“I was tired of waiting.”
“Waiting for what?”
“Justice.” Emily smiled as she nodded.
“I could have been there in a heartbeat. I could have arrested both of them. This would have all been over, Emily. Now, you’re looking at years behind bars.”
“Do you have children, Sheriff Ross?”
“Yes, I do.” Sheriff Ross nodded. “I’ve got two girls and a boy.”
“What would you have done if you found the person that killed one of them? Would you have waited? Would you have called your team and had them come and place them in cuffs and ship them off to a cell? Would have wanted them to go to a place where they’ve got a bed, free food, and TV for the rest of their life?”
“We aren’t talking about me, Emily; we’re talking about you.”
“Answer the question,” Emily ordered.
“To be honest, I probably would have done the same thing that you did.” Sheriff Ross nodded. “But think about all that you’ve lost, Emily. You won’t ever be able to see that baby again. You won’t ever be able to watch her grow up.”
“She’ll know I love her. Someday, somehow she’ll understand.”
“So, this was worth it to you?”
“Yeah, it was.” Emily smirked as she nodded. “I don’t give a damn about jail time. I don’t give damn about rotting in a cell for the rest of my life,” Emily said as tears filled her eyes.
“You don’t want freedom?”
“I’ve got it,” Emily said as a tear trickled down her cheek. “When you’re a mother, you will go to unimaginable lengths to protect your child. You’ll fight and you’ll kill, and you’ll sink to the lowest depths to do whatever it takes to take care of them, to love them and to guide them and to keep them safe.”
“And is that what you think you did?”
“I think I got her justice,” Emily said as her voice trembled. “I don’t care about anything else in this world. I’d kill for her. I did kill for her. I can sit in a cell for the rest of my life with a smile on my face knowing I did just that; I got justice and I got it for her. And that’s all that’s ever mattered to me. That’s all I ever wanted.”
