My heart stopped for a second.
That simple sentence almost made me cry.
"What do you mean she took her, where? what do we know?" I start to walk in circles in the office growing impatient.
"Her father called, he said they left two days ago, the 25th."
"And how the fuck he wait two days to call!" for what I could know that girl could be suffering right now.
"y/n, stop there, take a seat and calm down, if you're gonna loose your mind don't." she talked to me the cold way could.
But that was good, I needed that, I needed to cool my mind.
I took seat in front of her desk, deep breathing until her phone rang again, but this time was Wanda, who was in the main door letting Natasha know so she could let her pass.
"Is gonna be fine, y/n, try to calm down, do you want a coffee?" Natasha was now by my side, her hand stroking my hair.
"Please." she was about to call someone when Wanda entered the room with three coffees in her hands.
"Sorry I'm a little late, I figured that maybe we would need this at this hours." she left the drinks on the desk, each cup with name on it.
"It's okay, we just got here," Natasha sat on her chair, leaning her body back "her father would come in a few minutes."
"Great, so, what do we know?" she asked as she grabbed one of the armchairs placing it to my side.
"They left two days ago, on 25th." I answer her while I took a sip of my coffee, cortado, she remembered.
"How are we gonna deep in this? the police shouldn't do all the work?" Wanda ask, "I mean, is not that I don't wanna help but how?"
She was right at some point, we were just her psychologists, not that we could go and look for her somewhere.
"You're right, Wands, but maybe Sarah told both you something that would help, just look through your notes and her file, maybe there's something there."
"Her drawings," both of them looked at me confused, "she draw some kind of cabin, maybe her father knows where it is."
I got up to look for her file, is on my desk since is my principal case, two pair of eyes follow me as I walk back with the folds.
Searching through the colorful pages I found the one I was looking for, I took the page and handle it to Wanda, who looks intensely the lines.
The phone rings again, this time, the father. Natasha let him pass, few minutes later the elevator's doors open showing him, the redhead points me with her head the door, getting up to open it for him.
"Ms. Brown, take a seat, please." Natasha speaks now, pointing the chair in front of her.
"Miss Romanoff, thank you for receiving me today," he looks so nervous. "Miss Maximoff, Miss y/l/n." he greet us with his head.
"No problem, do you want to tell us what exactly happened?" Natasha took a pen to write the important details.
"Well, you'll see, my wife is kinda soecial women, she frustrates so easily," I roll my eyes back, earning a bad look of Wanda. "we were on my mother's house on 24th at night, having dinner with family, the usual."
Wanda was focus on me, I was about to explode at any minute.
"We came back home, I put Sarah in bed, and then we had a little fight, about family problems." Natasha was writing and listening carefully. "We went to sleep and when I got up in the morning they were gone, she took her, a little bag and Sarah's favorite toy."
"Okay, good, did you informed the police right away?"
"Yes, but they told me I had to wait at least 48 hours to declare a person missing."
"Yes, that's the protocols, you talked with someone about it? any clue of where they can be?"
"I called Sarah's grandmother, but she just declined my calls, she lives kind uncommunicate of everyone, like a cabin in the woods." he rubbed the back of his neck, he knew her daughter was there.
"Maybe y/n is right." Wanda say looking at me, "Does she did that before?" her eyes land on the man
"Yes, but unfortunately I don't know how to get there, she never told me where it was."
"Oh my god," My eyes rolled back, how this man could be that ignorant.
"y/n," Natasha call my attention "go get some coffee for the four of us." I crossed my arms.
"But-"
"Nothing, is an order, go get coffee." her authority slap me, but I decide is better not protest so I just got out of the office.
The fresh air hits me once I step out of the building, calming all my senses.
"Hey babes, one of your redheads came here just a few minutes ago." Kate greets me as I enter the shop.
"Hi K, yeah I know, something happened with Sarah." I lean on the counter, rubbing my eyes in frustration.
"Oh, well, good luck with that, yours, Wanda and Natasha's order, right?" I nod.
"And one black coffee." she furrows her eyebrows "for the father."
Kate starts to prepare the drinks as I keep thinking in ways to help the little girl. I tap my pocket just to found I forget my wallet.
"Don't worry, you can pay me later." she winks at me, thanking her as I grab the four cups and go again to the building.
Natasha opens the door for me, going instantly to the elevator to go to the office. When I get to the floor I hear Ms. Brown talking on the phone, slowly entering and placing the coffees on the desk.
"Where are you? are you indane!" he says frustrated. I look at Natasha, furrowing my eyebrows questioning.
"the mother answer," she whisper to me.
"Leave Sarah out of all that, she has nothing to do with you there, Clai" he starts to walk in circles, "Don't do that." his hand goes to his forehead, he's tense.
My heart beats fast, the feeling of something happen to Sarah comes again and I have to sit because otherwise I would fall.
"Let me go for her, please," his voice broke.
This is the last thing we needed to make sure we'll win the trial. I know it sounds bad, and I'm not happy this happened, but there's no way we loose now.
"Claire!" he throw his phone to the floor "she end the call." and with that, tears began to fall from his eyes, Wanda got up to rub his back and I handle him a glass of water. "thanks."
"Everything is gonna be okay, we know she's somewhere safe, they'll come back again." Wanda told him.
"Go to the police to inform this, Ms. Brown, if you need something you have my number." Natasha wrote it in a post it and handle it to him.
"Thank you all, I'm gonna do that." he smiled sadly, greeting us with a look.
"y/n, scold him to the exit." I nodded and guide him to the elevator.
The sadness on his face is contagious, the silence becomes unbearable.
"This is good for you in some way, we can win the trial, you can have the custody." I reassure him, curving my lips in a hopeful smile.
"Thanks, I would never forgive myself for all she went through till now." his shaky voice send a shiver to my entire body, remembering my own father.
"You did your best, Ms. Brown." no you didn't. "I hope she comes home soon."
The elevator's doors open, we walked to the front to get out, hoping the best for the little girl. I return to the office, fuzzy memories of my childhood invade my mind as I go up to the 27th floor.
I found both women talking, still a little zone out I sit on the sofa to still process all the information we got today.
"What are you thinking, y/n?" Wanda's sweet voice brings me back to reality.
"We'll win the case," I look up at both of them "with this we'll won the trial."
"We hope so, but if the mother change the version, that she just took Sarah to visit her grandma?"
"If that was the case, Ms. Brown wouldn't went to the police station to declare her wife and daughter missing." I say back.
"She has a point, Nat." Wanda is stand in front of me, handing me my coffee.
"Yes, but we need to be prepare for anything." Natasha goes to sit behind her desk.
"We are, Miss Romanoff. Sarah has an appointment with me on 6th of january, she's gonna tell me for sure what happened." She sighs again, she's not convince.
"I don't know, we need to study more."
"y/n, do you want to inform your dad about this or I do?" My eyes land on Wanda, so sweet, caring for me.
"I'll talk to him."
She nod and I go to my office, calling my dad to let him know all of it. Once I finish the call, I notice is already lunch time. I knock twice the door, waiting for Natasha to let me in.
"Do you want to grab something to eat?"
"That sounds good, I'm in," Wanda gets up from her chair "and I miss you all this days I was out of town," She pulls me into a hug and I see how Natasha's jaw tenses, I can fell her jealousy.
"Me too." I say as I hug her back.
"Are you coming, Nat?"
"Yeah, let's go."
a/n: ooh you're gonna get used again to my daily updates
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