[attr="class","TITLE"]PERSONALITY

[attr="class","CONTENT"]A common theme with Willa is her friendliness. She is adventurous, imaginative, and curious to learn, which feeds into her desire to hear others' ideas and listening to their perception of things. This doesn’t mean she is all bubble gum and rainbows, however. She can be friendly without being a total pushover or having to redraw boundary lines with others. She has a little bit of sass behind her when she is taunted or teased, not afraid to dish out what is given to her. And she certainly has a quick wit, which has come out during investigations and interviews before. Wit and banter are what you likely will find with her. Though she isn’t bad at small talk either.

[attr="class","TITLE"]BIOGRAPHY

[attr="class","CONTENT"]Born as the second child out of four to her parents. Two boys, two girls. What a lucky couple to have it evenly work out like that. Though that was about as nice as the family's story got to be. Willa's father was a criminal. He was constantly in and out of jail or some sort of trouble. Bringing it home sometimes where the kids would find themselves locking themselves in a bathroom just waiting for it to be over. Their mother, while loving to the children, did nothing right by them. She allowed him to come back, time, and time again. With his false promises that things would be better this time. That he stopped his ways. He was on the straight and narrow now. And yet, every time, they would come full circle and end up back at the start.

The siblings really raised one another, their mother working small waitressing jobs here and there. Cleaning houses when she could. Any odd job that she could do to bring money home. Try to put food on the table and clothes on their backs. After so many visits however from police, the children were taken away when they realized how toxic of an environment they were living in. The bruises helped make that decision as well, seeing as how the older two of the siblings seemed to take the brunt of frustration that came from their father. Willa was only ten at the time.

Even though the siblings told them, being child services, over and over again that they wanted to be kept together. It didn't happen. It was hard to place four children altogether. This meant that Willa and her youngest brother were put into a home. Her older brother and younger sister were pulled into another home. Willa cried for days, not knowing what to do without the other two. She was reserved during her middle school years, remaining in foster care with her brother. Thankfully she got to keep him with her. She didn't really turn her attention around until she hit high school. Once she joined the ROTC program, she found that she really enjoyed the structure that it gave her. She was wickedly sharp, and always had done well academically, but this program challenged her. She even went on to join the track team during her sophomore year and even won the state in her senior year.

Though during her high school years, while she seemed put together there, she was in a battle with the courts over being deemed an adult. Her mother was trying to get custody of them once more. And at first, she was thrilled. Assuming that meant that her father was officially out of the picture and they could have a somewhat normal family. Poor or not. But that was the farthest thing from reality. As she went to a supervised visit, she realized that their father was very much involved. Willa applied to be officially declared an adult and released from the system at the age of sixteen. After months long processes, she was released but her brother was returned to her parents. She fought for custody of him when she was old enough but ultimately wasn’t able to provide everything the courts needed for her to gain custody.

Once she graduated, she got an academic scholarship for a college not far from her brother. Waiting to keep an eye out for him. She graduated with her bachelors degree and went right into the police academy. It reminded her of the ROTC program that she had liked during high school and wanted to do something with her life. Once on the force, she climbed the ladder quickly and found herself a detective role within the county.

During the pandemic break out, Lethford police had put out basically ‘help wanted’ in the department and she applied for the transfer to help out Lethford. Once accepted, she packed up her belongs and headed for the center of the break out.

[attr="class","ALIAS"]AUTHORED BY FINNLEY