A cubic function $f ( x )$ with leading coefficient 1 and $f ( 1 ) = 0$ satisfies
$$\lim _ { x \rightarrow 2 } \frac { f ( x ) } { ( x - 2 ) \left\{ f ^ { \prime } ( x ) \right\} ^ { 2 } } = \frac { 1 } { 4 }$$
Find the value of $f ( 3 )$. [4 points]\\
(1) 4\\
(2) 6\\
(3) 8\\
(4) 10\\
(5) 12