Andrea's POV
"See you guys next week." I said running out the door
I haven't had off from work in years. I usually don't take off from work because I don't want to.
And I'm not one of those people who adores their job because mine isn't awesome. I'm a detective in the special victims unit in Brooklyn, NY. I pretty much work with people who have been raped.
There's always a lot of crap going on so they sorta need me at work all the time. I'm a natural sloth and a huge fan of Netflix but I go to work everyday.
My boss says I have to use some of vacation days up so I decided I'd get it over with this weekend because there's not much going on in the office.
I don't have a car so I take my bike or the bus everywhere. It's around 10:30 pm on a Friday in October.
(Phone rings)
"Hey Tara."
"Hey girl! I heard you finally took off this weekend!"
"Yeah, I didn't want to though."
"Why not? You need a break."
"Not really, I have nothing better to do with my life."
"So then why don't you get your ass down here in the Jersey Shore and we can get some drinks!"
"Uh I don't know"
"Come on babe I miss you!"
"Okay okay maybe I'll think about it"
"Yes! We should drive down on..."
I totally zoned out when I saw a women around the age of 21 curled up on the side of the street crying with her head between her knees.
"Sorry I have to go Tara, duty calls."
"Wait! But Andrea!" She shouted right before I hung open
I walked slowly over to the women to see what happened
"Ma'am are you okay?"
I heard her mumble something but I couldn't make it out.
"Ma'am?"
She darted her eyes up at me when I tapped her shoulder. Her eyes were puffy and red from crying. She was so frightened when I tapped her that she bolted to the side of a building.
I ran up to her and she stared straight into my eyes with fear.
"It's okay ma'am I'm not going to hurt you."
I pulled out my badge and she looked at me with some relief. It was obvious that something happened to her.
"Can you tell me what happened ma'am?"
There was a long pause before she sighed and looked up at me and said
"It was the man, the man with the clover tattoo."
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Behind the Bars
Mystery / ThrillerYou've been good all your life You're a good citizen You've never broken any laws So why are you behind bars?