Addiction
What is addiction? Dictionary said – an enthusiastic devotee of a specified thing or activity. But honestly, what is addiction? Can we control it? That, of course, depends on people. My life is not what it seems after graduating from high school. I come from Uptown Manhattan and where I came from, it's different. Rich people have this social circle where they can simply have everything that they want. Well, I thought maybe life outside this circle is somewhat the same, but I was wrong.
I decided to become an NYPD when I grew up. Dad was a little bit reluctant, but mum was more than enthusiastic because her family was a long line of NYPD and her sibling and nephews are. Uncle Frank is the commissioner, Cousin Danny is a detective and Cousin Jamie is a newly graduated from Harvard and become an officer while Cousin Erin is a DA. Grandpa Henry used to be the previous commissioner. Danny is married to Linda and they have Jack and Sean while Erin and her husband are divorced and they have a teenage daughter, Nicky.
I become a detective, but they put me in another precinct different than Danny's. I worked with Det. Taylor and his team, which I specialized in firearms and cybercrimes. No one looked at me as if I was a rich kids here because everyone is treated the same here, which I am glad. I hate being treated like as if I'm a glass. Jeez, dad is more than particular. I can't have this, can't eat those, blah blah blah. Uncle Frank once told him to give me a certain freedom as he had, as mum had and as his children had, but dad had been slightly wary of me being free, knowing that combining Danny and I equaled to hell being let loose on Earth, as dad said once.
I used to have Joe, who was Jamie's older brother and Danny and Erin's younger brother, but he died in the line of duty. Joe was the one who usually stopped Danny and me from our mischievous ways back when we were young, though sometimes he ended up with our mischievous plans. Jamie was too young to be involved and Erin is always no to our plans, but Danny changed when he grew up and matured over the years. Danny is an ex-army and when he was shipped during the Gulf War, I became closer to Joe and his death took a great toll on me.
I went to college, graduated in Forensic Studies and made my way to the detective rank. I earned my own money, buy my own car using my own money, which is something dad was proud of me because any rich kids got their cars and jobs because of their own parents, but not me. Dad himself was an average guy who earned his way up till he opened a publishing company – The Darrell Publishing Enterprise. Although I'm an only child and everyone expects me to take over; but dad didn't mind. He and mum had been trying to have another baby because she said she got so lonely and she was just only 37. Yeah, I know. She's very young when they got married and had me a couple years later.
My name? I'm Emerald Rose Darrell or Emmy. Yeah, dad named me after a gem because his mother's name is Ruby and his sister's name is Sapphire. Dad and his father are slightly estranged because dad refused to go into Wall Street and became an accountant. Dad said it was boring. Dad and his mother and sister were close and they were the one who encouraged him to go after his dream. Then he met mum during one of the publishing parties at a club where mum, Emilie Reagan happened to be there with her friends. So you can guess what had happened next right?
What's next? Oh, right, my team! We have Det. Mac Taylor – he's the boss. We used to have Det. Stella Bonasera, but she transferred to New Orleans and become the new head of the crime lab. Then, we have Jo Danville, who used to be with the FBI. After that, we have Lindsay and Danny Messer. They got married after three years of working and knowing each other because they were kinda strained at the beginning. They have Lucy and now Lindsay is pregnant with their second child.
Next, we have our ME aka medical examiner named Dr Sid Hammerback and has this habit to over talk and over sharing some facts that doesn't really concern cases, which I find very funny, but before that our ME was Dr. Sheldon Hawkes, who later apply to be a CSI and is a part of the team. Then, we have Adam Ross, our lab technician, mainly specialized in Audio Visual, but he's sorta an eclectic guy because he can do almost everything at the lab. Last, but not least, we have Det. Don Flack, married to Det. Ayumi Taisho and best friend to our late friend, Det. Aidan Milligan. Aidan died during the 9/11 incident, where she was going for a walk with her teenage son, Lucas when the WTC got hit. She tried to get everyone out, but she ended up trapped. Poor Lucas, he tried to claw the stones and cements even when Don pulled him away. Lucas stayed with Don and Ayumi till he went to college. Now, he worked with NYPD along with Don's youngest sons, James and Jamie. Don and Ayumi have a daughter; Ellie and Ayumi have another daughter from her previous relationship named Hallie Speedle, whose father died in the line of duty as a CSI as well. Hallie now works as a CSI in Miami, occasionally came to New York to visit Ayumi. Ellie, on the other hand, is doing her Masters in Forensic at NYU.
So that's just it about my life. Kinda boring don't you think?
