Man, okay—So I'm probably going to rewrite this chapter a million times until I get it right. Haha. Anyways—
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"Okay Sammy—I'll call you later once we figure out what's going on, or you can just head back on over here once you get Alexis off to school. Jessica has an appointment this afternoon at 4, and I promised her I'd go—Thanks so much for understanding, Sammy." She whispered, kissing him gently as he smiled. He looked over to the couch where Sydney was sleeping and nodded, "I'll just get Alexis off to school and set Carly up with Jessica. I'll come back right when I'm finished. Good luck getting the mother." Jules smiled and nodded, kissing him once more and watching him leave.
When she turned around, Ed and Wordy gave her iffy stares, making her feel uncomfortable as she lifted Sydney into her lap.
"Okay team—It's 6 am so we're off shift now. Team two is heading out to meet the wife at the airport. They're going to take her into custody and get her to the station where we can go from there. Jules—How are you doing?"
"I'm fine boss." She lied, so many things were bothering her at the moment. The fact that she had killed a guy was one thing—then dealing with a child that was in the middle of a nasty domestic violence case, then having to figure out how to not ruin her marriage and family. Greg nodded, "Okay team—Be ready."
"Mommy?" Sydney mumbled from Jules' arms. Jules shook her head as she glanced down at the little girl, "Sweetie—It's Jules." Sydney nodded as her head fell against Jules' arm. "Is Mommy or Daddy going to hurt me for not coming home?"
All of the guys were touched by the soft words as they cringed from the thought of a little girl being treated bad by her own parents. Jules shook her head, "No Sydney—We wont let anyone hurt you."
"Jules—we need more information." Ed told the group. Jules nodded as she looked to Sydney and helped her sit up in her lap. "How about you and I go in my locker room and you can um—play with—uh—make up?" Jules giggled. Sydney nodded quickly as her mind had drifted away into a little girl's land of dress up and make up." As she hopped down from Jules' lap and took her hand, Greg nodded to Jules, "Take notes."
Once Jules was gone and out of sight, Ed fell to the couch beside Wordy. "I don't know how she acts so emotionless."
"What?" Greg asked.
Wordy nodded, "She's messing with Sam's head and he's falling into it."
"What the hell are you guys talking about?" Greg asked as he, Spike and Lou all sat up.
"Well—Um—We kinda saw her at the shooting range with the owner and well—they were a little close." Wordy explained. Ed nodded, "Yeah—In other words—She's making a big mistake again and someone really needs to help her before she ruins her actually okay marriage."
Lou and Spike glanced at each other, their jaws hanging low. Greg threw his forehead to his palms, "I should have seen it before. The way she doesn't hold Sam's hand in briefing anymore—I thought it was just her trying to be more professional. Are you guys sure it was her?"
"Trust me Boss—It was her kissing the owner—I don't know who he is, but the second I do, I swear—."
"Wordy—You two cant be putting yourselves into her life. She's got to deal with this on her own. Can we finish today's job before delving into love lives again?" All of the guys nodded and waited for her to return with more information.
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"Do you have any kids?" Sydney asked sweetly as Jules doused her in eye shadow. "Mhmm. I have three girls. Two I adopted—their names are Jessica and Alexis, they're both teenagers. Then I have Carly, my baby. She's 5 months old." Sydney smiled, "I don't have any brothers or sisters." Jules giggled as she started to brush Sydney's hair and pull it into pigtails, "I had 4 big brothers—I was the only girl, all alone." Sydney nodded.
"You know the blonde guy that was here earlier?"
Sydney smiled, "Mhmm! He told me I was cute!"
Jules giggled, "Well that's my husband, Sam."
"Really!? I hope when I grow up, my husband is that cool!"
They both laughed, the whole time Jules feeling guilty for what she was doing with Brian. She had to deal with it and kick Brian away.
"So tell me—Do your parents drink a lot or take lots of medicine or anything?"
She nodded, "Daddy always has his beard with him and Mommy always smokes." Jules giggled at her little kid ways of talking. "Is that when they're mean to you?" Sydney shook her head, "Daddy—I don't think he likes me. He's never nice—But Mommy—She acts funny or weird if she isn't hurting me."
Jules nodded slowly, getting choked up as she pulled the little girl, sitting on her counter, into a hug. "Thank you for telling me the truth about everything—It's really helping us." Sydney smiled proudly, showing the funny gaps of missing teeth in her mouth. "Anytime Mrs. Jules." Jules laughed.
"Okay—Turn around." When Sydney turned around she gasped and threw her small hands to her cheeks, "I look pretty! Mommy says I'm ugly—but now I look pretty!" Tears filled Jules' eyes as she smiled in the reflection, "I think you're really pretty, Sydney." She smiled and jerked Jules back into a hug.
"Why don't we go back out there and talk to the guys? They're going to think you're so pretty looking." Sydney nodded as Jules lifted her to her hip and made her way back out, nodding to Greg that she got the info she needed.
