Free Eternal Soulmate by Brooklyn Taylor

to settle for anything less.
    I can hear nana telling me “Coop, sweetie, you’ll find her and when you do, she’ll turn your world upside down. You’ll feel feelings you never thought were humanly possible.”
    My grandpa was a salesman and worked extremely hard to support his family of 4- her, my mother and her brother. Her brother, my uncle, is someone I am extremely close with. I would kill for him. He’s a retired pilot. Neil was my father figure, best friend and role model. He taught me to work hard for everything I have and to never give up.  Neil made me believe that anything and everything is attainable if you put your mind to it, but, you will have to work hard for it. I talk to him a couple times a day every day.  He and my Nana are my rocks.  They helped make me into the man I am today. I will forever be thankful for the father he didn’t have to be to me. He took me all over the nation growing up and also supported my decision to become a police officer. My Nana did too. She was more nervous about me getting injured. My uncle’s way of thinking was, if he gets hurt he gets hurt doing what he loves. I don’t have a single childhood memory without him in it. My uncle bought a farm after he retired in Taylor which is where I go quite a bit. I try to help him as much as I can and hope one day soon I can move out there and run it with him full time. I want to build my home on the land. I will miss working at the station, but, I know my time is just about there and it’s almost time to move on. I am getting too affected by this line of work. I can’t handle much more emotionally. I knew I’d take it personally, but I didn’t think I would take it to this level.
    After two hours of sleep I head into the office to check on the status of the few cases I needed to finish reports on. I am hoping the charges against the perps will hold and they won’t get out of them. I want them off the streets. One particular man – Nick- I want to take down. He is an alcoholic and woman beater. He’s a real scumbag and he is one that I will not quit until I make sure he is off the streets for good. He has had three wives and has beaten every one of them. Every single one finally divorced him, but the last barely got away from him in time. Nothing and I mean nothing, makes me sicker than a man that beats a woman. I take it personal when I can’t save them, just like I couldn’t save my mother from my dad.
    I thought about texting Ashlynn and telling her how excited I am about tonight, but that sounds like a total pussy thing to do. Beau would laugh his ass off. My nana would think it was cute, which tells me I probably shouldn’t do it. I don’t want to sound desperate, but, damn this woman, -I can’t get my mind off her. I‘ve only had one other girl that I thought I loved and thought about marrying. What a joke. It wasn’t love. She ran around on me and cheated on me with a douchbag coworker. I’m not getting involved with another woman until I see she is the real deal. I want the whole 10 yards. Hell, Ashlynn is the whole 100 years! Most importantly, I want a grown up. I want someone that wants the same life I want and wants to spend every free moment together. I can’t help, but smile when I think of Ashlynn. Her body in my arms, her smile and her short cute hair. I have got to concentrate so I can get my work done and make some plans for our date. I have this urge to make her mine. I’ve never felt this way. These feelings were so foreign to me.
    Beau finally makes it in to work and looks like Hell.
    “Hey man, good to see ya this morning. You got pretty drunk last night so I didn’t think you would be in on time.”
    Beau responds, “Fuck off Cooper, I’m always on time.”
    “Yeah, whatever dude. I do need to know what you know about Ashlynn. How do you know her?”
    “I know her from high school. She is McKoy’s best friend. McKoy is the girl I have been in love with for years now and didn’t know