Victoria Hush is a beloved daughter who lost her father and hero. The Mob had been over taking Coastal City for too long, and her father was killed because of them.
Now, as an adult, revenge is all Victoria wants out of life. Once she achieves her l...
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When I became a cop my mother was terrified. I had just graduated from the Criminal Justice program at a local college in Colorado, and she had been completely fine until I showed her my exciting results from the Police Academy entrance exam. She begged me not to do it at first, saying that she wouldn't handle losing me too. In the beginning, I even considered backing out to avoid giving my mother unnecessary heartaches and face the fact that it wasn't uncommon to lose your life on the job. I'd be putting her in the same position a second time, but this time all alone. It hurt me to think about her like that, especially knowing that it would be completely my fault for selfishly achieving only what I wanted. But then, on the day of my Police Academy graduation, she changed. I honestly didn't even expect her to show up, and I wouldn't have blamed her. The night before, she couldn't even look at me even as I told her I hoped to see her there, but that I understood if she couldn't.
The next morning, during the ceremony, when they called my name and placed the shiny new badge on my uniform, the crowd clapped, but there was one cheer that stood out from everyone else.
"Woo hoo, Officer Hush! She's gonna kick butt and take some names, yeah!" My mother stood from her seat, her hands around her mouth like a megaphone, and my throat tightened freaking buckets of tears threatening to spill from my eyes. She came, and not only that, she said the magic words that made it feel like Dad was right here with us, too. She was cheering and smiling, a warm feeling of acceptance took over me, and I almost couldn't handle the overwhelming emotions seeing her brought me. I laughed, not caring even a little about embarrassment, and saluted the crowd to turn and take my seat again.
From that day forward, all my training and hours of service had been worth it, and I had so much more confidence that I honestly felt like I could've taken on the world. That feeling led me to put in for a transfer a few months later and apply for the detective position at the CCPD. When an envelope arrived in the mail, she took my hand and smiled, which looked so much like my own. "It's okay if you don't get it on the first try. But they'd be stupid not to take you." I laughed and took a deep breath, deciding to get it over with. Imagine my excitement when I opened the letter, and the first word said Congratulations. I hadn't even read beyond that before we were both jumping around the kitchen like a couple of lunatics.
The day I left, she squeezed me extra tight and said she was sorry she couldn't come with me, but that she'd try to visit soon. I understood why Mom couldn't return to Coastal City. It was for the same reason that we left in the first place. It was our home together and everything and everyone reminded her of her best friend, and it hurt too much to stay. We said our I Love Yous and I came home.
Since being back, I honestly thought it would kill me to see Dad everywhere in this town. I definitely cried, but it brought comfort to me strangely, knowing he was here. Like he had my back and watched as I fulfilled my duties to protect this city the same way he had.
I want to make him proud. I want to fix my home, and I wasn't going to let anyone get in my way.
"Amelia," I hear someone call, and I blinked, opening my eyes and realizing I had somehow fallen asleep. Where the hell am I? I rub the fogginess from my eyes and sit up a sharp pain shooting through my ribs. I placed my hand there, feeling bandages wrapped around my rib cage, and I was also sitting in a bed in just my underwear.
