The moment they stepped back inside the house, the very first thing Belle did was ask to borrow Eli's laptop again. Due to the sheer chaos of yesterday's hospital arrest and this morning's courtroom drama, the private investigation report she had commissioned had completely slipped her mind. It was only during the quiet drive back from their celebratory lunch that the realization had suddenly jolted her.
Eli, as usual, didn't have a single issue with Belle utilizing his tech. He had never found anything suspicious about her late-night browsing habits, and she genuinely seemed to be in dire need of a computer. He knew that if she weren't meticulously scraping together every single penny to rent a safe new home for herself and her brother, she would have bought her own laptop by now.
"Hmmm..." Eli murmured to himself, resting his chin on his hand as he sat in the living room watching Neon sort through some drawing papers.
