Investigation
Family's New Shrink Ray
chapter 78
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copier
· original author:
penslayer5
The motel was still just as peaceful and quiet as when they left. Derek, Lisa, and Nicole managed to make it back without their father and his assistant being the wiser. Honestly, they kind of felt on top of the world. It's not every day they did something mischievous together.
"I can't believe all of us snuck out and didn't get caught." Nicole laughed.
Lisa also couldn't but join in on the fun. "Yeah, we dodged a major bullet."
"Tell me about it." Derek smiled. This had been an overall emotional night.
As he and his sisters made their way toward the stairs, he paused and looked out toward the other side of the motel where his father and Beth were sleeping. He just couldn't shake the feeling that he knew what was really going on between the two and wanted to put his mind at ease.
"What's up, D?" Lisa asked as she noticed her brother looking at something.
She followed his gaze and sighed tiredly. "You don't honestly believe there's something going on between them, do you?"
When Derek didn't immediately answer, Nicole stepped in. "Why don't you just sneak over and see for yourself?"
He frowned. "I don't have a key."
Nicole smiled. "I know where to get one."
Lisa was starting to get annoyed. For some odd reason her brother was convinced their father was in a secret relationship with Beth and was now dragging their younger sister into it.
She shook her head. "Nope! No way! We're not doing this!"
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"I can't believe we're doing this." She grumbled.
Nicole had snuck into the main lobby area and snagged an emergency key from the back area. Derek meanwhile kept the security guard distracted with cat videos on YouTube. Lisa could hardly believe that their boneheaded plan actually worked and now they were about to invade their dad's privacy.
"What if they're not decent?" She tried to argue.
"Do you even hear yourself right now?" Derek asked.
He couldn't understand how his elder sister didn't see the obvious signs right in front of her face. A man and a woman working in close proximity together for as long as they had for the extended period of time they did was unusual even for scientists. He could almost smell the workplace romance in the air but didn't have any tangible proof.
"We'll be quick Lisa, promise." Nicole smiled.
Lisa ran a hand down her face. "Fine! Whatever! Let's just get this over with and you'll see there's absolutely nothing going on between dad and Beth."
Derek rolled his eyes. "Yeah, sure."
"You do know men and women can just be friends, right?" She spoke blandly.
"Yep." He replied as he fit the key into the lock. "Bingo!"
"Shhh!" Lisa and Nicole scolded.
Derek blushed and whispered. "Sorry."
He turned the lock on the door and carefully cracked it open.
"I can't believe all of us snuck out and didn't get caught." Nicole laughed.
Lisa also couldn't but join in on the fun. "Yeah, we dodged a major bullet."
"Tell me about it." Derek smiled. This had been an overall emotional night.
As he and his sisters made their way toward the stairs, he paused and looked out toward the other side of the motel where his father and Beth were sleeping. He just couldn't shake the feeling that he knew what was really going on between the two and wanted to put his mind at ease.
"What's up, D?" Lisa asked as she noticed her brother looking at something.
She followed his gaze and sighed tiredly. "You don't honestly believe there's something going on between them, do you?"
When Derek didn't immediately answer, Nicole stepped in. "Why don't you just sneak over and see for yourself?"
He frowned. "I don't have a key."
Nicole smiled. "I know where to get one."
Lisa was starting to get annoyed. For some odd reason her brother was convinced their father was in a secret relationship with Beth and was now dragging their younger sister into it.
She shook her head. "Nope! No way! We're not doing this!"
______
"I can't believe we're doing this." She grumbled.
Nicole had snuck into the main lobby area and snagged an emergency key from the back area. Derek meanwhile kept the security guard distracted with cat videos on YouTube. Lisa could hardly believe that their boneheaded plan actually worked and now they were about to invade their dad's privacy.
"What if they're not decent?" She tried to argue.
"Do you even hear yourself right now?" Derek asked.
He couldn't understand how his elder sister didn't see the obvious signs right in front of her face. A man and a woman working in close proximity together for as long as they had for the extended period of time they did was unusual even for scientists. He could almost smell the workplace romance in the air but didn't have any tangible proof.
"We'll be quick Lisa, promise." Nicole smiled.
Lisa ran a hand down her face. "Fine! Whatever! Let's just get this over with and you'll see there's absolutely nothing going on between dad and Beth."
Derek rolled his eyes. "Yeah, sure."
"You do know men and women can just be friends, right?" She spoke blandly.
"Yep." He replied as he fit the key into the lock. "Bingo!"
"Shhh!" Lisa and Nicole scolded.
Derek blushed and whispered. "Sorry."
He turned the lock on the door and carefully cracked it open.
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