Leah's POV
My brain felt like it was about to fucking pop inside of my skull as I was led through the door into Leelanau County Juvenile detention center. I was led to a little glass window that separated me from an older woman sitting at the computer. "Alright, full name please," The lady asked me as she was ready to type on her computer, "Aaliyah Michelle Montgomery," I said, sounding truly fuckin dead inside as I talked to this woman through the window "Date of birth?" She asked me the next question. "September 18th, 2002," I told her my birthday as she wrote everything down. "home address?" She said, looking at me. I suddenly felt extremely insecure as I must have looked like a fucking mess. I hope I get a chance to fix my face before they make me take my mugshot, maybe if I just do what they say they'll let me
"3290 Montgomery Landing Rd" I gave them my parent's address, so exhausted I didn't even feel like lying. Being arrested has a funny way of forcing you to do the right thing. I was also extremely hungover, still a little drunk, and trying my hardest not to throw up in front of this woman. "I need a way to contact a parent or legal guardian, a phone number or email address will do, if you have neither I can have an officer go to the home and tell them where their child is," the lady behind the desk said adjusting her dark purple glasses on her face
"Can it be my older brother? He's an adult," I asked, hoping and praying she said yes. I was trying tirelessly to keep my parents from being brought into this despite knowing it was literally impossible. "No, I'm sorry kid, We need whoever is legally responsible for you." She said, looking like she felt sorry for me. "My dad is Sherrif Joshua Montgomery," I said, this woman looking shocked. I gave her his phone number. I would have put my mom's, but she was just going to tell Dad immediately, so it didn't matter. I was fucking dead the second that man got his hands on me, so really none of this mattered
"Okay, I'll shoot him a text here in a minute. Tell me, how did you end up in this situation? I wanna know from the beginning don't leave out any details" She asked, seeming genuinely curious about how she ended up booking 3/4 of her boss's kids into jail at 8 am
I let out a heavy sigh, rubbing my exhausted eyes trying to relieve the pain coming from behind them. "It's so fucking stupid- last night we were all drunk as fuck trying to find ways to get more alcohol with no money. We all talked up this half-assed plan to steal it, then it got serious, and we actually did it. It just happened so fucking fast that I didn't stop to think this might be a stupid idea until it was already happening. Me, my boyfriend Nicholas, my brother and sister Landon and Rachel, and my best friend Kylie all rode up there last night, Rachel stayed in the car waiting for us while Landon, Nick, Kylie and I went into the store and started grabbing shit with our faces covered. Nick cornered the cashier while we did this. When we got what we came for, we ran off and Rachel drove off with us" I said, wanting to cry. This was so fuckin stupid and embarrassing, I will be the first to say, I am a fucking liar. I hate telling the truth so much. Being put in a situation that I couldn't lie my way out of was physically painful.
"Was the cashier injured or threatened at any point?" She asked me as I fidgeted with my hands cuffed together in front of me. "No- I mean he threatened to just for show but he told us like a million times before we left that he did not want to hurt anybody in the process and he wasn't going to. None of us wanted to hurt anybody" I said to her. I wondered how Nick and Landon were doing, they took them to a different area in this building the second they got there. I was still very fucking angry at Nick, given that it was his fault all this shit fell apart. He basically gave the cops our location, everybody on the planet who knows anything about phones, knows they can be tracked. I assumed he would throw the phone out of the truck, but I guess not
"Well, if anything I'm glad you guys had the sense not to cause that man any harm. Alright, tell me about your relationship with the others involved. you said 2 of them are your siblings?" She asked. "yes ma'am, Landon is my twin brother and Rachel is our older sister," I said to her, my head pounding inside my skull. "Are you real close with them? yall have good relationships with each other" She asked me, continuing to type
