The rays of the autumn sun brightly flooded Los Angeles. A young girl of about 27 walked confidently down the street. Her black hair was cut into a neat bob, and her brown eyes looked straight and bold.
Her name was Anastasia Steele and she was a captain of the Los Angeles police. Now she was heading to work, checking her phone messages along the way. 10 from her mother. Ana rolled her eyes. She was an adult, damn it! No, she understood perfectly well that Carla Steele had let her daughter go from rainy Seattle to sunny California. But Ana was an experienced operative and an accomplished person. And her mother had to take that into account.
Entering the police station, Ana habitually greeted the security guard Erwin Smith and went up to her office.
- Steele! - At the entrance to the office, she was intercepted by Kate Kavanagh, her best friend and intern.
- Hello, - Ana smiled. - What now?
- Colonel Roach is calling you, - Kate said guiltily. - Something about yesterday's raid on the Uchiha gang.
Anastasia rolled her eyes. Jerry Roach was a seasoned veteran and knew everything or almost everything about criminal investigation. For Ana, he was a second father. But this did not stop him from scolding Miss Steele every now and then with or without reason.
- Steele, why did you run into bullets? - Roach made noise, pacing around the office.
- Why should I sit with papers? You know that after all this, the crime rate is off the charts. - Ana calmly withstood the chief's gaze.
- Agreed. Survivors, spies ... But you just graduated from the police academy. What will I tell Carla if you get hurt? - Jeremy grumbled.
- I'm tenacious, you know, - Ana grinned.
Roach sighed into his mustache.
- You're the best in the class. But... Your methods are radical. Bringing intern Kavanagh... And Hyde. Who's a famous pickpocket, - Roach was angry.
- Jack was sitting in the underground, gassed. He risked himself more than once, - the brunette objected.
- I agree with you. But he's a thief, a criminal element. And Kavanagh is only here to wait out her parents' desire to marry her off to Elliot Gray. She's not a cop, she's a model. Keep that in mind, - Roach growled.
- She's worth ten experienced cops, she shoots accurately and fights like hell. The gang was caught, no one died. Everything was successful, - Ana jumped up and immediately grabbed her heart.
- And your heart is acting up. And you're only 27. Be careful, - Roach asked.
Anastasia nodded and left Jerry's office.
- Steele, - In the evening, on the way out of the police station, she was stopped by Jack Hyde - her friend and the number one pickpocket in Los Angeles.
- Jack, you shouldn't be seen here, - Ana sighed. - I got into trouble because of you.
- Sorry, but I can't help you. You saved me in my time. And Roach will have to accept the fact that I'm a coward here, - Jack grinned. - Well, what about going home?
Ana nodded. Having waited for Kavanagh, the three headed towards a nondescript house in one of the courtyards. This house had survived the bombing, air raids and air strikes of the Germans. Thanks to the efforts of its inhabitants, it was quickly restored.
- Just look at him, huh? He's dressed like he's going to the Costume Institute ball. Eren, have you prepared for the seminar? - A graying brunette stood at one of the entrances and looked at her son, a student.
- Yeger is soaping up for his Ackerman again, - Kavanagh laughed.
Eren smiled at Anya and her friends. His mother, Carla, also smiled at the sight of them.
- Miss Steele, Kate, Jack, and I baked cheese pies. Will you come in? - Carla asked.
- Aunt Carla, later, - Anastasia waved her hand.
Having said goodbye to Jack and Kate, Ana entered her entrance and went up to her room.
The apartment greeted her with silence and calm. The girl took off her shoes and, after taking a shower, went to bed.
