Forced To Be Strong

It was a night for celebration. Lauren's parents, Gavin and Tori McKellen were celebrating their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Arriving late, Lauren and her best friend Cory walk into the restaurant. People were crying. They were yelling for someone to call for help. They needed ambulances. There was blood splattered everywhere.***Two years after being lead detectives on the restaurant shooting case, Josh Allen and Wade Jamison transfer from homicide to the missing person/sex trafficking unit. They find It is impossible to keep their emotions out of their work, when it involves children and adults being forced into lives they have not chosen. ***While out celebrating the success of hers and Cory's new business. Lauren runs into Josh Allen and Wade Jamison. When they both show interest in her, Lauren does not want to cause problems between the two friends. Instead of letting her walk away, she is pressured into making a choice.*** "You tell me that you don't feel what I do. You tell me that you don't think about me. You tell me that you don't want to see where this relationship will go. I know what I feel and what I want. I am already in love with you Lauren. I want a future with you. I know we have only known each other a short time. Time does not mean a damn thing when you know it is right. It is up to you Lauren. If you do not feel the same, just say no. I walk or I stay.