She had learned to live without Joe. For a long time, she talked to no one. Losing Joe hurt. She was always sad back then, very few smiles. In what seemed like the darkest time of her life, she met him. He was the flicker of light at the end of the long tunnel. When she first met him, there was no hope for there partnership. No hope for a friendship. She was still to closed off from dealing with that aching grief. But something changed. Maybe it was the first time he smiled, or the first time he made her laugh, she wasn't sure. But suddenly,there was hope. Hope for her whole life. She would...
She woke up with him sleeping next to her. She didn’t move at first, she just watched him sleep. He was peaceful when he slept. Alex looked at man splayed out on the couch. She followed his arm to where it lay around her shoulders. Alex realized how much she needed Bobby. He was the only thing that had allowed her to sleep last night. She figured that the fire was probably out by now. To her that meant only one thing, she would have to go back. She had to pick up the charred pieces of her life.
As he pulled onto her street he could see the blazing fire. Searching the crowd, he found Alex. He got out of the SUV and walked up. Her eyes were cold and sad, even if they reflected the flames in front of her. She saw him coming and turned to face him when he got close. Her brown eyes were glassy. Reaching out an arm he hugged her. She fell to the silent tears flowing down her face. Bobby held Alex as she sobbed. He stared into the heartless fire as his partner cried.
As they drove toward Bobby's apartment she stared out the window. It nearly killed him to see her this way. He...
Amlex awoke to the thick smell of smoke. She had been sleeping lightly so it didn't take her long to get up. She couldn't yet see the fire but she could feel it. The heat in the air engulfed her. She grabbed her badge and sidearm from the bedside table and ran out of her apartment. She looked out over the balcony. People and firetrucks were starting to gather. As she was waving her arms rather franticly she heard a soft cry. She turned around toward the flames listening for it again. She heard it again and realizied it was coming from her neighbors apartment. Sky, her neighbor Mrs. Keller's...