow coworkers.

"Not sure, she mentioned needing to use the restroom so maybe she's in there." Stiles replied patting Derek on the shoulder.

"Oh okay, well I needed to quickly run something by her. Tell her to meet me in my office." Derek said before going back to his office.

"I'll just let her know when she gets out." Stiles called out.

"Is there something going on that you're not telling me?" Malia asked curiously.

"Well we haven't exactly decided to tell Allison everything about you. So if she asks why we recruited you just tell her it's for your detective stuff. Don't mention the whole Kilgrave thing to her, okay? Allison lost her mom a few years ago because someone killed her randomly. She's just very sensitive in that area. Telling her something like that might not be the best idea." Stiles whispered to Malia.

"So you want me to lie to Allison?" Malia clarified.

"Yeah kinda. Just for now. I know I hate lying to her but trust me on this. She isn't kind to people who kill others for the sake for pleasure so don't bring it up even if she asks for personal info on you." Stiles said.

"Don't worry, I don't plan on telling anyone else that besides you and Derek. You're the only 2 I can trust here in the city." Malia replied.

"Good I'm glad we finally agree on something for once today." Stiles said cheekily.

"Am I interrupting something?" Allison asked cutting in on the conversation.

"Oh no. Derek was actually just looking for you by the way." Stiles replied quickly ending the previous conversation with Malia off. "Malia here is gonna go find our missing person while you and I help Derek out with some paperwork." He said leading Allison over to Derek's office quickly, giving Malia a meaningful look before hastily taking off towards Hale's office.

Malia headed out of the law firm to work on her latest case.

Just as Malia started heading out Scott ran into her.

"Hey what happened? Derek didn't tell me you were working for him now. Stiles just told me through text." Scott asked relieved to see Malia out on the sidewalk heading out of Derek's building.

"It's kinda complicated but for now Derek is letting me live with him until I get back on my feet. Come over tonight and we can talk and catch up on lost time." Malia said hugging Scott and kissing his cheek.

"Sure. Just make sure you follow all their little rules. I know they can be a little much, but it's just for your own safety." Scott said caressing Malia's cheek.

"Okay I will. They were nice enough to bail me out. I'm not rotting in jail thanks to their friend Peter Hale." Malia replied relishing the moment with Scott.

"I have to go but I'll see you later today. I have some stuff I have to talk to Derek about on the way in." Scott said before giving Malia a short quick kiss.

"Okay. I can't wait til tonight." Malia replied giving Scott a chaste kiss on the lips before he walked into the law firm.

END OF CHAPTER 4!