Reasons to go abroad
Stepping off her flight to JFK airport Mia felt a sense of peace come over her. After her first year at Oxford she had made up her mind on doing her second at NYU. Europe was definitely not the place to start a future right now.
Thanks to the help of her close friends Emma and Sophie , who are American citizens and New York residents , Mia had a place to go once she landed. Mia had studied at Oxford on scholarship and was now giving that for NYU. As it is she would have to take out a student loan and work two jobs at least to go there , but anything was better then being in England right now.
Mia was so deep in thought she didn't even notice the two odd girls waving and jumping in front of her. "Mia ! Girl are blind wake up !" Emma yelled snapping Mia right out her worried mind. "Emma! You're blowing my cover! I don't want the world to know I'm acquainted with you two crazies." Mia joked pulling them both in for a hug. Mia grabbed her single suitcase and went with her two friends to the waiting car that Emma so generously insisted on using.
Once in the car Sophie finally got a word in over Emma's constant babbling about life in New York " So Mia did you hear anything about Jaun - Luc recently ?". Jaun- Luc is Mia's beloved long lost brother who disappeared when she was in highschool. He had gotten involved with the wrong kind as her mother said and disappeared right before they started getting visits for Interpol looking for him. He has been missing since, without a word or message. It was just a few weeks earlier she was still in Paris visiting her parents when she ran into him. Her reason to go abroad.
Marco Sinclair , one of Jaun-Luc's old high school buddies , had just come out of his favorite cafe where had to take of some business with his rival gang leader regarding a truce when he noticed her. Her beautiful golden brown hair was tied up in a eye catching ponytail and she wore a slim fitting summer dress that flared out at her hips. She had lost weight since he last saw her and had grown older , but it most definitely was that sixteen year old girl he remembered as Jaun-Luc's nosy little sister. Remembering Jaun-Luc's betrayal he wasted no time in getting her attention.
As she was walking to her parent's apartment Mia's eye caught movement across the street. Turning to see what it was see noticed a familiar looking man waving to get her attention as he crossed the street. "Amelia Marais right ? Marcos Sinclair I'm an old friend of Jaun-Luc's." he introduced himself. "I remember you. You're the annoying one right ?" she joked earning herself a snicker and nod. "That's me." he responded with a small smile " Say you haven't seen your brother around ?I hadn't seen him in so long it'll be nice to catch up " as he said she felt a stab pain in heard , it's been five years and she was still not used to telling his old friends about the disappearances.
As Marcos asked whether she had seen Jaun-Luc , he noticed her eyes cloud up with what looks like pain and regret. "I'm sorry to inform you , but my brother has disappeared five years ago and we have not heard from him or anything about him" she said and he could hear the sorrow her voice. Damn there goes his chance on information. He was just about to give his greetings and leave when the idea struck him. He would use the girl to locate Jaun-Luc and best way is to let the girl look for her brother and he'll just have to follow and wait. All she needed was a hint where to start. "So no one has done anything to find him? " he played confused as if he didn't know the reasons as to why. "No" her answer come soft and defeated" You see they say he is on Interpol's most wanted list and even if he was found he'd be detained." She continued. He struggled to keep his smirk hidden , it was working now to drop a hint and see if Jaun-Luc will come out for his little sister. " Wait are you saying Jaun-Luc had disappeared when he had gone to New York? That's the only time I remember being questioned by the police, I had thought it about the gang , not his disappearances. I'm sorry Amelia I did not know I'd have told you then." He said acting sincere hoping she'd caught the hint. " New York? What business did my bother have there?" a smile appeared on his face he's got her. "It's hard to remember , he had said something about turning his life around talked about going to NYU to get a degree in finance and management or something like that." he said casually and wished her good luck and farewell. As he walked away he couldn't stop the grin on his face from appearing. Soon Jaun-Luc , I'll see you dead.
Mia stood frozen on the spot. Jaun-Luc went to America and had said anything to them he must still be there and she was going to find him. NYU here I come.