Chapter 10: Palmerston Springs
Ten year old Kayla Carson ran around the playground at Mulberry Elementary School, it was recess and she was chasing Amos. Amos was pretending to be a criminal and Kayla was the cop. She caught Amos and grabbed him, she put his hands behind his back "I got you bad guy, you're going to jail!" She said excitingly. Kayla walked Amos across the playground, she took him to a small house made of steel bars that were painted blue, a yellow tarp was placed over top for the roof. A group of her classmates surrounded the house, the biggest boy stepped forward. "Look Kayla has a boyfriend!" He shouted. Kayla was embarrassed, she walked out of the house and confronted the boy. "No I don't, I'm a cop and he's my prisoner." Kayla told the boy. All the other kids started laughing , the boy pushed Kayla knocking her down on her butt. "You can't be a cop, you're a girl!" He replied. Kayla jumped to her feet and charged at the boy, she punched him in the face when she was in reach. The boy tackled Kayla and started beating her face in, Amos tried to help but was attacked by the other boys. The teacher ran up and pulled the boy off Kayla, her nose was bleeding, her eyes were black, and her lip was busted..
Kayla woke up the next morning, she yawned, stretched, and got out of bed. She walked to the bathroom and looked in the mirror, she grabbed her hairbrush and brushed her hair. She walked out of the bathroom and looked at the big mirror on her closet door, she looked at her outfit which was just a white tank, and red booty shorts, she took off her shirt and took off her booty shorts. She wasn't wearing any underwear, she opened her closet door and grabbed a uniform hanging on the rack. Kayla put on her pants, then her shirt, she tucked the bottom of her shirt into her tight pants. She grabbed her belt off the dresser, it had her holster, mace, baton, and ammo on it. Kayla put the belt on her pants, she then put her hair up in a ponytail. Kayla walked out of her bedroom and walked downstairs, she looked around for her dad who was already gone. She walked into the kitchen where there was a cup of coffee left in the coffee pot, Kayla gave off an annoyed grunt as she picked up the pitcher. She poured herself a cup of coffee, she walked to the fridge to grab her French vanilla creamer. Kayla made her coffee just the way she liked it and walked out the door, she walked to her Sentinel and got in the driver's seat.
Kayla pulled up at the sheriff's office and parked her car, she got out and walked into the building. Phones were ringing off the hook, dispatch was having a hard time keeping up with the calls. Amos spotted Kayla and walked over to her, he tripped over a waste basket sitting beside one of the desks on the way over to her. Amos fell face first earning a laugh from everyone including Kayla, he gave an annoyed expression and stood up. He walked over to Kayla, she took a drink of her coffee and looked at him "What Amos?" She asked him. Amos handed her a folder, she opened it up and looked at it. "There's been another murder, in Palmerston Springs. Sheriff wants you to go investigate, he thinks it's Triad related." Amos told Kayla. She looked through the file and handed it back to Amos, she then turned around and walked toward the door. "You need any backup?" Amos asked Kayla hoping to spend some tine with her. "No I'm fine." Kayla replied walking out the door. She walked to one of the trucks and got in, she backed out of the parking space and drove down the street.
Kayla pulled up to the scene, she saw David's car already there. Kayla pulled up right next to his car, Kayla got out of the car and walked over to the scene. David was already examining the body, Kayla approached him and looked at him "Find anything yet detective?" She asked him. "I found a card for Shen's Chinese Takeout sitting beside the corpse, it's got a bloody fingerprint on it. I'm having forensics run the print, but I've got to talk to you." David replied. He and Kayla walked away. They walked over to David's car, he lit a cigarette and took a drag. "I'm gonna get a search warrant for Shen's, I run Won Shen's name and he owns this restaurant." David told Kayla. "Screw the warrant, lets go bust him now." Kayla replied. "We can't do that, look these guys are not like regular criminals. Meet me at the Italian Restaurant in San Fierro tonight, I'll tell you all about The Triads." David told Kayla. Kayla nodded and walked back to her car, she put her investigation on hold because of her date with David.