Characters: Simone Weaver, Max Ichiro. Setting: Simone Weaver’s house. Content: Worksafe. Summary: Simone waits up to catch Max sneaking in.
Simone might work late, but not that late, and she did check when she came back. Part of her thought back to what the social worker had said when they’d arranged this, that Max need his privacy and his room should remain off limits and Simone respected that. She never actually went inside. She just checked in to make sure he was there – doing his homework, playing video games or asleep. Any parent would have done it getting home from work so why shouldn’t she? Discovering that he wasn’t there though had sent her into a panic. A search of the house proved that he wasn’t in the bathroom or making a sandwich in the kitchen and there was no sign of forced entry or a struggle.
So either Max knew is kidnapper and had gone willingly, or like most teenage boy’s he’d used Simone’s late work schedule to stay out past his curfew. She’d know soon enough.
Cup of coffee in hand Simone settled herself into a chair, waiting for the tell-tale sound of Max arriving him.