14 How to Find a Missing Banshee Monday, 23 December 2019 (1/2)
Apollo and Gab were in Leslie's room – the basement. Leslie was Gab's older sister with a two-year gap . Their resemblance was uncanny; people who didn't know them always mistook them as twins of different gender. The only difference was of course their stature, but everything else looked the same – 5'9” in height, brown almond eyes, downward-turned lips, arched eyebrows, oval-shaped face, and golden walnut hair. Gab had a blowout haircut with tapered sides while Leslie had medium layered hair. She also wore eyeglasses with oversized frames. They may have the same physical appearance, but their personalities were different. Gab was the grumpy type because his patience was short. Leslie was the most understanding, patient, and helpful person in the whole wide world. Gab was never into academics, so he just pursued music while Leslie loved to drown herself in books. She had the most interesting job which could explain how she was able to afford a Toyota Prius Prime; she was a paranormal investigative special agent and was being paid a hefty amount of money for the weirdest research topics.
”What the heck is that?” Apollo asked, not feeling so please as he looked at the desktop computer's monitor.
”I just googled how to find a missing person. Step 1, contact the police as soon as you have reason to worry.” Gab responded.
Apollo's eyes rolled. ”You're killing me, bro. We need to research how to find a missing banshee, not a human being.”
”But Betha's human too.”
”I know but don't you think in those four months that she was missing, I didn't look for ways to find her?”
”I know. I know. Fine. But nothing about tracking a missing banshee is stated in this old book.” Gab held the book he borrowed from the vintage library which was on top of his sister's needed research materials next to the monitor. ”I'll google how to find a missing banshee then.”
”You won't find anything. Except for folklore, you won't find anything helpful via internet. I've already googled it before.” Apollo said in a sad tone.
”What are you guys up to?” Leslie's sudden presence in the stairway across them surprised them as they both turned to see her.
”God, Leslie can you make some noise when you appear like that? You're so sneaky.” Gab said, breathing heavily.
”But that's how I got my awesome job.” She gave them a smile. ”Plus, this is my room.”
”I know. I sent you a text message that Gab and I need the basement for research.”
”Which is why I had to come home earlier than usual because I got curious. Since when did you do any research?”
Gab held the books he got from the vintage library. ”Well I got these for you.” He said, with a funny intonation.
As Leslie approached them, Apollo suddenly had the brightest idea. ”I can't believe this. Why have I not ever thought about this before?”
”Thought of what?” Gab asked.
”Dude, your sister is the perfect person to help us.” Apollo's eyes sparkled and the color of his face brightened.
”You're willing to tell my sister about this research?”
”No offense, dude. But if I had a secret and I had to pick between the two of you, I would've picked your sister. She's trustworthy, patient, very helpful, and very nice. You're always using her Toyota, but she never complained.”
”How would you know that? Are you here 24/7?” Gab sounded annoyed.
”I like what I'm hearing. Go on.” Leslie leaned on the wall by the computer and crossed her arms. Her face showed gratification after hearing compliments from Apollo, but she was more eager to hear their secret.
”You sure love to be a part of this, don't you?” Gab said, less annoyed upon seeing his happy-looking sister. ”Let's join forces then.”