Chapter Six

“What are you doing? That is a student, not a football! You can’t just throw her around. That is Maria Vessey, the one you came to see! What on earth is wrong with you?”

The man cop instantly let go of me. His female partner sent him another glare. He opened his mouth to defend himself.

“Well, these kids were giving us a hard time. I didn’t know she was Maria Vessey!”

“She told you who she was.” Dillon snapped.

I sighed inwardly. What the heck was going on? First I was the criminal, now I was the victim? Nothing was making sense. This was like an algebra math problem, impossible to figure out.

The female cop smiled slightly.

“We had a little misunderstanding, that’s all. Now, we have work to do. So if we can take Miss Vessey with us now, we have some things we need to discuss with her.”

Miss Wilson nodded her head, but sent a disapproving glare at the man cop.

“They toss her around like a f***ing football and you’re going to let them take her?” Dillon demanded.

“We’re cops, boy. Let us do our job. Why don’t you go back to class so you can hopefully learn a thing or two about respect.”

Dillon grounded his teeth.

“They are cops, Dillon. We don’t have a choice..”

“Which we will be doing now. Sorry for the confusion, Miss Wilson. Have a good day.” The female cop said quickly, flashing another smile.

The male cop opened the office door. Dillon hugged me tightly. Miss Wilson bit her lip and smiled a small sad smile at me. The female cop touched my arm gently and gestured forward.

I walked through the office door. Within seconds the female cop and male cop were on either side of me. I felt like a toddler walking between to protective parents. I wonder if all criminals felt like this while they were being taken questioning then probably to be thrown into a jail cell.

I sighed. If they were going to let me rot in a jail cell for the rest of my life they would have to tell me why. Right? I closed my eyes and inhaled deeply. What had I done?