The Days After the Assination

Chapter One

    I put Amy and Aden's food on the table using all the breaths in my lungs to call them. Then I poured them orange juice and set them down along with napkins.  I quickly move opening the fridge and grabbing four small caprisun pouches. After I set it in their lunch pails along with the sandwiches. Aden came down first running to the table. He grabbed his cup of orange juice quickly, before he could take a sip of it, I took it out of his hands.

  "Breakfast first, you know the rules. Did you wash your hands and say grace?"

  He hoped out of his seat and ran back up stairs while Amy cam trotting down. She had on thick light baby blue eye shadow and bright red lipstick. I grab a napkin wiping her face.

  "Miss T. said I can wear it today."

  "You know I don't let you wear make up to school. Did you wash your hands?" When she nods I tell her to say grace before eating.

  Aden came back in the room and sat down and began eating.

  "Mom!" I shouted as an older women appear happy.

  "What happened to the girl's make up?"

  "Mom, I don't let her wear make up to school."

  "Did you forget today sweetie?"

  "No I didn't."

  "Today's veterans's day honey," mother says as she sits down taking a sip of her orange juice.

  "Grandma breakfast first!" Aden spat her.

  "I know honey but Granny was thirsty"

  "Mom!"

  "I'm sorry Abby. I'll let you wear make up on Monday."

  "That's a whole week!"

  "She's hoping you would forget."

  "Mom!"

  "Mom!"

  "Oh brother!"

  I  grab my plate sticking plastic around it, "go to the car, go to the car."

  "Are the chairs in the car especially my comfy chair?"

  "Yes Granny."

  "Come on hurry along guys!" I say rushing them from the table to the car. Mom would drive them and sit somewhere they would see the show while I'll sit with my station. 

  I quickly grabbed my keys, put in the engine and race out to 7th street and Broadway.

  Today was the veterans parade and I was the one who would be taking pictures of it. The only reason I signed up for this was because  of the various congress politicians who are running for the upcoming election year.

  I jump out the car fixing my stand and begin the evening taking small i interviews and pictures of people passing by.  People sat on the back of cars waving their hands for a local parade. Congresswoman Tara Dey, who is running for president of the US was among them. She had not shown up yet, how excited I would be to see her.

   This women was the perfect candidate. She took environmental health into great consideration and the poor and middle classes without passing out any freebies. She also carried herself and manner of significance in everything she said and do.  She wasn't all talk, she would say her plans of what she was doing in precise detail.  Her sense of credibility had drawn many people to her in this upcoming election.  I am fully confident, she is going to win.

  I clicked away at the passing people.

    The uproar told me she was coming, I dashed forward taking picture after the picture. Close and far away. She looked beautiful in her red tux as she smiled greeting everyone. She even hoped out of her car and started to shake hands with people passing out water bottles. I run across the street and sit one knee on the road as I click one last time.

  There was a loud snapping noise and the women had fallen to the ground. Her neck snapped back and blood spurted from her body. I kept clicking, I didn't know what to do or what happened. I just had knew I had to get the people running away and the people running toward her. The pictures will tell a great story later.