Chapter 10

APOV

The months that I spent at the academy went by so fast. I became close friends with a girl named Traci Nash. She was really cool and as soon as we met we were instant best friends. In our group were also Chris Diaz and Dov Epstein. We were pretty inseparable during our time at the academy and we were all incredibly lucky to get job offers at the 15 Division police stations in Toronto. The same one that Tommy worked at.

Tommy had retired from the job when he got too close to a case and one of the people involved died so he decided to retire. His drinking problem hasn't really improved over the past year and I think that retiring from the force has made it worse. I haven't talked to my mother in months, her and Tommy broke up officially and she hasn't tried to make any contact with me. I also haven't tried to make any contact with Mark after I found his house empty with no sign of him but I got more papers from a lawyer saying that the house was now mine.

I was leaving all my problems behind and getting ready to start my first day as a rookie. I was running a little late because I hit the snooze one too many times when I was getting up and then I kept tripping on boxes in my new apartment while I was trying to get ready. This all lead to me running into the station with 10 minutes to get into my uniform

Once we made it to parade I was paired with an officer Shaw. I had heard his name but I hadn't really met him before. We were sitting in the car and he mentioned that Tommy was his training officer. We made some small talk but then we got interrupted by the radio claiming shots fired at an apartment building.

Once we reached the apartment building we found a girl who was strung out on drugs and had a witness tell us about the two men who were seen fleeing the scene. Officer Shaw told me to do a canvas of the area. When I went a couple floors down I saw that the door to an apartment was open so I nudged it and I saw two suspects who matched the description.

"Police Freeze." I said. I could see them both start to run out towards the window, which was on the first floor so it wasn't a high drop. I jumped out the window and chased after them. They split up and I decided to follow the guy with the dark greasy hair. I was sprinting and I reached up to him and I tackled him down.

"You shouldn't do that." he said and I could sort of recognize his voice.

"And why not?" I reply. I look at him and I recognize him and I was pretty sure I saw a look of recognition in his eyes too.

"I'm on the job." he says. I remember he is the officer who I met at the Black Penny, he was undercover right now. I had his hands behind his back still. I was thinking of a way for him to get out of this so that he would still be able to continue his case.

"Hit me." I said.

"What?" Sam questioned.

"I remember you. Hit me so that it won't look suspicious that you got away." I say.

"I'm not going to hit you." he says.

"Oh come on, I've had a lot worse and right now I am not going to be responsible for ruining your work. So man up and hit me. Just do it and run away or else this will look suspicious?" I explain.

"Fine. I apologize in advance, Sorry Andy." So he did remember me, but he is a cop so he probably has a really good memory. I was thinking so when I felt an elbow pop the side of my face I was taken off guard by his struggling. I rolled off of him and rolled on the ground trying to get back up.

I made my way back to the scene and over to Officer Shaw so that I could explain to him what happened. He looked surprised and as soon as we got back to the station Boyko called us into his office.