7 Trial de novo

It was now the New Year's Eve and despite this day being a holiday for many, this day of mayhem was a day of work and more work for us. We couldn't sit down to think, much less breathe for even a second and we were dealing with a flood of noise complaints and 911 calls. I especially hated dealing with the 911 call of Mrs. Marlo, she would keep complaining that the T.V was telling her that the government was controlling our minds through our TV's, she was very much a cross old lady who had a thick mop of wavy white hair and she had big turtle shell eyeglass lenses and she would always yell angrily at everybody and anybody that would come near her. But somehow she was convinced that I was going to marry her I wasn't ever gonna marry that old lady even if that witch was the only woman on this godforsaken planet.

She did definitely creep me out for sure and I didn't like how my gut feeling was almost always right. I sighed as I spoke with her slowly and explained 

"The government cannot possibly mind control you because it would take too much time and energy to control one mind, much less hundreds of millions of them."

She screamed "That's what they want you to think! They use their programming to control you!"

I sighed deeply as a lightbulb popped in my head and then I said "Well, if you're concerned about the mind controlling programs affecting your mind, why don't you get rid of your TV? It would make sense for you to get rid of something that is affecting you in a negative way...correct?"

She slowly seemed to be putting together what I was trying to say, I let her take her time understanding what I meant. She then realized that there was a little bit of logic behind what I had just said and realized "Ohhh..."

I then added "I think you should call someone you know to get rid of the Tv, that way you aren't bothered by it so much...okay?"

She nodded and said finally "I will ask my son Tom to remove it for me."

I then added "Is there any thing else I can help with tonight?"

She then replied "No, and have yourself a good and safe New Year."

I nodded in return and added "You have yourself a good night and have a happy new year, thank you for your well wishes."

I then left the building and added to Naomi "I think I may have just solved the problem for us."

She smiled and put her arm around my shoulder and I turned pink as I watched the snow above us fall and soon we watched the crystal ball drop down as the timer counted down to zero, however, what I did not expect, was that Naomi would sweep me in for a deep kiss, and to be honest, I actually loved it so very much. Her breath tasted like peppermint candies and hot chocolate and vanilla. I could not describe to you how the moment finally felt after six dates and us just taking it nice and slow for a little bit before we disclosed. I held her close to me, my arm wrapped around her waist as the snowflakes melted on our heads and fireworks boomed right above us, casting colorful lights above us in the sky. When I opened my eyes, I stared into her warm, caramel eyes and smiled and I knew then that the future was bright and hopeful and that we would soon be able to grow together. 

Because of the bust back in late September involving the mafia, I was promoted to Detective 2nd grade and yet still, I was the junior detective. I still couldn't lead or issue directives or any commands to the lower ranking officers, I needed to take the Sargent's test for that. I was soon brought in by the higher ranking officers and they wanted me to take a Investigative career track that would all but guarantee that I would be stuck as Detective 1st grade forever and I was having none of that as I firmly told them that my intent was to go into the Administrative Career Track and that I planned to work my way to 1PP and build my career and flourish. I was not about to be upstaged by my brother in Seattle and dishonor the family name. I wanted to carry the family name with pride, despite my family being broken into pieces.

It was around July of that month that I decided to propose to Naomi with a ring that I bought from a antique jewelry store so this ring cost me a bit more than what I was able to afford, but for women, a ring was a status symbol and I remembered to disclose our relationship to One Police Precinct so that we would not have conflict of interest issues popping up in future cases because it could lead to technicalities in certain cases. It also meant that we couldn't be partners anymore and that if one of us was kidnapped or taken hostage, the other would be unable to think clearly so it was best that I would be assigned to someone else. 

I soon was assigned to Detective First Grade Shawn Wilson and Naomi was assigned to Detective 3rd grade Elliot Stabler. What I didn't realize was that Elliot Stabler would change my life forever, just like Fin would. It was pure insanity how a person briefly enters and makes a large impact on my life later. All I knew now was that I had a beautiful and bright future...or so I thought I did, then one day tragedy struck me, and it struck me hard. It blindsided me in such a way, I never thought I would be prepared to endure such horrors, but I was forced to endure them anyway. 

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