Dawn West-Allen: Part Two

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"Oh, call me Brent, and it's no problem." He began."And an interview about union reform is time well spent."

"What about workers' options?" Mom asked."I imagine as a manager, you  get them all the time."

"Yeah, I know most of my guys better than their wives." They both chuckled.

"-So I guess it must be difficult when one of them surprises you." Mom said, catching both of us off guard."Like that killer that everyone's been talking about, Orlin Dwyer."

Brent was trembling the more mom talked, and I was sure he would make a run for it at any second. I wouldn't blame him; I've never seen mom interview anyone like this. 

"Did he ever say anything that indicated how he was feeling or what he was up to?" Mom continued.

"No comment."

"-Okay, well, did he give you any type of clue about where he might be now?"

"I said no comment." Osmack raised his voice.

"-Did he threaten you?" Mom said, leaving the man speechless."Look, I know you're scared. A lot of people were scared when Devoe attacked last year but The Flash defeated him, partially because I wrote these articles that encouraged people to come forward with information." Mom paused."We can stop Dwyer." Mom finished as Osmack calmed down.

"Okay." He stuttered."His paychecks went to a P.O." Mom said, opening up her notebook to a blank page." But there was a problem once, and I had to forward it to his cousin's house." He said thinking back." Uh, His was, uh, Robbie something... Robbie--Robbie Bryne."

"That's great." Mom said.

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"I've never seen you interview anyone like that." I said with a huge smile."You were so intense."

"How do I usually interview people in the future?" Mom glanced at me from the road.

"Not like that!" I said."You had him sweating! I saw the pit stains when he left."

"Well, that's how you get information from uncooperative witnesses." Mom said."I learned that trick from Papa Joe."

"So now that you have a location, what now?" I asked.

"If Cicada lived at his cousin's house, maybe he can give us information about where he is now." Mom replied.

"You want to talk to Cicada's cousin?" I asked as mom nodded." What if Cicada is still there?" I asked.

" We call Barry." she replied as she parked the car.

If I didn't know any better, I would guess the house was abandoned. Overgrown weeds had practically taken over and plastic was covering multiple windows. I'm also sure I saw a Racoon crawl down the chimney.

"I don't think anyone lives here, not even Cicada." I said staring up at the house.

"There is only one way to find out." Mom said, stepping out of the car and walking straight to the front door as I followed behind.

She knocked on the door multiple times before peeping through the window.

"It looks empty." Mom said to me.

"We can come back tomorrow." I suggested." If Cicada sends mail here, he will come back sooner or later, right?" I asked.

"I don't think he's just sending mail here." Mom backed away from the window." Look!"

I looked around the house through the window. It looked just like the house Nora and I saw in Grace's memories, even down to the doll house I caught a glimpse of in the kitchen.