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(Lucy's POV)
I went to Tim's office
"Lucy what do you want now"he said annoyed
"look i don't know what your problem is with Tamara but she's a kid Tim and right now she's in a cell alone for the night and shes petrified Tim she even made me take the bed out of her cell because she thinks someone is going to go in her cell and r@pe her so either you accept that's she's staying with us or don't but she's staying with me either way" I told him
"She's not staying with us Lucy yea I'm sorry she went through stuff but everyone does she'll be fine in foster care"he said "Tim that girl is 9 and you've terrified her more Tim"I yelled at him I walked past Tamara's cell and saw her huddled into a ball again slumped against the wall sobbing and shaking and she was screaming something but I couldn't understand it because the holding cells are soundproof I went to greys office "what can I do you for you Chen?"grey asked as he stood up "sir is there anyway I can stay with Tamara in the cell tonight" I asked "if there's a good reason I suppose you could"he said "let me show you how she is right now"I said as he followed behind me.
Tamara's state was worse she was shaking a lot and still screaming but we obviously couldn't hear what and she was sobbing hysterically "that's the reason she's terrified in there" I told him "okay you can stay with her"grey told me "thank you sir" I says I opened the cell door and went in "Lucy!"tamara shouted excitedly as she ran over to me and hugged me I hugged her back "hey sweetheart I convinced my boss to let me stay in here with you tonight so your not alone okay"I told her and she a smile appeared on her face "thanks lucy I really appreciate it"she told me and I gave her hug "of course I saw how stressed you were in here by yourself and I didn't want you to be scared" I said "Lucy can we maybe bring the bed back in so I can sleep on your chest?"she asked "of course sweetheart just wait here a minute okay"I told her she nodded I brought back in the bed and sat down Tamara sat next to me and leant on my side I wrapped my arm around her and she slowly fell asleep I watched my phone then I lay down and nodded Tamara next to me.
The next morning I woke up at 6am I saw Angela open the cell "hey Ange"I said quietly "hey Luce you okay how comes your here "Tim arrested Tamara because he didn't like the fact I wanted her stay with us"I told her "that's horrible"Angela said as she sat next to me "yea I don't know what his problem with her is she's just got trauma"I said "maybe he sees himself in her he was abused as a kid"Angela told me "wait what I never knew he was abused"I said confused "oh umm I thought he'd told you but yea when he was a kid his dad used to beat him up a lot"Angela told me we stood up and I leant against the wall when Tamara woke up and a few tears rolled down her cheek "hey tan what's wrong?"I asked her
"I had a nightmare can you hold me"she asked as she reached her arms up I picked her up and stroked her back she rested her head in my shoulder and I could hear her sniffling "tam try get some rest okay I've got you"I told her as I stroked her back "she okay?"Angela asked me "yea she's just tired"I said as I continued stroking my back "Chen the kids free now"grey says as he opened the door we went out the cell and to our office i had Tamara asleep lay on my lap comfortably I solved cases with Angela then took Tamara home I put Tamara in her bed and the left the guest room heading to the living room to sit on the sofa and watch tv before i fell asleep.
The next morning Angela came over to watch tam for the weekend so I could get some shopping done when I returned Tamara was crying on the sofa and Tim was in the bedroom "tam what's wrong sweetheart" I asked her "why does he still hate me I didn't ask for anything and I stayed in my room but he still hates me I didn't ask for any food or drink or a shower I just stayed in my room I was good why doesn't he like me"she said as she started to sob more "tam what do you mean you haven't eaten?"I asked concerned
"Yea but it was two days it's fine I've gone longer before"she said as she got up and hugged me "tam you need to eat come on sweetheart let's get you food okay"I said "no don't I'm fine if I don't eat then I wasn't being a needy brat and then your husband will like me"she said as she sat back down "honey you have to eat okay" I told her "no if I show your husband that i don't need anything then maybe I can stay here"she said "I'm going to go talk to him okay because you need to eat"I told her I went to the bedroom and we got in an argument when I heard Tamara scream I ran in to see the hob on max and Tamara's hand badly burned I ran it under cold water
"Tamara what happened"I asked her she started sobbing "I'm really sorry I thought it might help daddy said if I ever upset someone else or I made them hate me then I should burn my skin so I can go hospital and the person won't hate me anymore" she said I wrapped up her hand in a bandage "Tamara it's okay sweetheart I'm not mad you can't do that tho okay you can really hurt yourself tam"I told her "I know I'm sorry I just don't want anyone to hate me because if people hate you then it means they want to kill you"she said "it doesn't mean that sweetheart"I told her she just nodded she lay in the sofa and fell asleep "Tim you better stop this now because if she still thinks you hate her then she'll end up doing something that'll kill her tim" I told him "fine I guess I'll try to get along with her"he said as he rolled his eyes.
