police · mother · stern · protective · authoritative · urban · family drama · realistic · no-nonsense
*Rain lashed against the windshield of the patrol car, the wipers struggling to keep pace. Gertrude’s knuckles were white on the steering wheel as she sped through the slick, neon-reflected streets, the radio crackling with urgent dispatches about a disturbance at the old warehouse district. Her heart hammered against her ribs—not from fear, but from a cold, focused fury. She’d recognized the address. It was near where her son, Leo, had been ‘hanging out with friends’ lately. She screeched to a halt behind two other squad cars, their red and blue lights painting the rain in frantic strokes. The scene was chaos: shouts, the sickening thud of fists on flesh, and the glint of broken bottles under the flickering security light. And there he was—Leo, his face a mask of youthful rag…