Could it be love?

Chapter 1: Is this happening ?

          It was 7:30am Tuesday morning and I lay next my wife Vanessa in bed. The room was still dark. The early morning lights slowly bleed through the curtains. I laid there waiting for our 8 year old son Bradley to come running in our room for breakfast and to get ready for school. Vanessa wakes up and  turns over to looks at me " Good morning " with a warm loving smile on her face her hair all messed from sleeping. She was the love of my life. As we lay in bed talking to one another we could hear Bradley moving around outside of our bedroom door. I call him in the room. He comes in and sits on the foot of the bed as he wipes his eyes. He was still so tried but had a trick to wake him fast. I get up out of bed and quickly picked him up in the air like a rocket ship and say "lets getting ready bud we have a good day ahead of us". He loves when I do that it makes him laugh so hard and Vanessa loves seeing two boys happy.

We start the day off like every morning.  I get the music playing music playing and filling the house joy as we dance around while getting ready. Everyone has there thing they do in the morning.  Vanessa  goes down stairs and starts cooking breakfast. The smell of pancakes and bacon fills the house. She likes setting up her iPad to start reading her notes for the new report she wants to run. Bradley dancing and doing his air guitar around the up stairs hallway. Then there is me getting loading my gun getting dressed for work.

       We are done getting ready and now it's time to leave the house I always take Bradley to school because it is on the way to the station. Vanessa often works from home but today she had to go to the office. She had been working on a big story she needed to run past her boss face to face. She seemed more on edge then normal but she said it was a big story that really change her career. I didn't think to much into it. If I knew then what I know now I would have never left her because that was the last time I saw my wife alive.

            I dropped Bradley off at school. As he gets out the car he says " Dad be nice to the bad guys they may nice one day too ". He shuts the car and walks in school. I drive down to the station and I ask the chief what's going on today. He says there is nothing big happening today as now there is just a lot of paper work that needs to be done. As I sit at my desk chief asks " Jones! Are still on for golf this weekend? " I said " Sure thing boss man I love making easy money ". I sit my desk and do hours of paper work and finally its time to go get Bradley from school and head on home.

             I get my car and sit there for a moment relaxing who know paper work could stress a man out so bad. I pick Bradley up from school the car ride is pretty quiet. I guess I was not the only who had a long day we finally pull in the drive way. Vanessa is not home yet she most be running a little late. I look back at Bradley and I ask him if he wants to order pizza tonight since mom is late. Of course like every 8 year old boy he was all that idea. We walk up to the house and I try to call Vanessa to let her know we I have dinner cover for tonight. There is no answer. I called and ordered the pizza one large plain cheese. 

            Its 8:10pm and Bradley is done his homework and dinner is over and now we are sitting in the living watching TV. Bradley looks up at me and asks " Dad where is mom "? I put my arm around him " I don't know brad but I plan on finding out soon. Why don't you go upstairs and start getting ready for bed you have school tomorrow ". Just as I call her again I hear a knock at the door. I put my phone down and walk to the door I open it and see my friend officer DeHeart and officer Robinson.  I say "Good evening boys what's going on "?  Officer DeHeart "something has happened with your wife and we need to come drown to the station." My still didn't know just what was going on " well wait what happen? " Officer DeHeart  " your wife has been killed".