Julia and Kelly were getting dress when they hear a knocking on their bedroom door.

“Enter.”

Chayton walks in when he hears Julia’s voice. He spots both his mothers in their panties and bra. He has gotten used to seeing his mother’s and his sisters in their underwear.

Julia had her back to her bedroom door. She turns around to see who had knocked on the door. She spots Chayton walking into hers and Kelly’s bedroom “what’s wrong sweetie?”

“I was wondering if it would be okay if I ride home with Terrance after practice today?” Chayton wanted to spend some time with his teammates after practice.

“I don’t see why not. What do you think, Christmas?” Julia looks at Christmas.

“As long as you are home by dinner, I don’t have a problem with it.” Christmas liked for all the children to be home for dinner.

“Can I be a little late, please?” Chayton looks at both his mothers.

“Give me a reason why?” Julia trusted her son, but she wanted to know why he wanted to stay out longer.

“Because I and the guys were talking about getting pizza and maybe going to Arron’s afterward to play video games.”

“As long as you call me when you get there. I don’t mind you hanging with your teammates. That makes for a stronger bond. We want you home by ten o’clock or I’m going to send Chaos out to find you.” A smile appears on Julia’s face.

“I promise, but could it be a little later? Say, maybe eleven?” Chayton looks at his mothers with pleading eyes.

“Alright, we’ll give you until eleven o’clock. If you’re not home by then, I’m coming to look for you.” Julia makes sure her son understood her.

“Thanks, Mom.” Chayton heads downstairs to get breakfast.

A smile appears on Christmas and Julia’s face. The two of them finish getting dress and head downstairs with the kids. Julia gives each kid a twenty-dollar bill.

“That’s for your lunches and snacks. You’ll get your allowance on Saturday.” Julia looks at her children.

“Okay, mommy.” Haylee didn’t mind. Her allowance came from her grandfather and grandmother for taking care of the animals.

She shares it with her little sister and her big brother. They help her out occasionally with her responsibilities.

“You’re riding with me today, so grab your school bags.” Christmas looks at her children.

Julia watches as the kids finish their breakfast and grab their school bags. She gives each of them a kiss on the cheek. She watches as they leave with Christmas.

Julia cleans the kitchen up, before setting out some meat to slowly defrost. She grabs her keys and heads out to the pick-up truck. She was planning on talking to her Uncle Dereck about her new captain.

She starts the truck up and starts heading down the driveway towards the highway that runs in front of their property. She selects her favorite playlist and listens to it. She wonders why the police force hired a new captain out of state instead of promoting someone from the ranks.

The drive to the main police headquarters was a little longer than to the precinct she worked at. It takes her forty-five minutes to drive to the main headquarters. As she pulls into the parking lot. She finds a parking space close to the front. She pulls into the space and cuts the engine off.

Julia looks at the building and couldn’t believe how long it has been since she has been here. The last time she was here, was when she signed up to become a cop. She came here with her father to go through the process of becoming a cop.

Julia exits from her pickup truck and starts walking towards the main entrance. Since she was on suspension, she couldn’t use the police entrance. She walks into the building through the revolving doors.

She knew what floor her uncle’s office was on. So Julia takes the elevator up to the fourth floor. When she exits from the elevator, she walks straight ahead and through a set of double glass doors. She stops at the receptionist desk, where a young woman with short black hair was sitting.

Lori was taking care of some emails when she spots a woman who looks like the actress Charisma Carpenter walking up to her desk. She wonders who the woman is? When the woman stops at her desk.

“How can I help you, ma’am?” Lori watches the woman.

“Yes, I would speak to Commander Marsters, please.”

“And your name, ma’am?” Lori knew Commander Marsters was in his office.

“Julia Bounty, his niece.”

“Why does your name sound so familiar to me?” Lori knew she has heard that name around the office.

“Because she doesn’t know how to follow regulations or use animals normally issued to a K9 officer.” Lt. Boreanaz spotted Julia Bounty at the receptionist desk.