"Well don't you look pretty?" Spike joked as Jules placed her to her feet.
"Hey Spike—Why don't you take her to see Babycakes?" Greg asked as Spike knew that he just didn't want the kid around during the conversation. He nodded as Sydney jumped on his back for a piggy back ride.
"Okay guys—She says her dad drinks, her mom smokes, and her mom 'acts funny' sometimes. Could be high?"
Wordy nodded, "Do the acts towards her come when they are drinking or smoking?"
"She says its always. Guys—I think we just need to get the mother and get her talking. Any location on the father yet?"
Everyone shook their head. "Nope—The family lives halfway across the country, why they decided to drop their kid here I will never know. Apparently the mother had no idea that the father had the kid and was leaving her here in Toronto." Greg explained.
"How could someone do this to a kid?" Jules groaned as she fell back on the couch. "I guess—I guess we need to find a social worker to get her into foster care."
Greg nodded slowly. No kid ever wanted to be in foster care, but it was necessary for Sydney to be able to find a family that wouldn't hurt they looked into extended family, the chances of her falling back to her parents were very high. He stood up and walked out of the room to call the lady that usually helped out with cases that needed to get kids into the foster care system.
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When the time came around 8 am, Sam returned to find the team getting ready to head down to the Toronto Police Station. When he searched for Jules, he found her trying to hide her tears as she told Sydney goodbye before the social worker got there. He watched from around the corner of her locker room.
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"Okay Sweetie—A lady is going to come pick you up and take you somewhere and find someone for you to live with for a while, okay?"
Sydney nodded but then tears filled her eyes, "You mean—I wont ever see you again Mrs. Jules?"
Jules shook her head, "Sydney—This bad thing happened to you and I never want you to have to experience something like this ever again."
"But Mrs. Jules—I want to see you again!" Sydney started to throw her fists around, kicking her legs against the counter.
"Sydney, sweetie, calm down." Jules grabbed her ankles and wrists, pulling her to her. "It's okay, its okay." Sydney cried tears down Jules' shirt as she held her close. "I'm scared—What if my new parents don't like me?"
"Why wouldn't they like you, sweetie? You're smart, and pretty, and sweet, what's not to like?" Jules wiped the tears from the little's girl's face. "You're going to have to be strong sweetie—you can do this. Here—here's my phone number and my badge number. If you ever need any help you just call me or tell the police my badge number and they'll find me." Sydney nodded slowly as she wiped the tears from her cheeks. "I'm going to miss you." She sighed, wrapping her arms around Jules' neck as she lifted her off he counter and around her waist. "I'm going to miss you too Sydney." She carried her out, only to find Sam smiling at her doorway.
"Bye Sydney, I'll keep a check on you—and you call me if you ever need anything." Jules smiled as she buckled the little girl into the backseat of the social worker's car. Jules kissed her hair lightly and smiled, "Bye sweetie." When she closed the door to the backseat she watched as she could see Sydney crying heavily as the car drove off.
"Jules—Come here." Sam held out his arms, holding his wife tightly as she cried against his vest. "She's going to be okay."
"We need to get to the station, guys." Greg told them, breaking up the little pow-wow in the parking lot. Everyone nodded as they headed towards the garage to go to the station.
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"We've got the mother right here." An officer led the team to the cell. She blew a 2.0 on the alcohol content test and we're pretty sure she's—."
"Where's my kid, dammit!?" She yelled, beating her fists against the metal rails. "You took my kid!"
"You're not going to hurt her, ever again, you son of a bitch." Jules sniped, as Greg and Sam pulled her back.
"I didn't hurt no one!" She yelled.
Jules nodded, "Thanks for telling the truth! The bruises on the back of her neck were worse than some I have had when I was shot wearing a vest—you and your husband hurt that poor little girl!"
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As Jules, Greg, Sam, and Ed were dealing with the mother and another officer, Lou, Spike and Wordy were discussing another matter with another officer.
"What did she have on her, or in her bags?" Lou asked as the officer dragged over a suitcase. "We got only a few ounces on her. Her bag had enough cigarettes to last her a few weeks. You know—I don't think she was coming back for the kid."
Spike and Wordy glanced at each other. "You think—?" Wordy began.
"She was coming back for her husband." The officer guessed.
All three guys nodded.
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"Ma'am—You need to calm down so that we can settle this." Greg spoke calmly, until his phone rang.
"Parker." He answered.
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"Sergeant is your team on deck?" Winnie asked as she was on shift.
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"Well—."
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Winnie typed through the computer, "We got a call—A carjacking on Rose Street, right near you guys. A car is heading down onto the highway—apparently a man, mid-thirties has taken control of a car carrying a lady and a small child in the backseat. Sergeant—All the other teams on call are out—It's up to you guys."
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Greg bit his lip, "Team One—We got a call."
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