"Jeff, I'm sorry." Sarah said as she stirred the stew. "I have to follow orders. I could get caned if I don't." Jeff sat at the table looked up from his homework with and mad look on his face. "One night is all I ask for." Sarah went to the cupboard and got out to big plate and a small plastic one. "Mom, is always busy at the shop or spending the night with Ted. You are either working or helping mom. I'm beginning to feel like I'm the one raising Ally. Sarah spun around to face her brother. "Do you think I want to work late at night instead of being with my daughter. No. But I am trying to give her a decent life. I want her to go to the right school and the colleges. I want her to have everything that I didn't. So I am working only for her."

Jeff stood up and walked over to her sister "You may be giving her nice clothes, more toys, or maybe a car when she is older if you work all the time. But what about being there for her and actually watch her grow up." Sarah stared at her brother and held back the tears "Do you know how hard it is to have a child when you are still one? I had dreams and goal that got cancelled. I want her to have dreams and to have goal for the future." She yelled at her brother.

"You dream and goals just got put on hold." Sarah turned around as saw her mother walking in from the back door. "I was seventeen too, when I had you Sarah. I worked at 9 to 5 job and raised the both of you well. When you two were old enough I pursued my dream of opening my own coffee shop." Sarah looked away from her thirty-nine year old mother. "I know mom."

"I will stay with Ally tonight. You go do what you have to do and Jeff you go on your date." The young mother said with a smile on her face, still trying to make everyone happy. Sarah looked up at her mom "What about Ted?" Her mother rolled her eyes "Teddy is not part of this family, plus with you kids out of the house he can come here."

Sarah nodded her head then went up to kiss her moms cheeks "Thanks mom. Supper is ready." Kelly called out from the top of the stair "Ally, supper time." Once Ally came upstairs, Sarah dished everyone's supper. The three of them sat at the table and started eating. The mother of the house looked up from her plate at her daughter who was in the kitchen cleaning up, "Honey, aren't you going to eat?" Sarah turned to her looked up at her mother and she wiped the counter "No, I'm not hunger." Then she left the room to get ready for Judy to pick her up.

Judy parked in front of Officer Kelly's home and got out of the car and walked to the front door. When she rang the doorbell, a little girl who had a chocolate mustache greeted her. The girl looked up at Judy and smiled. "Oh, hello." She was kind of surprised to see a young girl. She looked into the house and saw Sarah walking to the door.

"Ally, go finish your chocolate milk, then grandma is going to you to bed okay." Sarah said after lowering herself to her daughter's height. "Okay, mom." Sarah stood up straight and gave Judy and weak smile, knowing what she was thinking. "I will just go get my coat." Judy still a little shocked nodded her head.

The whole car ride to the stakeout was filled with silence. Then Judy parked the car and they sat and wait for something to happen.

They sat in the car in an awkward silence not looking at the other. "Just ask me Judy, I know you want to." Sarah finally spoke up looking at the darker skinned officer. "Ask you what?" Judy tired to play dumb. Sarah just rolled her eyes and looked ahead. After a couple more minutes of silence Judy broke. "She's your daughter?" Sarah just nodded her head "She is must be four years old, and you are…" Sarah looked at Judy and stopped her "I know how old I am." Being the Judy that she is, she wanted to know what happen, "High school sweetheart?" Sarah shook her head. "Rape?" Sarah quickly said "No." She looked at Judy with cold eyes.

"Look Hoffs. My personal life is meant to be personal. Do I ask you about your life?" Sarah said sternly. Judy shook her head slowly. Then they were silence for the rest of the night, with no action going on in the neighborhood.

Throughout the week, Sarah and Judy went to school to bust kids by day and by night they would sit in the ghost car wait for some fancy kids to break into homes. As they sat in the car they became closer friends, if Judy didn't mention Kelly's daughter. They talked more about who was the hottest in the movies at the moment and about makeup tips. Judy would tell funny stories about some ridiculous bust and Sarah would tell stories about her brother and herself when they where just kids.

The weekend was rolling around and Tom was finally back and had his name cleared from the article that his so-called friend wrote.

Mostly everyone had left for the weekend, but Sarah sat at her desk finishing up her work. She could hear some mumbling coming from Fuller office followed by loads of laughter. This brought a smile to her face. Then the officer door opened and Tom came out of the room with a smile "See you later tonight, Coach." Then he closed the door behind him.

He stared to head out but saw that Sarah was still looking over her paper work. He walked over to her desk and cleared a spot and sat down. "You know it's Friday night, right?" He asked the woman. Sarah looked up at smiled at him. "I know." Then she looked back at her paper work. "Well, are you going to come out with us tonight?" Sarah looked up at the pleading officer, "I can't." Tom stood up a little angry "What do you mean ,you can't?" Kelly glared at him, "Well, you see…I have someone back at home that wants me to put her to bed tonight, since I didn't get a chance all week. Unless you forgot that I had other responsibilities. I have a daughter to look after and also help my mom run her coffee shop."

Tom sighed andpinched the arch of his nose "Well at least let me take you bowling tomorrow." Kelly stared at the man in front of her. She wonderedwhy he always wanted to do something with her but she didn't know why. She stared at the man and realized how handsome he was. His brown hair falling in his eyes, those eyes that, at the moment, made her heart melt just looking at them. She didn't know if she could trust this man, but something deep inside of her wanted to trust him. "Yes."

Tom was in shook at her reply "I'm sorry what?" He said with wide goofy eyes, leaning his ear closer to her to so he could hear. Sarah blushed and smiled "I said 'yes'. Yes I will come bowling with you."

Alright here is the next chapter. Hope you all like it.