He knew she was nothing but trouble. Everything he has heard about her and the stuff he has observed himself about her wasn’t good. He knew the only reason she was on the force was because of her damn uncle.

Julia looks at the weathered black hair guy standing near the receptionist's desk. He was wearing a standard-issued Montana police uniform.
He looked like he was in his late thirties, maybe early forties.

“Excuse me, but do I know you?” Julia looks at the man standing near her.

“No, but I know a lot about you, Mrs. Bounty. How you feel that the rules and regulations of this police force don’t apply to you.” Lt. Boreanaz looks directly into Julia’s hazel eyes.

Julia could tell Lt. Boreanaz's eyes were brown.

A smirk appears on her face as she thinks about how he must be full of crap for his eyes to be so brown. She notices some of his ribbons and how he carried himself.

“I have no idea what you are talking about, sir. I follow the rules and my wolf has proven that he is more than capable of doing whatever is required of him.”

“You still don’t get it, Mrs. Bounty. You’re a K9 officer who uses a wolf, instead of the standard trained dogs we normally use.”

“That’s because my wolf is trained beyond your standard K9 training. Also, he is faster, smarter, stronger, and fearless. There is nothing that scares him or will cause him to back down. He has proven himself constantly since I have been on the force.”

“Still, we have gotten complaints about him and of you as well. Hell, on your first day of patrol you killed four people.”

“And it was all in self-defense. They came after me and I returned the favor. If you don’t like how I do things, then leave the force.” Julia wasn’t
going to back down or take crap from this man.

Lt. Boreanaz kept his gaze on Julia “you think your better than everyone, don’t you?”

“Only those who think they are better than everyone else. Also, who think with their small head, instead of their big head.” An evil grin appears on Julia’s face.

Lori just smirks at Mrs. Bounty’s comment. She wonders why Lt. Boreanaz hates Mrs. Bounty so much. She sends a quick message to
Commander Marsters letting him know his niece was here to see him.

“Aren’t you currently on suspension?”

“What of it?”

“It just proves what several people think of you, Mrs. Bounty. You’re a reckless officer that doesn’t know how to follow the rules and regulations.”

“You mean striking a corrupt and racist officer? He deserved what he got from me and I would do it all over again. When one of us put this badge on. We take a pledge to serve and protect the citizens. If an officer has a problem with how someone’s skin tone or religion is. Then they don’t deserve to wear the badge.”

“And who are you to determine who is fit to wear the badge?”

“Someone who was brought up the right way and can kick your ass.” Julia knew she was slowly losing her temper.

“Is that your answer to everything? Beat or kill anyone who disagrees with you?”

“No, but in your case, I’ll make an exception.” An evil smile appears on Julia’s face.

Commander Masters had seen the message from Lori and decided to go and greet his niece. As he was walking from his office, towards the entrance. He spotted Lt. Boreanaz talking to his niece. He knew Lt. Boreanaz didn’t like his niece very much. He also knew there were other officers in the force that didn’t care for her either.

The problem was, they were protected by people higher than he was and there wasn’t much he could do. He has managed to shield Julia as much as he can, but there wasn’t much more he could do for her.

“You know Lt. You’re lucky I’m not like my father. Because if I was, you would be laid out on the floor right now.” Julia knew what her father would do to him.

“You mean that killer you call a father?” Lt. Boreanaz knew a lot about Mr. Bounty and what he has done. The problem was, he was protected and there wasn’t much he or any of the higher-ups could do about it.

“The man you call a killer has done more for this country and others than you have ever done. If anyone is a coward, it is you.” Julia loved her father a lot.

Lt. Boreanaz was about to respond when he spots Commander Masters walking towards them. He just glares at Julia, before he turns and walks away. As he is walking away, he thinks about how he can make her life miserable.

