Chapter 1
In the Criminal Justice System, sexually based offenses are considered especially heinous. In Long Beach, California, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit: Long Beach Division. These are their stories.
ADAM KENDRICK'S HOUSE
Adam Kendrick lied down in his bed wide-awake while his boyfriend, Hunter Grant, lied down beside him fast asleep. Kendrick smiled as he watched his boyfriend sleep. He then looked at the clock to see it was midnight.
"Hunter," Kendrick said. "Wake up."
Grant woke up and yawned.
"Are you awake?" Kendrick asked.
"Yeah," Grant yawned.
"It's midnight," Kendrick said. "That means it's someone's birthday."
"Happy birthday," Grant said.
"No," Kendrick said. "It's not my birthday, it's yours."
"Oh yeah," Grant yawned.
"Sit up," Kendrick said.
Grant sat up and Kendrick sat facing him.
"On this day in 1991, you came into this world," Kendrick said.
"You looked up my date of birth," Grant said.
"Oh, like you didn't do a background check on me," Kendrick said.
Grant and Kendrick embraced and kissed. Their romantic moment came to an abrupt end when the doorbell rang.
"Who could that be at this hour?" Kendrick asked.
Kendrick and Grant got up and walked downstairs to the front door. Kendrick opened the door to see his younger sister, Kyra, standing there with her clothes torn and tears streaming down her face.
"Kyra?" Kendrick asked. "Are you okay?"
"Adam," Kyra sobbed. "I was raped."