Regret - The Rookie

Chapter 2

Angela's POV

Poor Lucy, I couldn't even imagine what she is going through. But now I'm determined to find her daughter and reunite them. We walk back into the interrogation room to the little girl, she was extremely happy to see us.

Nyla: "Hey, are you okay?"

Girl: "I'm okay."

Angela: "Hey darling, what's your name?"

Girl: "I'm Tamara May Collins."

Nyla: "Where's your parents and why were you scared of John?"

Tamara: "My adopted father told me to go away, that I was annoying and too much of a burden for them. After that, I'm sc-sca-scared of men."

Angela: "What about your biological parents?" Maybe this would help us narrow it down.

Tamara: "I'm not sure. I was told that my father was never in the picture and that my mother was forced to give me up. She was too young and her parents forced her, I kinda remember hearing my mum being told that 'to get the new family to change my last name as I'm apart of a disappointment'. Then I heard my mother crying loudly."

I was hit with a thought ... but then it could of been wrong.

Nyla: "Do you have anything from you bio mum?"

Tamara: "I have all of these, this picture here of her when she graduated. My mum is gorgeous, I don't want to go back to that foster family. I want to meet my mum and give her a big hug."

Tim's POV

I walked past an interrogation room, I saw Nyla and Angela with some girl talking.

Hold on, wait a minute. I stop in my tracks and looked. OMG why does that girl kinda look like Lucy. I will admit, I like Lucy a lot and don't know how to tell her but I'm pretty sure she would have told us about having a kid.

I see the girls leaving the room and I approached them.

Angela's POV

Tim: "Hey guys, who's the kid?"

Nyla: "She came into the station all scared and alone. Her name is Tamara May Collins and she is 10 years old."

Tim: "Am I crazy but does she kinda look like Lucy?" OMG, I told another look and saw what Tim was talking about.

Angela: "These are the belonging's she has from her bio mum." I show Tim but something clicks.

Angela: "OMG, that looks like Lucy in the photo. And I think I have seen her wear that necklace from the photo." Everyone else agrees with me.

What if we have just found Lucy's long lost daughter.

Nyla: "Let's have a look at her birth certificate." We all head to a computer. 

Nyla starts typing in her name and found her birth certificate. We open it but only found her name change record.

Angela: "I mean, if her parents were involved then they would have done everything they could to get this removed from her record." Tim looked at me confused.

Nyla: "Short version, Lucy had a kid at 18 but her parents forced her to give her up and she hasn't stop thinking about it since then. She never told anyone because one it was too painful for her and two because she doesn't think anyone would care."

Tim: "She knows that we'll got her back. We all care about her a lot." I know Tim likes her and he has told me but is too scared.

Angela: "Well there is one way to determine if we found her, we need to call a specialist in to do a DNA test for confirmation." 

Nyla calls the specialist in and we head to the room next to Tamara. 

I got the hair sample from Lucy's hair brush and Nyla asked Tamara if she could get a strand of her, Tamara kindly pulled a bit out for us. 

We told the person that the results were important and headed next door, Tim was also coming in.

Angela: "I know you are scared of men, but could we bring our friend in? (She whispers) Between you and I he is a big soft but can be tough." Tamara giggles at what I say.

Tamara: "If he isn't going to hurt me then I guess it's okay." Nyla let Tim in while I sat with Tamara.

Tim: "Hi Tamara, I'm Tim Bradford. It's nice to meet you." He stood near the door to allow her space to process his presents.

Tamara's POV

Wow! These people are very nice even that man. I'm happy to be here, I hope they can find my mum.

Tamara: "Hi Tim. Your tall."

Nyla: "Yeah, well he might be tall but he is a big softie." I saw that he got annoyed with that comment. I haven't had a man that has cared that much before.

Tim: "Hey Tamara, if you want I can quickly run out and get some food for you." I nod and he leaves. A few minutes later he arrives again with food and put it on the table.

Tamara: "Thank you sir."

Tim: "No problem." I wanted to test the waters a little, by seeing how much of a softie he was.

I got up and ran over to him, I launched myself at his legs and hugged them tightly. He hesitated and I knew he wanted to...

Tamara: "It's okay sir." After I said that he picked me up and hugged me and held me. I felt safe and comfort when I was in his arms.

Tim: "Sweet girl, how did you end up here at a police station?" I pulled away to look at him.

Tamara: "After I got kicked out, I was running as fast as my little legs could take me. I didn't know where to go, I stopped in front of this station. I didn't want to go in but I felt a pull that wanted me to go in."

Nyla: "Your a very smart girl. We are waiting for a test to find your mum." I was so happy right now knowing these nice people are helping me.

Angela: "Is there anything else you remember about your mum?"

Tamara: "I remember that her boyfriend which is my dad didn't want anything to do with me and left my mum alone. I vaguely remember that no one helped her at all through the whole pregnancy. After mum gave birth to me, the nurses told her that they would allow her to care for me for a bit by nursing me and loving on me." I paused

Tamara: "She told me that I was beautiful. Then her exact words were 'I'm so sorry sweetie, I wished that I didn't have to give you away. Just know that it wasn't your fault and that I always wanted to keep you but my parents sorted everything. I love you so much and I will always look for you, I'm not giving up on you'."

Angela's POV

OMG, she was literally a newborn but remembered all of this.

Nyla: "Woah, you remembered everything. Do you remember hearing her name at all?" She shakes her head.

Tim: "Your mother must be very smart. What's the first thing that you would do if you meet your mum?"

Tamara: "First off I would give her a massive hug, then I will tell her that I don't blame her for having to give me away. I never stopped loving her and wished that I'm as beautiful as her or kinda look like her." 

She wasn't wrong about either of those, if she is Lucy's then she is going to be fucking amazing.

All of a sudden Nyla got a text for the DNA test and she went to collect the results. I can't wait to see them.