"Hey," Kris said as she grabbed one of the boys shirt and pulled him back.
"What is going on?" Junior asked the boy.
"I'm.. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to run." the boy said.
"Ya, right." Kris said.
"Now," Junior said, "we are going to ask you one more time, where is Todd Ritter."
The boy was silent for a moment. "At the police station." he finally said.
Kris and Junior both looked at each other confused, then Kris looked back at the boy. "Why is Todd there?" she asked.
"Because we got caught." he said.
"We?" Junior asked.
"Ya." he said.
"So then why aren't you there with him?" Kris asked frustrated.
"Because my parents picked me up." he said.
Kris let go of his shirt, and the boy ran off.
Kris walked back to the car, Junior knew that Kris would be wanting to go to the police station. So that's where he was going to take her.
Kris didn't say a word at all, during the ride to the station. The truth was she didn't know what to say, all she kept thinking was, is Todd going to go down my path, go to jail and everything. Kris desperately didn't want that.
They arrived at the station but both stayed in the car. Junior looked at Kris as she stared out the window. "Are we going to go in or not?" he asked her.
But Kris didn't hear him, "Is it going to happen to him too?" she finally asked.
"Is what going to happen him?" he asked.
"My life," she said is a worried voice. "Is Todd going to have my same life as me?"
"You mean jail?" he asked.
"Ya, and the rest of my life as well." she said with tears in her eyes as she looked up.
"What is wrong life? I mean, you have a great life." he said.
"Ya, right." she replied as she wiped away her tears.
"You do." he said softly as he grabbed her hand. "You have a great life. And you know that Todd is a smart kid, and won't do something so stupid to go to jail."
Kris took a deep breath, "Ya, I know."
Junior looked at her and smiled, "Okay, well let's go and get him."
TO BE CONTINUED...