Here is Chapter 10 of "Sunrise Over the Bay State" Enjoy and please review :-)
Next morning, Olivia and Nick watched the news, but to their surprise, there was nothing about the Coke Boys.
"This is surprising." said Nick. "Why wouldn't the Coke Boys be on the news?
"I'm not surprised at all." replied Olivia. "Some news isn't worth reporting."
"I know that, but Norwood doesn't have a daily paper, so many won't know about one of the Coke Boys being captured, unless they have social media."
"I see." said Olivia.
NORWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT
8:45AM
Olivia and Nick arrived early to the police department.
Chief Brooks brought them to the conference room.
"Last night, we managed to capture the leader of the Coke Boys." said Chief Brooks. "But, our mission is not done yet. Three of them are still on the loose. They are considered armed and dangerous, and a warrant has already been placed for their arrest. Let's hope they are captured soon."
Nick and Olivia were confident.
"I want one of you to go around town and hang these posters on every corner." continued Chief Brooks. "It's very important that the public knows about the Coke Boys."
"What's the other thing?" asked Olivia.
"Questioning Ricardo." said Chief Brooks.
"I'll go around town and hang the posters." said Nick. "I'm not good with questioning other people."
"Sounds good." said Olivia. "Will you back here for lunch?"
"Sure will be." replied Nick, and he took off.
NORWOOD CENTER
9:30AM
Nick was hanging WANTED posters all across town.
Suddenly, he noticed a Hispanic female crying on a bench.
He went over to see what was the matter.
"Everything alright ma'am?" asked Nick.
"My son! Give me back my son!" cried the lady. "He got arrested last night! He's an innocent man!"
Nick knew that the lady crying had to be Ricardo's mom, but he didn't want to tell that her son was arrested for being part of the Coke Boys."
"Can you tell me a little bit about your son?" asked Nick.
"He's only 19! He doesn't deserve to go to jail so young! I didn't know he was hanging around with those nasty black men!"
Nick was listening, but now, he had to explain the truth to why Ricardo was arrested.
"He was part of the Coke Boys. The other three are wanted for immediate arrest."
The lady was horrified to hear this.
Nick handed one of the posters over to her.
"Why would you do this Ricardo?!" she shouted.
"Relax ma'am." said Nick. "Now, do you happen to know any information about these Coke Boys?"
The lady stopped to think for a moment.
"All I know is that Ricardo left about 9:30 last night. Told me that he was going out with his "crew" and would be back in the morning."
"Did the officers contact you last night about Ricardo?" asked Nick.
"They sure did. Woke me up out of my sleep at 4:30am. I was so upset, that I couldn't go to sleep!"
"Thank you ma'am." said Nick. "That's all I have to ask you for now? If you have any questions or concerns, call the police department."
Nick left, and went back to hanging up the WANTED posters.
NORWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT
INTERROGATION ROOM
10:15AM
Olivia was waiting for Chief Brooks and Ricardo to come in to be questioned.
In no time, Ricardo was brought in by Chief Brooks, still in handcuffs.
He sat down, and Chief Brooks took a seat in the center of the room.
Olivia began to speak.
"Can you tell me why you're here?"
Ricardo didn't say a word.
In fact, Ricardo didn't say a word, for a long time.
As time went on, things remained silent.
Chief Brooks then spoke up.
"Ricardo, you should know why you're here. You were part of a gang, you've worked with them to commit crimes. Why would you do that?"
Finally, Ricardo spoke.
"They forced me in." he sighed. "They threatened to murder me if I didn't join their group."
"So why did you join?"
"Cause I didn't want my life to end so young. I thought they were going to just be doing drugs, but I didn't know that they were going to cause trouble."
"Where did you meet them?"
"Dorchester. My brother lives down there. I was walking to Dudley Station, when I happened to have a run in with Bruce, who was the leader of the Coke Boys at the time."
"And what did he ask you?"
"To join the group. He said if I didn't, he stab me."
"I see." said Chief Brooks. "Well, I think we have done enough questioning for now, thank you for you time."
Chief Brooks then escorted Ricardo back to his cell.