Robbery
Smash! The glass case crumbles; I
reach my hand in grabbing whatever I can. There’s so much adrenaline running
through my body I cannot feel the glass penetrating my hand as I reach in. Red
blood instantly covers the snow-white display.
“Stop him!” Yells the clerk in
panic. I take off.
The security guard’s chasing me
down the stairs of the Avalon Mall, my heart is beating out of my chest. “AJ,
AJ, come on, run faster!” Yells Steve from the entrance. I can’t catch up to
him, he runs out the front door. He hops in the rusted stolen car waiting for
us out front. I sprint toward the door, the getaway car right in front of me. Thump!
I’m tackled to the ground by the mall security guard.
“Drop it, DROP IT,” he screams in
my ear.
The diamond ring slips out of my
hand and falls on the cold mall floor.
“Put your hands behind your back,
anything you say can or will be used against you in the court of law.”
I keep my mouth shut. I can hear
the sirens outside the mall. I’m scared. The police rush in and grab
me, dragging me across the mall floor through the crowd of spectators that I have drawn. The officer grabs the cruiser door handle and tosses me in the back of
the police car.
