p class="MsoNormal" Alexis felt the cool, crisp handle of her dad's handgun she had taken from his desk drawer earlier that day. She followed close behind the N.Y.P.D as they moved in on the assistant, but not close enough to draw suspicion. She knew that she could not, but she wanted so badly to make that arrest herself./p
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p class="MsoNormal" And that's when it hit her. She had been fooling around with this case to save the lives of people close to her, but she had rocked at it. She had always assumed she'd become a lawyer or doctor, something that required brains. But now she realized there is nothing more she wants than to be a cop./p
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p class="MsoNormal" This realization surprised her, as she had always given her dad a hard time about following Beckett around because she had been worried for him. Now she understood the appeal. emWhether or not they come out of this,/em she told herself,em I want to put dirtbags behind bars./em/p
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p class="MsoNormal" She watched as they pulled a young, skinny girl much like herself out of the abandoned building in handcuffs. She wasn't saying a word, but the look on her face was enough. And if Alexis had anything to do with it, she would remain locked up for a very long time./p
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p class="MsoNormal" She rushed towards Espo and Ryan as she saw them come out of the building. "What's the verdict?" she asked them./p
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p class="MsoNormal" "She gave us a full confession, and the cure is going to the hospital as we speak," said Ryan./p
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p class="MsoNormal" Tears of joy started streaming down her face as she hugged her "uncles". "Guys, I think we have somewhere to be," she spoke up./p
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p class="MsoNormal" "Yes, we do," Espo answered./p