Well, sorry about taking a little long. I wasn't here, I was skiing in Austria, which was great fun!

But now I am back, and enough with the excusues, I know how boring they are!

Hope you like the new installment, make sure to R&R.

Disclaimer: Don't own any of the characters, except for Sofia.

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Amy sat at her desk, completely fuming. The weird thing was, she was angry at herself.

Life would be so much greater if you looked a little better Amy. The problem is that you are too fat, and your whole head is so ugly!

If you didn't let them in, they wouldn't know about you, your past, who you are, what you are, what a horrible person you are.

There are too many criminals on the streets because you let them all stay on the streets, with your incompetence. You are at fault, because you didn't work a little harder and faster.

Life would be so much better if you weren't here, if you looked different and had a little more enthusiasm with your work.

Amy sighed and looked back to her paperwork, which had been left there by the boss.

"Unsolved- Break and Enter"

"Unsolved- Car Theft"

"Unsolved- Claim of being stalked"

Amy looked at all the unsolved cases and started to feel a little bad, that she hadn't even been able to solve hem. They seem so straight forward.

Maybe it is because you aren't smart enough, and don't put enough effort into your job.

"Unsolved- rape"

That is what hit her. That must hurt, not knowing. Not having punishment.

Exactly like Amy had been hurting, and she decided to go full out on this case, trying to solve it, with all her energy.

She sprung up from the table, not having drunk her coffee, and went into the office, grabbing Susie on her way out.

"Hey, what are we doing?" Susie questioned curiously, being led to the car by Amy.

"Going to question that rape victim from last month", Amy said, straightforward.

She hopped into the car, not even waiting for Susie to put on her seatbelt, and drove off.

"Amy, are you feeling OK?" Susie asked quietly. "I have been really worried about you lately. You hardly seem to eat or drink anymore, you don't talk to us like you used to, you always look like you haven't slept, or totally exhausted, and you always seem to be in a bad mood. Is something up?"

"I am OK, I haven't been feeling quite right the last few days, that's all" she said defensively, trying to avoid the guiltiness of lieing.

Susie nodded, as if to show that she understood, and she left it at that.

But she knew that there wasn't something right with her, and it wasn't just a cold, it was something much more. Ever since the case with her Uncle she hadn't talked or socialised, or eaten much.

And that was over a week ago, what had she been surviving on the whole time?

How was she getting the energy for these things, and why has she become so secretive all the time?

These questions were flotaing around in Susie's head, and she was still trying to work out the answer when Amy pulled up to the girl's house. The rape victim.

"What do you want?", she asked, wearing a sullen expression, half closing the door on the officers.

She was only 16 years old, wearing a face that looked like she was about 30. Something had aged her in the last month.

Before they had anything to do with her, they had seen her. She was at a Blue-Light Disco in the high school. She was innocent, pretty, pure.

Then that night someone decided to…do it.

She was wearing a smallish black t-shirt, with a peace sign on it. Her loose pants were a little bit ripped, with a belt around her hips to hold them up. She also had a necklace on, a cross. The sign of a religion. She looked gurngy, with her black eye make-up a little smeared, and her clothes a little dirty, but it seemed to suit her, that look.

"We would like to talk to you again Sofia, about last month", Amy said matter-of-factly, ignoring the fact that the girl was eyeing her suspiciously, as if she had changed so much in the last month.

"Well, my parents are here, and I don't want them to see us talking, because…you know. But, I might be able to go for a walk in a few minutes, if you want to meet in the park?" she said.

Susie looked at Amy, wondering if she was going to accept this offer or not. Amy said yes at once, gave the girl a smile and walked down the steps again.

Once she got to the bottom she turned on Susie, asking her questions, like how the girl seemed to be going.

"I think she looked a little tired, like she hadn't been sleeping, or eating properly. Like someone else I know." She said truthfully.

"Yeah, and we are not going to bring your ideas into this case" Amy stated, turning away and walking towards the car.

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Well, thought I would end it here, because it seems like a nice place to stop for now.

Hope you liked it, and if you have any ideas, you know the drill!

Thanks,

Vera