Note: Thanks for those who reviewed. Here is the second chapter of my story, Family. Hopefully i'll update again this weekend if i can.
Those in italics and in center in this story is a reporter telling the news story.
Sheriff had a bad feeling since he got up the next morning. He knew something wasn't right but he just couldn't put a finger on it. He tried to push the feeling down as he continued on getting dressed and headed out the door, got into his police crusier and drove over towards Flo's for breastfast.
After parking his car at one of the empty parking spaces on the side of the diner. As soon as he went inside the quiet diner, he noticed that the whole town, old and new, where already there, their eyes where glue on to the local television set.
"What's going on, Doc?" said Sheriff as he came over to the table where the town's judge and doctor was sitting at. As soon as he sat down at the table, Sheriff turned his attention to the old tevevision set on the diner top to see what was so interesting that everybody was watching at so closely.
"Those who where on this Princess Crusie Ship heading towards the warm waters of Hawaii had meet with a tragic end.This love boat was stuck in a bad storm when Captain Bricker, was given a warning that the storm was forming a hug tidel wave whom they named Sarah. This cruiseship was attack from Sarah not less then a hour of the warning. A small lifeboat was found not far from the wreked ship, only to be filled with several crewmen and a few children. One of the children was hurt after the lifeboat was tipped over. The U.S Navy stationed in Hawaii, was the ones who rescued the surivors.
"How horrible" said Sally before taking her eyes off the tv set and continued to eat her pancakes.
"Five out of six suriving chidren went home with family members, the last one, a 13 year old girl named Alexandra Gilmore, now lays unconcious at the local children hospital in Los Angeles, if you have any information about her family please call this hospital at this number."
Sheriff mouth dropped when he saw the picture of the girl and the girl's name.
"Claudia" was the only words that came out of Sheriff's mouth as he continued to glance at the tv screen with a worried expression on his face. Doc looked worried for his old friend as he kept an eye on both him and the tv set.
"Do you know that girl on the televison set, Sheriff?" asked Lightning.
Sheriff never replied. Sheriff grabbed a pen from his shirt pocket and wrote down the number that was displaying on the tv screen on a piece of napkin and then quickly got up from the table and hurried out from the diner as if he was on a chase.
Everybody had a worried look on their faces. But Lightning and Sally was more then just worried. Both of them were confused thinking that their friend must have finally lost it.
"What's going on?" questioned Sally as she looked up at Flo and the others. Flo, whom was behind the counter drying a cup with a towel, looked over at Doc as if she didn't know what to say.
"You might as well tell them, Flo" said Doc before taking a ship from his cup of coffee.
"Who is this Claudia person?" asked Lightning as he and Sally give the watress and owner their full intention.
"Claudia is Sheriff's only child, his only daughter." said Flo as she put the clean cup away.
"Sheriff was married!" said a surprise Lightning. He thought Sheriff never settled down due to his line of duty.
"He was before he came to Radiator Springs." said Ramone butting in as he sat at the stood at the counter.
"Then where is she now?" asked Sally politely.
"Her name was Lily and she was killed in the line of duty." said Doc putting his two cents in.
"Was She's a cop too?" asked Lightning.
"No, she was killed accidently when being held hostage at a local bank robbery." said Doc again.
Lightning and Sally stayed quiet for a few moments taking in what they had just heard.
"Sheriff and his daughter never got along even when Lily was still alive." said Ramone.
"And?" asked Sally.
"When Claudia was 17 years old, she had gotten herself pregnant, and 12 months later, she had given birth to her daughter, Alex, there she and Sheriff had this huge fight about Claudia and her family move in with him." said Doc.
"Did she and alex's father ever gotten married?" asked Lightning.
Doc knoded his head before taking a other slip from his cup.
"So Claudia and her family moved far away from him." said Sally.
"Yeah" said Flo as she wripe down the counter with a rag.
"So she and her father never talked for the last 13 years?" said Sally again.
"Right again." said Ramone before he got up and carried his empty plate into the door that lead to the kictchen.
"Poor Sheriff" said Sally.