Summer in the City

Chapter 8

Author's note! I changed my pen name to SummerSunshine13.

"Hey guys." Summer greeted as she got up the next morning. "What's up?" She walked over to their kitchen table and sat down across from Kirsten and Sandy who were drinking their daily cup of coffee. She realized Seth had already gone to work

"Hey Summer." They both said together and Sandy tossed her a bagel. "How did you sleep? Kirsten asked. They had all stayed up until about 3 last night playing monopoly.

"Better." She shrugged. "I don't know why I keep having bad dreams. I mean I guess I know why but I just don't want them to happen." Summer sighed, not content.

"I know. This must be hard for you." Sandy stood up and placed his cup in the small sink. "I'm going to go out for a bit." He announced. "You and Kirsten can talk." It was completely obvious why he did it and he wasn't subtle about it either.

"Okay, bye Mr. Cohen." Summer waved.

He waved back and left out the door.

"So Summer." Kirsten finally said, her finger quietly tapped her coffee mug. "What are your dreams like? Seth is really worried about them." Kirsten spoke softly. Comfortingly.

"They are nothing. Really. They---" Kirsten interrupted her.

"What are they about?" She asked.

Summer gulped. "They are about the other morning." She lied. She wasn't completely lying but she wasn't going to tell Kirsten the secret she had been keeping since she was 14. She had also dreamed a little bit about her mugging. But the mugging had brought back the nightmares of when she was younger; she had tried so hard to forget about that and now they just came flooding back in.

"Do you want to talk to me about it. I'm a pretty good listener." She chuckled.

"Mrs. Cohen. No offense but I don't really want too. I know everyone says I should. But I am not ready." Summer explained, her head down. Kirsten moved her hand and patted her on the arm.

"That's okay. Maybe you will later on. I'm always here Summer."

"I know." She replied.

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The ringing of a phone was the only thing audible as Summer lay on the sofa taking a rest. Kirsten had gone outside to make a call on her cell.

"Hello?" She asked, picking up the phone.

"Hello, this is Officer Parks from the other day." The man spoke deeply.

"Oh hi." She returned back after she knew who it was.
"I wanted to talk to you about the mugger."

"Okay. What about?" She asked nervously.

"You said he had a piercing on his left eyebrow right?"

"Yes."

"And you said he was about 6 feet tall and had blackish hair."

"That's right."

"Do you think it would be possible if you could come down to the station and take a look at a guy. There is one man who we caught this morning who has mugged another woman that also fits your description."

"Umm. Sure. When?" Summer asked uncomfortably. She didn't want to go and see her mugger if he was there.

"I was thinking you could come by around 4. Is that a good time for you?" The police officer questioned, politely.

"Any time would be okay so 4 sounds fine." Summer replied to the man.

"Well, Okay. You know where the police station is so I will see you then. Bye now."

"Bye." She hung up the phone and she sat down on her couch. Why did she have to be the one do go? Oh yeah, she was the one who was almost raped and killed. Why was it that her life was so terrible. Seth had a good life. He was born to the richest family of Newport California and he now ran a successful Comic Book company. The only bad thing he had to live through was when he was younger he was picked on. Summer had her mom die when she was a little girl, her dad raped her, her dad died and she was an orphan, and now she was mugged and almost killed. Gees, what a life.

Summer was about to get up when the apartment door opened and Kirsten walked in the door, smiling to Summer.

"Hey. I just talked to Ryan. He called to say that he heard about what happened and he told me to say to you that Marissa and him are thinking about you." Kirsten said, walking over to Summer and sitting on the couch with her.

"Really?" Summer looked surprised. The last time she had talked to Coop she basically told Summer to go to hell.

"Yeah. I think they really want to see you. Maybe the next time you come to California to visit us you can go and say hi."

"I will Mrs. Cohen. Thanks." She fiddled with her hands in her lap as a silence filled the air.

"So Summer, what are you going to do? I thought maybe we could go shopping." Kirsten finally broke the quietness with her chipper voice.

Summer looked at her watch and sighed; it was 2:57.

"Umm. I can't go shopping with you today. I have to go to something at 4."

"Oh." Kirsten nodded, disappointed. "Where are you going?"

"Officer Parks called me when you were talking to Ryan and he said that they matched the description I gave him and they wanted me to stop by the station to identify if it is the guy who mugged me." Summer announced, her voice quiet and low.

"Wow. That's a big thing. They might have got the guy." Kirsten was excited. "Would you like me to keep you company?"

Summer sighed uneasy. She didn't want to go alone but she wasn't so sure she could handle being watched during this whole ordeal by someone so close to her.

"Summer, don't worry. I won't embarrass you." Kirsten used her elbow to playfully nudge her shoulder.

"thanks Mrs. Cohen. I would like that." Summer finally agreed to herself and to her boyfriend's mother.

"4, huh?"

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They took the subway to get to the old police station. Summer and Kirsten got off the train and walked the remaining blocks on foot.
"How can you like living here?" Kirsten asked looking at all the grit and grim that covered the sidewalks and you couldn't even see the sky with all its sky-scrapers.

"You get used to it. The first day we moved here, I demanded to Cohen that we leave and go back to Newport. It was so funny. I definitely had to get used to it."

"I mean you can't even see the sky." Kirsten pointed out.

"That's just the downside of living in this city. There are so many great things here that make up for it."

"Really?"

"Yep." Summer agreed. They walked up to the police station and they both entered.

"Hello. I'm Summer Roberts. Officer Parks called me today and asked me to stop by to look at a suspect." Summer told the woman at the desk as soon as they walked in.

"Summer Roberts…" She told herself and searched her computer.

"Gail. I got them." Officer Parks spoke coming out of a room.

"Okay." She replied. "Have a good day."

"Follow me Summer. And I haven't meet you yet. Are you her mother?" Officer Parks asked Kirsten.

"Sorry," She stuck her hand out to shake his. "I'm Kirsten Cohen. I'm Summer's boyfriends mother."

"Aww." He nodded understanding. "Nice to meet you. Now Summer, how have you been doing?" He asked walking them into a hall.

"Better." She replied. The truth was she wasn't but then the man would ask her more questions and she didn't want that. It was better to lie.

"Great. Now walk into this room and have a seat. All you have to do is tell us if this is the man who mugged you." They were seated in a room with a big glass window in front of them. A man with a left piercing in his eyebrow with black hair walked into the room behind the glass wall and was told to stay lined up against the wall.

The man was looking at her with such hate and loathing that Summer had to remember to stay calm. It was the man who had almost raped and killed her.

"Ms. Roberts. Is this the man?" Officer Parks asked her.

"Yes." She stated bravely.

"Are you 100 percent sure?"

"Yes." She repeated again.

"Okay. Take him away." The man called to another police officer.

Summer didn't know why exactly but she felt her eyes begin to fill with tears and she felt Kirsten hug her.

"Good job, Summer. You don't have to worry about anyone hurting you again."

TBC

Next chapter. A confession.

Review.

Sorry it took so long. I got my school schedule yesterday and I have 3 honors classes. Honors Chemistry, Honors Principals of English, and Honors World History. I also have to take Math with a teacher I really truly dislike and since Math is my worst subject it is going to be awful. And they switched up the whole bell schedule so now I am going to be very confused. And PLUS! They cut down our lunch to 30 minutes They cut 15 minutes of lunch to have more school. It sucks!

Neways, review! Who is Summer going to confess her deepest secret too? Sandy? Kirsten, Seth, Marissa, Ryan, Officer Parks? Guess.