Commander Masters caught the last part of the conversation between Lt. Boreanaz and Julia. He knew how much his niece loved her father. He had to admit, that he liked Mr. Bounty and the whole Bounty clan a lot as well. He watches as Lt. Boreanaz walks off.

Julia spots her uncle walking towards her. She figures he must be the reason Lt. Boreanaz walked off all of sudden. She just smiles as her Uncle Masters gets closer.

“Julia, it's been a while. What brings you to my office today?” Commander Masters hugs his niece.

“I thought I would come by and see how you are doing uncle. Also, I would like to talk to you about something.” Julia returns her uncle’s hug.

“Why don’t we head to my office and talk in private.”

“Okay, uncle.”

Commander Masters leads Julia back towards his office. As they are walking towards his office “how are your sisters doing?”

“Well, Alyona just made the chess rank of International Masters. Silvia is enjoying her job at the bakery and is dating a firefighter recruit. Gina is in Washington D.C. with her husband about providing some bodyguards to senators and congressmen. The secret service and US Marshals don’t have enough men to spare for the job.”

“Sounds like you guys are staying busy. How are the kids doing?”

“They are doing fine. Chayton made the basketball team and is one of their star players. Haylee is helping Doctor Crank down at his veterinarian clinic on the weekends. She wants to be a vet. As for Catori, she doesn’t know what she wants to be. However, according to her teachers and what I hear from Christmas, Catori likes helping her teachers.”

“Maybe, she’ll become a teacher.” Commander Masters has always known Julia wanted to be a cop.

“That would be nice. I think she would make a good teacher.” Julia was proud of her children.

“How is Arabella doing?”

A smirk appears on Julia’s face “she wants to be a professional gamer. Her computer skills are unbelievable and she belongs to a group of local hackers.”

“I know the group you're talking about. They have done some computer work for the department. We had a computer breach a few months back. They managed to track down who penetrated our computers and remove the ransomware that had been left behind.”

“Arabella is extremely good with computers and I know Gina keeps a close eye on her computer usage.”

“That is good. Arabella is a good kid.” Masters leads Julia into his office.

“That she is. So, what is it you want to talk to me about?” Dereck looks at his niece.

“My new captain, Thomas Floyd Wheeler. I want to know why he was placed in charge of my precinct?”

“I wish I could tell you, Julia. I had nothing to do with his placement at your precinct. Why are you asking about him?” Dereck was curious.

“Because he gave me three days suspension for punching another officer.”

“Why did you punch another officer?” Dereck wonders what his niece did.

“He was trying to frame an older black guy with a drug charge. He said that Terror missed finding them.”

“Okay, one, I know that wouldn’t happen and two, it sounds like this officer had it out for the suspect.”

“I agree. When I told my new captain what happened. He put me on a three-day suspension. Also, I think he doesn’t like me very much. He went over my personnel file and questioned everything in it, including me using my wolf, instead of a normal police dog.”

A thoughtful look appears on Dereck’s face as he listens to Julia. He didn’t know much about Captain Wheeler, except that he came from Texas.

“Julia, I don’t know much about your new captain or why the commissioner hired an outsider to fill the spot. I also don’t know why he seems to have it in for you, but I will find out. I suggest you try to keep your head down until I find out more about him.”

“He doesn’t have the authority to fire me.”

“No, he doesn’t, but he can transfer you or suspend you again.”

“If he does, I can always work under my security badge from my father’s company.” Julia still had the badge that her father gave her.

“But that’s why you became a police officer, sweetie. You wanted to do your own thing.”

“I know. Well, it's been nice talking with you uncle.” Julia stands up to leave.

“Just lay low for a while, Julia. I’ll look into your captain and get back to you.” Commander Masters wanted to know what Julia’s new captain had against his niece.

“Thanks, Uncle Dereck.”

“You’re welcome, Julia.”

“I’ll see myself out, uncle.” Julia turns and leaves her uncle’s office and head outside to her truck.