ROSEWOOD P.D.
"Ella!" cried Ashley, running towards the short, brunette, middle aged woman who was sitting on an uncomfortable looking plastic blue chair.
"Hello Ashley" Ella got up to hug her "Byron, Veronica, and Peter are over there" she said, pointing towards the coffee and vending area.
"What is happening?" Ashley said looking confused and worried. "I thought the girls were all at the Hastings house tonight?"
"Yeah they were!" Ella said, "Veronica and Peter went to the country club for dinner and when they got home the girls were gone, they took Hannah's car. It's still missing!"
At that moment Detective Tanner entered the room. She started making her way to where Byron, Veronica, and Peter were standing. Ella and Ashley quickly followed.
"Have you heard anything about the girls? Have they been found?" Asked Byron cautiously. He was very worried about Aria but was trying to stay calm for the benefit of his wife, Ella.
"No. That's what I wanted to talk to you about." Tanner said, crossing her arms and staring down at all of the parents. "We don't think the girls were kidnapped. We think they ran away." She paused "These girls have been causing trouble for Rosewood P.D. ever since Alison DiLaurentis's funeral. They have cried wolf before and we don't feel as if there is enough evidence to use these kinds of resources towards this investigation."
"This is outrageous" Peter scoffed. Ella was fuming, she looked like she wanted to burst into tears and fire at the same time. Veronica's eyes narrowed, she was going to sue the shit out of Rosewood P.D. once the girls were found… negligent police work.
"You people have a terrible track record yourself!" Ashley shouted "or have you forgotten Detective Warden already? He practically stalked our girls. You should be ashamed of yourselves."
Byron had his hand on his forehead, he was looking down at the ground chuckling to himself.
"Do you find something funny?" Detective Tanner snapped.
"You guys are truly unbelievable." Byron said, looking up and shaking his head. "The last time you didn't believe the girls… my daughter was almost pushed off a train in a box with a dead man! This office is a miserable attempt at a police force. For god's sake, our girl's boyfriends do a better job protecting them than you do." He spat out the word 'boyfriends', he was still furious at Ezra for entering into a relationship with his daughter but he had to acknowledge how much Ezra had helped Aria in past predicaments.
Detective Tanner smirked, she was sick of this entitled group of girls and their interfering parents and boyfriends.
"Speaking of their boyfriends…" Tanner said slyly. "We put out an APB on Caleb Rivers… just in case." She gave them a cheap smile and turned on her heal and sauntered away. Ashley gasped and her eyes narrowed, Caleb was like a son to her and she knew for a fact he would never do anything stupid enough to get on Tanner's radar, she had to be setting him up.
The group of 5 parents huddled around each other.
"What are we going to do?" Byron said quietly "I know our girls wouldn't all just get up and leave without telling any of us."
"Come on" said Veronica decidedly "We need to find Caleb and Toby; the police are completely off base suspecting Caleb but I do believe the boys can help us find them."
"Agreed" said Ashley.
