it takes everything in her not to roll her eyes at his response — he thinks he’s so CLEVER, doesn’t he? — but a warmer, brighter smile does manage to fight its way to the surface. it’s hard not to smile when he’s around; ed carries with him a certain kind of light, subdued but pervasive, that has a way of seeping into the most RELUCTANT of hosts. no shadow stands a chance next to him, no matter what may lurk within in. “i’m not sure,” lorraine sighs, returning from her thoughts. unfortunately for her, the files before her — detailed statements from the lockwood family regarding the dated disappearance of their eldest son, joshua — offer no answers, either. “something keeps calling me back but i don’t know what.”
THE ENTIRE ROOM BRIGHTENS right along with his wife’s features, and it eases the knot in ed’s chest that he hadn’t quite been conscious of. he knows better than anyone that their line of WORK can be particularly difficult on lorraine, and ALTHOUGH it’s one they both engage with willingly, he still can’t help but worry on occasion. ❛ let me take a look, ❜ he offers, reaching across the table to -- only at her affirmative -- PULL the files towards his end to get a BETTER look at the printed word there. it’s nothing ed hasn’t read before, of course, he’s more than familiar with this case. but if lorraine is feeling SOMETHING attached to this, clearly there has to be something they’re overlooking.
there’s a LONG pause as he reads over what they have, even if it isn’t much. ❛ -------- drew hasn’t gotten back to us about the property yet, has he ? ❜ the lockwood boy’s DISAPPEARANCE had apparently taken place upon it or, at least, that was what their testimony said. out playing with his sister one moment, and the next -- GONE.