Life had handed Arnez a twist she hadn't expected. Thinking of herself as a strong woman, she approached her problem like any self-confident woman would. She went with Plan A; she ignored her grief and plowed ahead, trying to live her life, thinking all she needed to do was work. After learning the hard way how that was an approach that wasn't working very well, Arnez she pulled herself together and moved on to Plan B. When killing herself didn't work, and God gave her a hard slap on the back of the head, she decided it was time to get back to putting energy into the only thing that was left, which was working Major Crimes in Seattle, and working out the kinks she had caused with her family and friends.
