Tony Howes
1-4-12
English
Dark, Dark city
The
neon lights shone bright and twinkling. Noised buzzed through the dark alley
way. Huge buildings surrounded me as though they were guarding something. When
we moved to South Hadley I didn’t know where I
would fit in but I managed. What goes on here is a mystery always seeming to
elude me somehow.
I quickly wrote our live in maid
Madame Delatorre a note so she would not fret as to where I was. I looked in to
my parent’s room but for some strange reason my father wasn't there. I grabbed
my South Hadley Tigers jacket and zipped it up and grabbed my camera gear and
left the house. I checked my watch and it read 1:45 am. Perfect I thought to
myself ill finally be alone with just her.
“Well, I hope you saved me a seat.” my
girlfriend Skylar said as she hugged me. Her beautiful model like smile always
got to me the way she held my hand always made me feel warm even if it was
freezing. I had such compassion towards her it was just so sad.
The night was brisk as I walked home to my
new home. As I tuned down the street I heard a familiar voice say “what do you
mean you don’t have the money?” “I’m sorry just give me one more week.” a raspy
voice said. “I’ve given you far too long” the first voice said. Then a loud Pop
followed being enthralled with this conversation I didn't realize I was in the
wide open and hid behind a big pine tree. Oh my god I have to get out of
here! I ran home not bothering to even change my clothes as I jumped under the
cover of my already too small bed. When I calmed down I took out my camera but
it was already on. How strange I thought. I remembered the film and found I had
filmed the can’t be! I thought
The sunlight shone brightly through my window at 8:00 am. I rubbed
my eyes oblivious to what had happened last night. I made myself a cup of hot
chocolate and saw my dad sitting on the couch watching the news. Sure enough
they were talking about the murder. “This woman was seen fleeing the scene last
night “No way I thought that’s Mrs. Wood! I called Skylar right away and told
her to meet me. “What’s wrong” she asked? “Nothing” so I replied as she put her perfect arms around my waist. “Tony, I know you and something’s wrong you
can tell me” “I just thought I get some shots of the Sunset” “Don’t change the
subject Tony.” “fine, When I was walking home I heard some voices and then I
heard a gunshot” “I’m so sorry” She said “what can I do” I replied Well you've got to do something you can’t just keep this to yourself.” And we laid there
holding each other in the field until the sun went down.
That night I had a dream. I was being chased by a man with the
same voice as I heard last night and he was chasing me as if powered by a gas
pedal running faster and faster getting closer and closer. I ran into a curb
and tripped. An arm picked me up and I felt a cold circle pushed to my temple
at that moment the man ripped off his mask to revile the face of my father. He
said “ you’ve always had your decisions made for you but this one’s up to you
and you better make the right decision, or else”. And with a strange grin he
pulled the trigger. I woke up in a cold sweat. I sprinted to put on my jacket
and ran all the way to the police station
At the station a studious woman said “how may I assist you?”
I…I….I have this tape, I think someone would watch. The woman called for some
officer and they put my tape into the small TV In the corner. The mysterious
night of the murder appeared on the screen. The officer looked closely at the
screen and jumped when the gunshot went off. “Who is that man” they asked.
“That’s…that’s…that’s my…” I struggled to finish the sentence “That’s my
father.” “You did the right thing.” The officers said “what’s going to happen
to my dad” I asked “well he’s going to have to spend a long time in jail.” The
police officer responded.
They sat me down in the lobby for awhile and I waited and waited until the front door swung open and thrust my father inside. He looked my way and our eyes locked. I felt like I should explain. I felt like breaking into a thousand little pieces. I know I had done the right thing but it felt so wrong. I tried to turn away, but the only thing I knew how to do was cry. One by one the tears slid down my cheeks.
The End
