11:50 AM read the detective's watch as he arrived back at the Wheelers' home with sandwiches for himself, Elle, and Mike. He knocked on the back door softly. Nothing. He jiggled the door handle. Locked. He looked around the house for some way to get in. He was stealthy about it though, as he noticed a car in the driveway. Shit, one of the parents is home. Enigma kept walking around the house until he saw Elle in one of the rooms going into the closet with Mike in there with her. I don't blame him. His parents can't find out about either of us, let alone the fact that he's got a girl in his room. He waited until Mike left the room to go up there. When he left, Enigma "tree-jumped" until he was on level with the window to Mike's room. Then he jumped onto the roof of the house, landing with a soft tap. He then climbed along the side of the house and attempted to open the window. Oh, thank god. thought the detective when he found that the boy kept his window unlocked. He then carefully and stealthily climbed into the room, and quietly shut the window, locking it. He took out the subs to find them unharmed, resulting in him giving a sigh of relief, and set them on the dresser. A few seconds passed when he heard sniffling from the closet. He opened the closet to find his little girl balled up crying. The instant Enigma put his hand on her, Elle looked up and leapt at him arms wrapping around him, still crying but it was lessened. He picked her up and held her in his arms, rubbing her back. No doubt that being in there must've triggered another painful flashback. When she was done, she looked at the detective who was holding her in his arms smiling somewhat, wiping her eyes glad that he was back. He smiled back and kissed her on the forehead. "Hey. I brought lunch."
...
6:15 PM read the detective's watch as he was teaching Elle how to play chess. They remembered to be quiet because Mike and his family along with his friends who had come over earlier were having dinner upstairs. While E liked the ever-excitable Dustin, Lucas...was questionable. He didn't like how Lucas treated Elle, not one bit. Brat. Enigma killed time by teaching Elle some more words and how they went together. He gave Elle the rest of her sandwich and some of Mike's untouched sandwich from the fridge downstairs. There was no doubt that he loved the girl. Not in an intimate way, but in the way that a father loved his daughter, weirdly enough. At around 9:06 PM, Enigma decided to get Elle to sleep. Elle was on the couch this time, as Enigma insisted that it was more comfortable than that makeshift tent. After covering her with the blanket and giving her the most comfortable pillows, Enigma left for unknown yet important reasons. Elle didn't want him to leave but Enigma told her that he would be back.
"Whenever I leave, wait for me, and be patient, for I will be back. It might be very soon, or very long. Either way, I will always come back to you." promised the detective to the child. "...no matter what." After kissing Elle on the forehead, he headed out the door, locking and closing it behind him, disappearing into the darkness of the night.
