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Post by munchkin25 on Aug 18, 2006 15:20:20 GMT -5
Munch sighed.
"Fine then. Fin stay here while I check on Amy," he said and left for Amy's room.
He walked down the hall and saw a bandaged-up Amy picking up her stuff and getting ready to leave.
"Where do you think you're going?" he asked.
"Home," said Amy.
Munch took a wild stab in the dark.
"Back to where you got beaten up?"
Amy nearly dropped her stuff. Munch knew he had her now.
"How'd you know?"
"A person who's running away from something in the middle of night? Come on now, most people are at home either sleeping or watching TV. Who was it that beat you up at home?"
Amy couldn't speak. Her mouth was hanging slightly open and sounds were coming from it.
"It's okay," said Munch, walking to her, "Whoever it was, they can't hurt you now. You can tell me."
"Not here, I can't," said Amy shaking her head.
"There's always the precinct," said Munch, "And I don't think you like cops very much."
"Really, Sherlock? How long did it take you to figure that one out?"
Munch withheld his sigh.
"Will you just let me help you? I'm not the bad guy and you know it. Let me take you back to the precinct just to prove it to you."
Amy sighed. What harm could it do? Her gang wouldn't find out unless they were at this detective's precinct in the lock-up.
"Ok, I'll go," she said quietly.
"Alright then. Get your stuff and follow me. I need to check on someone else," said Munch.
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Post by Finaddict on Aug 18, 2006 19:08:52 GMT -5
While Munch talked with Amy in her hospital room, Fin remained in Susie's room.
"You can drop the hard @$$ routine now little girl."
"Your Dad's not here and I frankly don't give a rat's @$$ for your attitude. Trying to torture him is only hurting you." Fin spoke heatedly.
"You're jonesing for a fix. Is that how you want to live your life?" Fin questioned.
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Post by Dani on Aug 18, 2006 19:13:01 GMT -5
"Why do you care?" Susie asked, glaring at him.
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Post by Finaddict on Aug 18, 2006 19:20:14 GMT -5
"Because you are destroying yourself."
"You look like hell. You'll be selling your body for a fix before long."
And if you don't give a crap what it's doing to your father I sure as HELL do."
" Grow up little girl. Drugs ain't no fairy tale and it don't have no happy ending." Fin replied and returned her glare.
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Post by munchkin25 on Aug 18, 2006 19:31:21 GMT -5
When Amy was finished packing, Munch escorted her down the hall.
"If you don't mind me asking, what are your injuries?" asked Munch.
"Apart from my swollen eye, I have a small crack in my jaw, a few bruises on my arms and back, and finally a loose wisdom tooth," said Amy.
"Ouch," said Munch, "Planning on getting braces anytime soon?"
"No, I'm poor. I can't even afford the reduced lunch for high school."
Munch kept quiet and went to the nurse's station to sign Amy out.
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Post by Dani on Aug 18, 2006 20:10:24 GMT -5
She returned his glare. "Nothing has a happy ending."
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Post by Finaddict on Aug 18, 2006 20:21:40 GMT -5
"Yeah life ain't always about happy endings but your way of living don't give it a chance." Fin replied. You think you're cool but you're just foolin yourself."
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Post by munchkin25 on Aug 18, 2006 20:53:42 GMT -5
"Detective..." began Amy.
Munch turned his head away from the chart.
"John Munch. What?" he asked.
"What happen to your daughter? She looked like she was high when I saw her."
"She was...wait. Are you playing reversal psychology on me?"
"No, I just know. I lived on the street for years. It's easy to tell after time."
"I see. And why you are asking me this?"
"You and your daughter don't get along too well."
"We'll save that story for some other time. I need to check you out and go check on her and my partner."
There was silence between them.
"Sorry, Detective Munch. Didn't mean to pry," said Amy.
"No, it's okay. It's human nature to be curious," said Munch.
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Post by Dani on Aug 18, 2006 21:45:44 GMT -5
She looked away. "When I'm high, I can see my mom. And Dad, when he still cared."
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Post by munchkin25 on Aug 19, 2006 10:37:36 GMT -5
Munch finished signing Amy out and they began to walk down the hall.
"So...back there you said you were poor and didn't have enough money for high school. Are you in school now?" asked Munch.
Amy shook her head.
"I wish. But my Dad blows all the money he makes, plus what we get from the government on beer. I try to stay knowledgeble though. I read when I can."
"But it's kinda hard when someone at your house uses you as a punching bag all the time, right?" asked Munch.
"Yeah and I spend a lot of time on the street and try to help people from being mugged and other stuff like that. I have a small group of friends, or gang as your fellow bros in blue have labled us, that do the samething around our block. That's why I got nervous when I saw your partner and you. Cops and us don't get along too well. We've nearly been locked up a few times even when we were doing something right. I know we shouldn't take the law into our own hands, but you wouldn't be saying that if you were being robbed at the time," replied Amy.
"True. But we have a lot of new patrolmen on the street and their just trying to do their job as I'm trying to do mine with you," said Munch.
Amy stopped walking and Munch bended down to her eye level.
"Look, I know you're scared and I probably would be too. I don't know. I know talking to me is going to take sometime to get use to, but all I'm asking for is for you to tell me the sonofabitch who beat the crap out of you. You don't have to confess your life's story to me or anything like that. Maybe with time, you'll open up a little more and you will tell the world your story. And I would like to be there when you do. Okay?"
Amy nodded because she was crying again. Munch hugged her and wiped the tears from her face.
"Everything is going to be okay. You just wait and see," he whispered.
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Post by Finaddict on Aug 21, 2006 17:31:01 GMT -5
****SUSIE'S ROOM*****
Fin listened to Susie's reason for getting high.
"Susie," Fin said in a quiet tone he seldom used, "Nothing can bring things back to what they were back then. Getting high only keeps you from getting over the past and moving on to what you can have in the present. The path you're on now will kill you."
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Post by Dani on Aug 22, 2006 9:41:25 GMT -5
"It may kill me, but I'll lose it if I stop now." Susie said, looking away.
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Post by Finaddict on Aug 22, 2006 19:48:56 GMT -5
"Lose what for G*d's sake?" Fin exploded. "Lose the illusion that life is perfect and your parents are still together? Give it up little girl and deal with the here and now. You have a Father. Make peace with him or move on. Punishing him will kill you both."
Fin turned away in frustration. He kept thinking of his own son and the bitterness and the time wasted.
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Post by Dani on Aug 22, 2006 22:48:32 GMT -5
"I meant I'll lose my sanity. I can only take so much..." she said.
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Post by munchkin25 on Aug 23, 2006 18:47:29 GMT -5
"So can I," said Munch entering the room and overhearing the last comment.
"How are you Susie?"
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