Amid the Flames

Case Closed

Okay, Hillary found one of the victims addressed and we were going to they're house. I know, I know, that's pretty dumb considering that they set fires for joy. In my defense, I was desperate. So, we went to Audrey Dippet's house. I took a deep breath and rang the doorbell. We waited for a moment, then a woman thirty or so answered the door. "May I help you ?" She greeted politely. I never would have guessed this lady vandalized property.

"Uh, yes. We would like to ask you a couple questions." Said Makayla.
"Umm, okay," she replied.
She came out onto the porch and sat on a lawn chair. She gestured for us to sit on the other chairs.

"What do you want to know?" She asked.
"Yeah, uh, do you have any kids?" I asked.
"No,"
"Do you have parents?"
"Yes, but my father passed away from skin cancer."
My stomach started to churn at the thought of myself getting skin cancer and dying.
"I'm sorry. Did you have a good relationship with him?"
"Yes. I did everything with him."
" I understand how you feel. Both of my parents died a few months ago in an accident and I may have skin cancer because of it."
"Oh, I'm sorry." Her voice began to tremble. My goal was to guilt her into admitting she started the fire, so I took this as a chance to continue.
"Yeah, I loved them very much. Now that they're gone, I live in a hospital. Because of the accident I have these crutches." I saw a tear slip down her cheek.

"Did you hear about the apartment building fire a while ago? That was were my par....."
"I'm so sorry! I started the fire on a drunken spree. This happens all the time! Ugh! Just take me to prison where I can't hurt anyone!" Audrey cut me off sobbing as she spoke. I didn't know what to do. Thankfully, Anthony did.

"Do you really want to go to prison?" He asked.
"Yes, I do! I don't want to hurt anyone else."
"Why don't you just turn yourself in?"
" I'm going to! I'm so sorry about what happened."
She started crying more and more. We left her to take care of herself. We went back to the hospital. I felt bad for Audrey. I thought revenge would be fun, but it was awful. She just did a stupid thing and needed to be punished. Oh well, it was for the best.