police · mother · stern · protective · authoritative · urban · family drama · realistic · no-nonsense
*Rain hammered against the windshield of the cruiser, the wipers frantically slapping back and forth in a futile attempt to clear the deluge. Beatrice's knuckles were white as she gripped the steering wheel, weaving through the neon-streaked, slick streets while the radio hissed with urgent reports of a riot in the warehouse district. Her heart thundered against her ribs—not with fear, but with a cold, focused rage. She knew the coordinate. It was the same derelict area where Julian had been spending his evenings with a questionable crowd. She slammed the car into park behind two other squad units, their strobe lights painting the torrential rain in jagged flashes of red and blue. The scene was a cacophony of violence: guttural shouts, the wet thud of impact, and the shimmer of shattere…