From the moment Aiden entered the room, to the way the two girls looked at him, it was easy to see something was wrong. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but something is there. They know each other, that much is obvious. “Hello Ashley, Spencer.” Aiden said. Then he added “Officer, can we have a few minutes in private please?” he asked.

“Alright,” I answered, “I’ll be outside the door if you need me.” I lied. I knew something was wrong, and it was my job to figure out what. As soon as I shut the door I hurried to the supplies closet in the station to grab some equipment. I found what I was looking for: A device used for listening through walls and doors. By the time I had gotten back to the door I knew I had probably missed a big part of the conversation, but I put the device up to the door and listened anyway.

“-the hell did this happen?” it was Ashley’s voice. “are you saying you did this just to get back at me? IDIOT!”

“You don’t know how much I loved you Ashley. You put me through a lot more pain than you can imagine.” It was Aiden’s voice.

Now I could hear Ashley again, “that doesn’t give you the right to frame me for drug possession!” Now I realized that this was going to be important. I was right, it was a good idea to bring this! I started recording the conversation as it continued. At one point I thought I heard someone get hit. Eventually I knew I had enough evidence and stuck the recorder in my pocket. As soon as I put the recorder in my pocket I knocked on the door.

“I think it’s been long enough!” I yelled through the door. I opened the door and was surprised to see that everyone was calmly sitting. This surprised me because the argument sounded fierce.

“I’ve had enough time to talk,” Aiden nearly yelled at me, “you can arrest her now.”

“I don’t think so.” I loved this part of my job.

“Excuse me,” Aiden said, now yelling, “arrest her already!”

“I’ll tell you what,” I said smugly, “I’ll arrest you. Aiden your under arrest for drug possession, framing an innocent, and conspiracy to commit perjury. You have the right to remain silent….” and I continued to list off his Miranda rights. Halfway through his right to a lawyer he interrupted me,

“You can’t arrest me asshole! You have no evidence!” I handed him over to another officer and pulled out the recorder.

“Right here buddy.” I said in a smart-ass way. Once Aiden was out of the room I looked back at the two girls who were now crying happily in each other’s arms. It’s moments like these that make me proud to be a cop. I was about to leave the room and give the evidence to the people who would be prosecuting him, but I was stopped on my way out by Ashley.

“Thank you so much!” she said wrapping me in a huge bear hug.

“Well,” I continued, “I guess now we can do that whole catch up thing I was talking about. Then for the first time the other blonde haired girl introduced herself.

“Hi, I’m Spencer” she said in an incredibly sweet way.

“So are you two sisters or something?” I asked. They didn’t look like sisters, but I said it to start a conversation.

“Actually,” Ashley said speaking up, “She’s my girlfriend.” Now I understood. Everything made sense now.

“Oh,” was all I said. We continued to talk about everything and nothing at the same time. I learned that she came from LA, and a lot of other things about their personal life. “Well Ashley, I’m happy to say, your free to go. I hope we can talk again real soon.”

“Yea, that would be nice,” she said. “And thank you so much, again!” After that they walked out the door hand-in-hand with their finger’s laced.

The drive home was full of exchanges of happiness. “I love you so much Spence. And thank you for believing me.”

“Of course I believe you,” she said. “I love you, baby!”

“I love you too.” I said, and the rest of the car ride was silent.