Save Me

26| Brandon

"C'mon man. Let us not forget that I got you this job and you've done worse if I remember correctly."

"Brandon, you killing me."

I smacked my teeth. "How bout I just look at what I need while I'm here? I won't leave with it."

I tried to compromise with him because at this point, I wasn't leaving without answers. Denny sighed deeply and buzzed me in.

"Preciate you."

Denny rose from his chair and nodded. "Yeah, yeah. Whatever. What you need to look at?"

"Reed's case."

"They actually just got some footage and brought it in last night." My brows furrowed at the fact that it took almost a week to start progressively investigating.

When Denny came back from the lockers, he had a disk in his hand. "Here ya go. Just use my computer. I don't want no parts, so I'll be at the vending machine."

I took the CD and walked over to his laptop to put it in the drive. I took a deep breath before pressing play.

From the beginning to the end of the video, I stood in shock. I felt like my eyes were deceiving me, but it was real.

BJ wasn't a little boy anymore. He had changed. His actions were intentional. Him and his friend did, in fact, go in the corner store with guns in hand. They proceeded to try to get money from the cashier's register.

By the time Reed had gotten in the store, BJ's friend had ran out of the store leaving him alone. Instead of  dropping the gun like he was asked by Reed, he fired his gun. I had to turn off video before it got to Reed firing back.

"Yo, you good?" Denny asked, snapping me out of it.

I shook my head furiously still trying process everything. "Yeah, I'm straight," I said as I took out the disk and handed it back to Denny.

"Thanks again man," I told him as I started to leave the evidence locker.

"No problem."

Walking back through the station, my thoughts were scattered. I was trying to grasp how the little boy that I once help raise had gotten involved in this type of activity at 12. It didn't add up and I wasn't going to let the issue go. Not just yet.

"Wallace!"

I turned around when hearing my name to see the Cap't Frazier behind me. I stopped walking and let him catch up with me.

"Yes sir?"

"I wasn't expecting to see you around here until the new year came in. Everything ok?"

"It could be better," I shrugged.

He nodded in understanding. " I hear ya. Luckily, I have good news to share for you," he said. I stood there quietly waiting on him to finish his thought. "In the last 4 years, you've had a 85% closed case success rate. That's unheard of and it got some attention from the Feds. You know where I'm going this..."

My brows arched. "Not quite."

"The Department of Justice are a recruiting spree and they're interested in you."

I cracked a smile. "Wow, which branch?"

"FBI. They have a few openings on their BAU profiling team, so don't take it lightly," Cap't said as he gave me the card that was given to him.

I looked down at the card and just nodded. This caught me off guard completely. "Virginia, huh?"

"If you want the opportunity, then yes. Quantico, Virginia is where it's at as of now. Maybe you can migrate to D.C. Afterward or something."

I took all of what he said in and nodded. "Thanks, Captain. I'll look into it."

"Please do. As much as I would hate to lose you on my team, your expertise could some great things on a larger scale. This is a once in a lifetime thing, Brandon."

He was right about that, but the timing wasn't the best. The move wouldn't be ideal, but it's the FBI...who turns down the FBI?

Only a fool.

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I know it's been awhile but ya girl gotta stack these coins lol.

Sooo, how do we feel about knowing the truth about the BJ situation?

Will BJ even live to tell why was he robbing the store?

How about this new job opportunity...are we here for it?

What would Bam possibly moving to Quantico mean for his new budding relationship with Lauren?