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Ch.25

This chapter will be shorter. I just wanted to end this cliffhanger.

Mori and the cops ran up the stairs when Haruhi didn't return. Mori was the first to reach the door. To his dismay, Haruhi was not on the other side of it waiting for him. The hallway was deserted. The same lights buzzed and flickered, the same tile shone under their feet, but Haruhi was nowhere to be seen. Where had she gone? The cops split up and and walked down various hallways and into rooms that she could have gone, leaving Mori with he guy behind the window. This wasn't like her. She didn't run from anything. Mori looked over at the guy. He was hunched over a small desk piled high with papers dotted with coffee, dollar store paper weights, nicknacks, multiple pens and pencils scattered here and there an outdated computer and keyboard missing a few keys, pictures of what looked to me family members and coffee rings on the white surface. He could have been about fifty but looked a little older. He was deeply concentrated trying to fill out forms.

"Excuse me, sir?"

The man didn't immediately look up, but when he did his eyes were glazed over and tired looking, but kind.

"How may I help you young man?"

"I'm looking for someone, a girl. Have you seen her. She has long brown hair and huge beautiful brown eyes."

"When and where did she die? She could be in the hospital morgue."

"NO NO. She's not dead. She was just here to see her father's body and she came up the stairs before us and disappeared."

The man was a little confused at first but he caught on,"Oh I think I heard her leave about two minutes ago. I didn't see her though."

"Thank you."

Mori dashed out of the front door. It was just as dark outside as it had been when they entered, only now, the rain had stopped. Mori bounded down the steps, through the gate and onto the sidewalk in just a few strides. He looked up and down the dark, deserted street. The wasn't a person in sight. She couldn't have gone far.

"Haruhi!" He called.

There was no response so he called her again. Behind him, the two officers came out of the building.

"Did you find her?"The burly cop asked.

Mori spun around his face pinched with anger," What does it look like? You never should have brought her here!"

"Don't go raising your voice at me. I was only doing my job. It was your girlfriend who decided to run away!"

Mori balled his fists.

"Oh you want to hit me punk! Go ahead. I can arrest you for assault on an officer. You forget. I'm a cop!"

The gangly officer stepped in between them," Both of you stop it. We can just get in the car and drive around the block. She couldn't have gone that far on foot and cabs don't come to this part of town."

Mori glared at the other officer one last time before walking back to the cop car. He knew which battles to fight. It wasn't until he opened the door that he saw her. Haruhi was slumped against the window with her hair falling over her face. The two cops climbed into the front seats and saw her as well.

"She's been here the whole time?" The scrawny cop asked.

"I guess so," said the burly cop.

Haruhi spoke. Her voice was soft, barely more than a whisper," I can hear you. I'm not deaf."

Mori sat down and closed the door behind him.

"We're taking you back home. Social services will be at your house sometime tomorrow," said the scrawny cop," I'm sorry about your father."

She didn't answer him. Sometime during the ride. Mori reached over to rub her head, but Haruhi grabbed his hand instead. He could just see through her hair. Her eyes were the size of saucers. They seemed to big for her face.

"Har..."

Haruhi mumbled something.

"What was that?"

Her voice was barely audible," It wasn't him, Takashi."

It his turn to be stunned.

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