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Investigate

Carla had given the girls the afternoon off and had spent it with Rob in town. He could tell there was something that his sister wasn't telling him but he wasn't too bothered about finding it out now.

"So." He said, as they were on their way home.

"So what?" Carla asked, wondering what her brother wanted now.

"Well, I'm gonna stay round here for a while now, so I was wondering whether you could put me up for a couple of days?" Rob asked, in his best innocent voice.

"No!" Carla explained, "I mean, I would but there's no space."

"I could always kip on the sofa, I'm not bothered." Rob suggested.

"No, you can't kip on the sofa, I'm sorry." Carla said. The car was silent for a few minutes as the siblings sat in silence.

Rob eventually started talking again. "Where will I go then?" He asked.

"I dunno, Michelle's or something." Carla said.

Rob was confused. A few moments ago his sister had been happy and joking about, but now, she had zoned out. They sat in silence for the rest of the journey home until Carla parked outside the flat.

"Chelle lives just down the road." She said, signalling in the vague direction with her hand.

"Yeah I know." Rob said, "Look, Carla, if there was something wrong, you would tell me wouldn't you?"

"Yeah, of course!" Carla said, plastering a smile on her face, "I am sorry, about you not being able to stay. See you tomorrow?"

"Yeah, see you." Rob said. As he hugged Carla he felt her tense up underneath him, as if he was hurting her.

"See you." She said again as she rushed into the flat, closing the door behind her.

Rob slowly wondered down the street, thinking about his sister. There was definitely something important going on that she wasn't telling him. He was determined to get to the bottom of it, whatever it took.

He ended up outside Michelles flat and rung the buzzer, he waited for a few moments until he heard a voice he recognised say, "Who is it?"

Rob smiled, "Guess who?"

"Rob!" Michelle exclaimed, "Come up!"

He walked up the stairs and opened the door, Michelle was waiting. She enveloped him in a hug which he returned.

"I never knew you were out of prison." Michelle said after they had exchanged greetings. They were know sitting on the sofa with cups of steaing tea in their hands.

"Yeah, got out last week." Rob said.

"Cool, have you seen Carla yet?" Michelle asked.

"Yeah, married again! What do you think of him?" Rob asked.

"Frank, well, I don't know." Michelle said. "I came back just in time for the wedding, so I didn't meet him before them. I've met him a couple of times since then, but we haven't really had a proper conversation."

"Right." Rob said, the cogs in his mind whirring. There was something about this Frank guy, Michelle knew everyone, so what was so different about him and why wouldn't Carla say that much about him?

"What are you thinking?" Michelle said, "I recognise that expression and I don't like it, it means you're thinking seriously about something."

"Do you think I'm all bad?" Rob laughed, "I'm just going to do a little investigating on behalf of my sister."

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