Almost| Leon & Laurel
Parking his car outside of the familiar residence, Leon managed to close the car door, go up the stairs and balance the brown paper bags and the pets he was carrying. It was Christmas eve, just past lunch time and the reporter barely got to put the key through the slot and push it open.
Laurel it seems was out at the time and even her mother was nowhere to be found.
"Did they go out..?"
He had not seen the girl nor her mother since arriving to town, mostly due to work and other activities but he was so used to seeing Laurel waiting for him expectantly at her home that when she was nowhere to be found, Leon was puzzled.
The reporter promptly dropped Smoke and Tiny Cosmo on the floor and proceeded to the kitchen to empty the bags. He had bought an assortment of ingredients, not that he was going to cook them all by himself, but at least he had everything prepared for Laurel later.
"I wonder where everybody is?"