Save Me

12| Brandon

"I think the kid's innocent. He has nothing to lose, so why lie?" Reed continued to vouch for our prime suspect that we had in custody.

"I don't even care at this point. There's a five year old girl still missing, so he staying here until we get answers. I don't believe he's clueless about everything. He's too close to the situation."

Reed sighed and went over to sit at his desk across from mine. "That's valid, but I gotta feeling."

"Take it from me rook, your gut isn't always the go-to move on this job. You learn that the hard way," I told him before looking down at a report that I had to fill out.

"Note taken..."

Since becoming partners, over time I've learned to deal with Jared and he's a solid dude. He's a pretty good cop for a rookie and he has his shit in order. Win, win situation.

"Wallace! My office, now!" I was taken aback when hearing Captain Frazier's tone. Seeing the look on his face as he stuck his head out of the side of his door was one that I was accustomed to over the years. It's must've meant that I was in deep shit.

"Ooooh, you in trouble."

I narrowed my eyes at Jared before rising up from my desk and walking to his office.

"Sup, Cap't?"

"Why are you playing with me, Brandon?"

I arched my brows out of confusion in this situation. "You lost me..."

Captain Frazier shook his head and sighed. "Okay, well maybe I should job your memory. Why haven't you been to see Dr. Hubert recently?"

I smacked teeth and shrugged. I felt that the entire thing was pointless, so I stopped going. Dr. Hubert is nice woman, but she don't know me or the shit I'm going through.

"Too busy..." I casually lied to his face.

Cap't nodded his head with a frown. "Too busy, eh? Maybe I should put you on desk duty so that you can have all the time you need to finish your evaluations."

"Come on now, Cap't. It's not that serious."

"Actually, it's very serious. I can't have one of my best men not in their right mind on the job. That puts both you and me in a bind."

I mentally rolled my eyes at him trying to lecture me about this again. "I'm perfectly fine."

I'm so tired of people trying to get in my head and see what's up. If it's not happening work, it's at home. Shit's getting annoying.

"Great, now find your way to those sessions before I take you off the job and I'm not joking. Now, get out I have work to finish."

I strolled on out his office with my thoughts scrambling around. Too much was on my mind these days.

"Aye, you have a visitor," Reed signaled with a headnod over to my desk. I looked over to see Lauren sitting there in my chair with her phone in her face. My brows arched as I walked over.

"What you doing here? Is everything cool?" I asked with concern in my eyes, observing to make sure that she no bruises  or anything.

She looked up from her phone with a small smile as I rested my behind on the edge of the desk.

"Dang, I can't get a hello or nothing? Why something gotta be wrong?"

"Just a habit. Plus, you're at my job."
Lauren shrugged me off and placed a fake grin on her face. I already knew she was about to try to finesse me to do something.