"Hales are you okay?" Jay whispers as we all were on our way to the police stations.
"How can I be okay?" I says as my gaze was at the window. I always loved drives, I always loved the view, I loved how I can clear my mind through it
But right now, the silence only made me think about Frank and Peterkin, I don't think it's a good thing for me to me in silence, it makes me think.
Every time I think, I think about Peterkin. I see her begging for air, I see the person who used to be my dad standing there and let this happen.
We haven't got the chance to get to our houses. Peterkin blood is still on my hands, every time I look at my hands I feel the blame and the shame that I carry since I left her there, dying.
"John B what are we doing at the police station?" Jay asks as we arrives "somebody's gotta tell them what happened" John B says before Pope starts coughing after he hit JJs joint
"Easy there, chief" Jay says as Pope continues coughing "all right. I am just gonna be real with you right now, you might end up in the lion's den, but you don't go there on purpose" Jay says
"Just like my old man always told me, you should ever ever trust cops. No matter what the circumstances is" he adds "I agree with JJ. Fuck the police" Pope speaks
"You know what? Peterkin was good. I am sorry I haven't got the chance to make you guys see that but she was on my side!" I snaps
"Hales clam down" Jay says "No! John B is right, they need to know the fucking truth" I says getting out of the car
"Haley wait" John B says following me "I am coming with you" he adds and I nod before we gets into the station
"Um... excuse me ma'am" John B says to the dispatcher as we hear her talking on the radio "this is not a good time kids" she says "I know who shot the sheriff" John B speaks making her look at us
"You stay put" she says before walking away "you don't have to do this, you can go back to the others" John B says "I have to, for Peterkin" I says
"Central, three buck. We have suspect in our 31. John Rougtldge" we hears on the radio and we share a look "motherfuckers-" I says before two cops enters the room
"Just... breath all right?" The cop says "let me see your hands" the other one says "John B do what he says" she says as we both raises our hands
"He didn't do it okay?" I says "don't... move" the cop says "don't move!" He screams as we both ran away and I feel a person grabbing me
"Run after John B!" She says grabbing my hand and handcuffing them "Johm B run!" I yells
"You're coming with us" she says putting me in a car "listen to me, he didn't do it!" I says "we'll see about that" she says sitting in the front seat as we were waiting for the other cop to come back
He came back a few minutes after alone, seems upset. He wasn't with John B so I was more relax to know that he got away
"Don't worry we'll catch him" the cop says "you better tell the fucking truth" the cop that ran after John B says looking at me before he looks back at the road and starts driving
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Fever dream • JJ Maybank
Teen FictionWhen everything feels like a fever dream, things don't seem real. maybe Haley hoped that some of the things that she went through wasn't real, so she denies it, that's the way it always has been. Haley baker, the kook princess with the perfect life...
