It took the pair a moment to find Jasper's lover, but it became easier when they started hearing the sobs coming from down the hall. When they arrived at the door frame, Amethyst's eyes were on the heaping, sobbing pile of Pearl crumbled on the bed and Peridot's eyes were on the imprint of Jasper's claws having dug into the wood. Amethyst sighed, partially cause she hated seeing people sad and also cause she was sure Jasper was the heart of it. That sister of hers, for all she loved her, did tend to be quite the drama queen when it involved anything emotional. Taking Peridot's hand, she tugged the smaller woman out of their observations and walked over to Pearl. "Hey P... It's Ame, and Peri. Are you OK?" That was a dumb question. Peridot had already taken account of it and followed up quickly, "Aah, yes, uhm... Jasper dropped off Mala and--" But her eyes, ever observant, swayed away from the emotional target she had a hard time watching anyway and landed on the papers scattered about Pearl on the bed. "Crap-snacks." Peridot frowned, recognizing that file immediately, and let out a heavy sigh. "Amethyst, Pearl had a copy of the file. Lapis must of... kept copies. Jasper must of seen it." Peridot pinched the bridge of her nose, wondering how something so simple could have slipped past her.<br/><br/>While the couple bickered over what to do, Pearl just flinched and held her arms, glancing down at the photos, some of which were now soaked in her tears, warping the image of Jasper's mugshot to seem... more sad, than angry. Jasper must have come home and seen this file, somehow. There was some laundry on the floor, about the only mess left behind, so maybe that's how it had happened? Either way, she was out there somewhere thinking--Oh stars, like she knew what was on that woman's mind now. She didn't even know about this past. Pearl still tried clinging to that string of trust she'd built between her and her tiger, but the further Jasper got from her, the more that string was fraying. Why would she just leave? Abandoning her own child to do.. what? Abandoning her. Although Pearl felt nothing but guilt over Jasper's actions as she'd sat on the file for 3 weeks, nearly, and still said nothing to her lover about such sensitive information. She just didn't know<i>how</i>to confront her about it and now, with the baby... Pearl buried her face in her hands and tried to mentally reach out for that string once more and all the memories that reminded her how good and amazing her lover was, that she was far beyond what those files said now. That woman used her savings to pay off her loans and they weren't cheap. She took her on an amazing date, treated her like a Queen, and then... ran her body through the ringer after, but she'd asked for that. Jasper was more than those pictures spread across their bed and she proved it every night they were together in those same sheets, whether they were making love or just holding each other. Jasper had sung to her, promised her she'd be everything Pearl needed and more. Opened her house to her when she saw how the dancer was living. This woman she shared a bed with raised the most amazing baby girl she'd ever seen, all on her own. Always on her own. Pearl realized, painfully, that there was little she'd ever actually done in return for all these grand gestures given to her. Granted, she didn't have the money to do so, but she still had accepted them so happily and just fell deeper and deeper in love with each precious gift Jasper gave her until the woman gave her her heart and she cherished that as well.<br/><br/>Pearl sighed softly and slowly begun unraveling her curled form, letting her legs pool over the side of the bed as she faced Amethyst and Peridot, her eyes puffy and red from crying so much, but a look of resolve in her expression. She slowly prepared herself, steeling over her heart and mind for whatever she was about to hear as she eyed the women closely. "Neither of you were surprised by the file... which tells me you both already knew about all of this." Pearl took in a deep breath, holding it a moment, then letting it out before continuing, "Tell me. Please. Tell me what's going on with Jasper. Do you have<i>any</i>idea where she has gone? If she's coming back?" She stared at the woman, her eyes narrowing as the sadness that fogged her senses was slowly clearing away, focus pushing her emotions down and compartmentalizing them for the moment. "You came here first. Looking for her specifically. So you have no clue... where she's gone..." The realization of how true that likely was pierced through that figurative steel Pearl tried defending herself with and she felt more tears threatening to pool over. "At least tell me why. You have to at least know<i>why</i>...<i>please</i>..." She started sounding desperate towards the end again as the thought of trying to live a life without knowing where Jasper was now became an unbearably possible reality.