Jacinta felt bad how defensive she got. She was just on edge tonight and could tell Pam did regret asking.<br/><br/>"Sorry, I just...Tonight hasn't been a good night."<br/><br/>Actually, all nights since her mother died hadn't been good nights. Not that Jacinta had ever told her sister that or that Pam wanted to know why. No one knew what was really going inside the Reyes house. She looked down at the sidewalk and nodded her head.<br/><br/>"Yeah, I know...I..."<br/><br/>She was fifteen, it was stupid for a kid her age to be out on the streets alone. Jacinta felt she was safer here then back with her father. Which was not a good thing. She bit her lip and asked.<br/><br/>"Do you know of any place I can stay at for the night? I can't go home."<br/><br/>Jacinta planned to never go home again.<br/><br/>------------------------------<br/><br/>Diego thought they should just call the cops. Jacinta was a missing minor, the sooner her disappearance was reported, the better. The more likely she'd be found alive. The city wasn't a safe place at night, he knew that all too well since his change. Paloma insisted that they respect her father's wish and try to find her themselves. Diego, in turn, made her promise to call the cops if they couldn't find her within a few hours. He knew the longer they took the report her disappearance, the more likely the worst thing possible could happen. If it did, the first suspects would be Jacinta's family. Not that Diego wanted to find Jacinta dead. He liked the girl, always had. She was like a little sister to him. He just knew from his own experience, that time was not one their side when someone was missing. Especially when it was a child that was missing.<br/><br/>"Where do you want to start? Do you think she'd go to a friend's house?"<br/><br/>Diego asked, there were no clues in the house of where Jacinta might have decided to run off to. He had taken Paloma to her sister's room to see what was missing. Paloma shook her head.<br/><br/>"Since my mom died, she hasn't wanted to hang out with her friends.The stuff she did take....I don't think she's planning to come back."<br/><br/>Jacinta had taken things that mattered to her, things Paloma didn't think she'd want to live without. That scared her, her sister planning to run away, forever. Diego agreed that was true. After all, she had left her cell phone and not too many teenage girls would do that. He checked her phone, but her recent calls and texts left no clues. Nor did the caller id on the landline offer any hints.<br/><br/>"Well, we know she's not old enough to drive and it doesn't look like she called for a ride. So, she's probably walking to where ever she decided to go."<br/><br/>He concluded and Paloma agreed it was possible. Although the girl had a head start and there were too many options of where she could go. Which was why Diego wanted to get the police involved. He had no idea where they should start and told Paloma to find the most recent picture of Jacinta she could. She had one she took a couple weeks ago on her phone and sent it to his. All they could do was hit the streets and start to show her picture to random people they encountered. Hopefully someone would recognize Jacinta and help them find her before she got hurt.