Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā Ā it takes everything in her not to roll her eyes at his response ā he thinks heās so CLEVER, doesnāt he? ā but a warmer, brighter smile does manage to fight its way to the surface. itās hard not to smile when heās 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.Ā āiām not sure,ā lorraine sighs, returning from her thoughts. unfortunately for her, the files before her ā detailed statements from the lockwood family regarding the dated disappearance of their eldest son, joshua ā offer no answers, either.Ā āsomething keeps calling me back but i donāt know what.ā
THE ENTIRE ROOM BRIGHTENS right along with his wifeās features, and it eases the knot in edās chest that he hadnāt quite been conscious of. he knows better than anyone that their line of WORK can be particularly difficult on lorraine, and ALTHOUGH itās one they both engage with willingly, he still canāt help but worry on occasion. ā Ā Ā let me take a look, Ā ā Ā 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. itās nothing ed hasnāt read before, of course, heās more than familiar with this case. but if lorraine is feeling SOMETHING attached to this, clearly there has to be something theyāre overlooking.
thereās a LONG pause as he reads over what they have, even if it isnāt much. ā Ā -------- Ā drew hasnāt gotten back to us about the property yet, has he ? Ā ā Ā the lockwood boyās DISAPPEARANCEĀ 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.