forbidden love

tim bradford

tw: domestic violence and self-harm

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Bradford and Lopez are sitting eating lunch after a long morning of traffic stops, "how do you think west is doing?"i asked glancing over at lopez, lopez finishing her lunch says "west is very good i just think he needs to work up on his report writing" lopez says, "yeah i've notice that too" i said "west is going to be a great officer some day but he does need some more work." i said "what about chen" lopez said, i thought about it's for a second i wanted to say she's doing great but i had to keep up my broodiness "she's doing okay, but her situational awareness could use some work." i said "wow timothy bradford doesn't have a perfect rookie yet?" lopez said, i rolled my eyes.

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a week later

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we were walking down east avenue and i notice chen was holding her coffee in her gun hand "CHEN!" i yelled, i notice she was a little jumpy "yes sir?" chen said "i thought you knew better! why do you have coffee in your gun hand?" i said sternly "sorry sir" she quickly readjusted. "that's what i thought." i said.

after shift harper and lopez came up to me. "how was your shift today" harper asked "it was fine, lucy needs to work on some things but she will get there." i said "oh about that.." lopez said "what's up?" i said kind of concerned. "did anything seem off with lucy today?" harper asked "that that i know of?... wait actually when i yelled at her to ask why she was holding her coffee with her gun hand she jumped, that usually doesn't happen." i said, "so... when we were in the locker room lucy was in there and we noticed on her legs she has some cuts, they were bad.. and her wrist has some bruising" lopez said, "wait what? are you sure?" i said "yes it was very visible, does she have a boyfriend?" harper said, "um i don't know? how bad is bad?" i asked "it was really bad, i think she's hurting herself or someone is hurting her." lopez said, "i'll ask jackson tomorrow during shift, i'll keep you updated." lopez said. "okay, let me know thanks." i said i left, i was angry she could be doing this to herself she seems happy i thought to myself and she could easily fight back.

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the next day
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"hey! bradford." lopez said "anything about lucy?" i said in a low voice "she does have a boyfriend according to jackson, his name is cody blue." lopez said "did you run his name thru the system?" i asked "not yet, want to go with me?" lopez asked, "yup" i said we went over to the computers, i was worried of what we would find out about him. "cody blue, a dui, that's it?" lopez said "well what about her parents?" i asked "i don't know anything about them do you?" lopez asked, "jackson's met them once or twice but never said anything about them." she also added "mmh all i know is that she was in therapy very young." i said "i'll see what i can get out of her today" i added

"so lucy, what are your parents like?" i said, "um what?" lucy asked "you heard me" i said "i mean this in the nicest way possible but this is personal and i will not be sharing any information about them." she said, i didn't say anything else.

it's lunch time, lopez and harper sat down with me "so did you get anything information out of her?" harper asked, i gave her a stern look "yeah she may or may not of told me off when i asked.." i said "HA! WHAT" lopez said laughing, "it's not funny" i said "it kinda is" harper said. "okay whatever but this is serious maybe you guys should question her?" i said "okay okay, yeah we will say something later." harper said

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