Two years later…

I guess police academy really does change you…Samantha thought while fixing her hair, which was tied back in a bun, in the police cruiser window.

She was taking a break from patrol by getting coffee and meeting up with Amy again. Now, she sat in her police cruiser while having her drink and looking at her surroundings.

Samantha never thought she would miss White Pine Bay so much, even though she hated the idea of living there when Zack brought her here ages ago. She couldn't even believe how long it's been and that her parents still haven't even tried to contact her (to her, this wasn't surprising).

"I hope I'm correcting your mistakes, Zack…" she said to herself as she lowered the car window.

Samantha rested her head on the steering wheel before hearing a familiar voice next to her cruiser ask, "Sam?"

She looked out the window and saw Dylan on his motorcycle.

"Dylan?!" she asked. "It's been so long…"

"I know, right? Life's been going great for me and Emma, but I'm in town to…settle a few scores. I'd love to talk, but I need to do this. See you around."

"Bye."

With that, he drove off and Samantha made her way to the police station once he was gone. Once she got back, she gave her report to Sheriff Greene (who took Alex's place after his death) and went to her desk.

A voice suddenly asked her, "Um, excuse me?"

Samantha stopped what she was doing and saw a woman with two men staring at her.

"Can I help you three?" she asked them.

"Yes, my name is Lila Crane. My sister, Marion, has gone missing and I need your help in finding her." the woman said.

"And I'm Sam Loomis, Marion's boyfriend," the first man said to Samantha.

"My name's Milton Arbogast. I've been hired by Miss Crane to find her sister," the second man said.

Samantha nodded and listened to Lila. This was going to be her first big case!

"How long has it been since you've last seen her?" she asked Sam.

"A week. We were planning on getting married, but we didn't have the money because of my debt problems," he said.

"And it's been a week since I last saw her too." Lila said with a nervous expression.

"There's one detail that they're overlooking though, Officer James." Arbogast said. "Miss Crane is wanted for stealing $40,000 from one of her clients. We managed to track her here, but there has been no sight of her."

"I assure you that I WILL help you three find her." Samantha said.

"According to some sources, a worker at a car dealership saw her trading her car for another one and driving off towards the bypass," the private investigator said. "I plan on investigating the area myself."

The bypass…that's near my place, and the motel…Samantha thought as she wrote down the information and took a photo of Marion from Lila.

She put in the folder and said, "I'll look into this, Miss Crane, Mr. Loomis, Mr. Arbogast."

"Thank you so much, Officer James." Lila said with a sigh of relief.

Samantha nodded and continued her notes.