The Arrest

Wrote two proses with a similar prompt each as practice.

Jeremy turned and faced Leslie, his sister and a police officer.

Jeremy was walking home from a stressful day at school. His feet dragged the floor as the sweat kept pouring out of his pores. Unfortunately for Jeremy, another pile of stress would be added upon his miserable head. He was walking alongside a building as he saw flashing blue and red lights that came from the direction of his street. He turned the corner and saw a police officer alongside his sister Leslie.

“What the- what’s going on?!” Said Jeremy as he saw his sister in handcuffs.

“Are you the suspect’s brother?” Said the police officer as he was fixing his hat.

“Yes!” Jeremy rushed towards the patrol car, dropping his bag before taking off. “What’s my sister being arrested for? Why the handcuffs?!” He was losing his breath.

“We found fingerprints on a gas tank that belonged to your sister. We believe it was used for a recent arson incident.” The officer said in a monotonic voice which was his way of expressing impartiality.

“ARSON?!” As Jeremy said those words, he collapsed and only saw the darkness beneath his eyes.

Jeremy turned and faced Leslie, his sister, and a police officer.

Jeremy was walking home from a stressful day at school. His feet dragged along the pavement as the sweat kept pouring out of his pores. Unfortunately for Jeremy, the blood in his veins would rush ten times as fast and they did in that moment. He was walking alongside a building as he saw flashing blue and red lights that came from the direction of his street. He turned the corner and saw his friend Leslie who was being restrained by an officer and his sister Nelly who was being treated by paramedics.

Shocked at the scene, Jeremy said in a fit of terror, “What’s going on?!”

“Are you the victim’s brother?” Said the police officer as he gently held Leslie in her handcuffs.

“You mean Nelly? Yes I am!” Jeremy dropped his bag before he took off on both legs to rush in the aid for Nelly. “What happened? Is she gonna be OK? Why’s Leslie here and being arrested?”

“A witness called and said that they saw Leslie stab Nelly with a knife. Fortunately it didn’t hit any vitals or arteries but we’ll still be taking her in for attempted murder.”

Jeremy couldn’t believe what he heard, could his friend really have so much contempt and violent anger within her heart?

Author's Note

“Jeremy turned and faced Leslie, his sister, and a police officer.” Is the second prompt

Reviews

[Delmar Cooper]

When I read the first line I wondered what you were about. "Does he realize just how ambiguous this opening sentence is? " Yes,he did. Though that does not lessen the ambiguity.

Thanks for sharing. It is funny.