In The Blink Of An Eye

Chapter 1

the man pulled me away from the body and spun me around and pulled out his hand cuffs.

"you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be used against you in the court of law. you have the right to..." I zoned out as the men covered my moms body with a white plastic covering. he closed the hand cuffs with my bags still in my hands.

a much older man came and grabbed the chain between my cuffs and dragged me to the car. i stood by the side of the car and he placed my bags in the seat next to mine and approached me.

"so why'd yah do it?" i said

"i didnt. i was getting a pretzel and there was a mob of people running. my curiosity got the best of me so i checked it out... its my mom." i said beggining to cry.

"well your gonna have to spend the night in jail till we can get the security cam footage to prove it."

i wasnt going to argue. he opened the door and i slide in. he kept trying to talk to me, but i really didnt care.

i had lost my mom. the only person who truely cared about me. id have to be with my dad all the time, we hated eachother. i thought about how horrible i behaved tward my mother. how i had come home wasted and i punch her for trying to help me, how she never told my dad about it because she knew he would beat the shit out of me with whatever he could get his hands on. she convinced my dad to get me a car, she was always on my side. She threatened to ground me but never did. she truely understood me.

about 19 minutes later we arrived at the police station and they put me in a cell, they only had like 3 so i was sharing with two woman who were making out in the corner and a girl who looked about my age and another who was givin me the eyes.

"im not a monkey, i dont swing that way." i spat, fiddling with my belly button ring.

she quickly redirected her eyes to the two ladies sucking face in the corner, she looked a bit jelous... but whatever. this place is boring as fuck. if i wasntt gonna get any cop attention anytime soon might as well talk to the gurl my age.

"so why are you here?" i asked her. she looked confused for a minute, but stood up and walked to the chair next to mine.

"my ex-fiance snuck into my house in attempt to take back his engagment ring... which i had already sold. i thought he was a robber so i grabbed my pistol out of my bedside drawer and shot him. they are debating on self defense or homicide or whatever it is. you?"

i hesitated for a moment, but gained the courage to say it. "i was at the mall and there was alot of running and screaming, so i went to go she what all the commostion was about, when i saw my mom, dead, on the floor. and just my luck the cops showed up and thought i was the killer. they have confirmed im her daughter but need to check the tapes before i can leave."

"im so sorry." she said. "my names Ava,

"tessa" i said

a cop walked over and my dad followed. he opened the cell and i waved by to ava and followed the to the 'interogation' room.

"we saw the footage, your clear." the cop said

i sighed in relief.

"wait whats going on, why is she even here, wheres my wife?" my dad asked the cop.

"sir, your wife was brutaly stabbed in the mall today. your daughter was getting a pretzel, as shown on tapes, and a largeish man came up behind her and stabbed multiple time. the video shows your daughter wandering over to her body as we arrived and cuffed her."

"THIS IS YOUR FAULT!!" my dad yelled at me

"sir its-"

"no its completely her fault, if she would have satyed with her mom none of this would have happened." he said pulling at his hair "lets go, were leaving.

"no, im going to spend the night here like i was suppost to, let you have tiime to cool down, and do whatever you need to."

he grabbed my by the back of my neck and dragged me tward the door. the cop raised his gun at my dad and he froze in his tracks.

"drop tessa, NOW!!" he relesed me before the cop lead him out of the room. he relaesed me and i coolapsed on the ground the officer helped me to my feet and took my dad out of the room. he came back in about 5 minutes later.

"who do you want to pick you up tommorow?" he asked

"wheres my car?"

"we found your keys on seat in my squad car and they are retreving it now. but we dont want you driving after something so traumatic."

"fine. my brother."

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ava was standing outside the cell waiting to be taken to the sleeping cells when i was escorted back. wanna share a bunk with me, i call top bed!!" ava said

"haha sure." we followed the cop to the small bunk room. it had about 15-20 sets on bunks.

i wa so tired i plopped down and immediatly fell asleep, today was just to much for me to handle right now.