Prank Call

Zoe was holding her shoulder bag’s strip, following Austin in the corridor of the city hospital, she wore jeans on her full sleeves t-shirt, with double strap sandals. Her shoulder-length honey-colored hair covered the sides of her face. She was smiling at every person who passes her keeping her steps on track with her brother who was walking fast.

“Zoe” she was waving at a child in a wheelchair when Austin called her.

Zoe shifts her gaze at him where he was gesturing her to come near him when she went close to him, he repeated his lecture which was filled with a warning rather than advice that she listened to all the way from home to here.

“I told you I will not do any stupidity, if you lectured me one more time, I will call dada” she scowled at him for giving her continuous lecture since he came to know of her appointment at the same hospital as his.

“I am not giving a lecture to you, I am just informing you of the rules and codes of here” rolling his eyes at her he explained himself.

“Anyways, it’s time. You should go from this side and enter the office to report your presence and then they will guide you further” motioning to his right side he pointed his index finger at the closed door, she nodded at him.

“Will you assist me?” Zoe asked taking her step in the direction her brother indicated and stopped to ask him.

“I don’t know yet, sir Joseph is one deciding who will work under who” shrugging his shoulder Austin informed her, tucking her hair behind her ear, Zoe waved to her brother and headed to the closed door whereas Austin took long steps in hurry to reach to stairs straight in his path which will lead him to OPD where his patients were waiting for him.

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Sebastien was reading the file, sitting at the edge of his desk.

“John, has the team arrived for this case?” raising his head in between reading he asked his colleague John who was collecting papers from the printer.

“Not all” answering him he went on to his desk, drop the papers, and starts his work on it.

“What are you doing?” thinking about the case he has to work on, he asked John when saw him muttering.

“Nothing, sometimes working on the cases I feel I am not a detective” the way he said those words made Sebastien chuckle.

“Did you have an argument with anyone in higher-ups?” Sebastien pulled a sticky note from the pad and picked a pencil from the jar, scribing the points he has to discuss with his team.

“Not something new” jerking his head he kept his focus on the papers.

“How are your guests? Did they have fun in France?” John asked him remembering, Sebastien who was carelessly leaning against his desk, jolts.

“Yeah, they are fine. Mom was saying they enjoyed it a lot” Sebastian forced smile on his lips.

“I’m glad, it feels good when tourists like our country and enjoy there time here” John replied, when he saw a young man coming to them and he recognized him immediately.

“Mr. Dylan, how are you, welcome to France” John stood from his chair to greet him, following his sight Sebastien turned at his back, what confused him was John already knows him.

“Please meet him, he is Sebastien, a very good detective of our station and you will work with him on this case sir discussed with you a few days ago” shaking hands with Dylan John introduced Sebastien to him.

Dylan pursed his lips to hide his smile, shaking hands with him.

“Hope to have a good learning with you” Sebastien sighed at his acting, before he could have said to him, he was called by his junior who has attended the call.

“Sir there is a call for you” Releasing his hand from Dylan’s grip he moved forward to the desk and picked up the phone taking a pen in his hand and paper to write down the details.

“Hello, detective Sebastien speaking,” he said politely but in a firm voice.

“Hello, I called a couple of weeks ago and asked for finding the whereabouts of a girl” crease formed on his forehead, he signaled Dylan to come and sit with him.

“Can I know your name sir”

“Why? Will you find that girl for me then?” the person on the opposite call asked.

“Can I know your relationship with the girl?” He touched the tip of the pen on paper ready to write but withdraws after listening to the person, he sighed.

“Sir if you will not help us with complete information how can we help you, if you will not give complete details to us of your we will consider it as a prank call” Sebastien opened his fist and closed it again to control his fury.

Dylan was rubbing his thumb on his lips, this mysterious call can become a big issue for them in the future, they have to deal with it on priority.

Sebastien hung up the call running his fingers in his hair frustratingly.

“Do you think this is a prank call?” Dylan questioned him looking into his eyes.

“No way, they have her picture, if he hadn’t then I would have thought it as a prank call but the way he is talking it seems like he knows too much about her” Sebastien placed his face in his palms.

“Do you think we should contact uncle Charles? Maybe he recognizes the person” Dylan suggested to him.

“No, it won’t work” rejecting his idea Sebastien left his chair shoving his hands in his jeans pocket.

“Let me go through dad’s other diaries, might we get any clue” Dylan agreed with him and they both went into the meeting room to discuss the case they have to work on.