There was a quiet knock on Melissa's bedroom door. " Mom," melissa moaned," I don't want to talk about it." Outside the door, she could hear her mom fiddling with the handle.
" Please Melissa, will you let me in?" her mother asked in a gentle voice. She sighed unlocking the door, the throwing herself back onto the bed. as she did, she could hear her old bed creak as her mother sat down on the edge.
As usual, she tried to defend Mr. Wu. " Oh come on sweetie, your father only wants what's best for you. And to be honest, I have to agree with him. That boy is a dangerous hoodlum. " Melissa turned red.
She wiped around furiously to glare at her mother. " Mom! You've never even met him! All my life, you and Dad always told me, Don't judge others, Never listen to stereotypes. Now look at yourself! You've never spoken to him, you only saw a glimpse of him for what, 6 seconds. You didn't spend a month stranded with him on an island. You have no clue!" with that, she trust herself back into her pillow, sobbing.
Her mother was a little bit shell shocked, Melissa had never spoken to her like that before. If Melissa was this furious, she must have been missing some crucial information. Having thought about it, she turned back to Melissa. " Alright then, if I'm so clueless, then I guess I was just misinformed, so tell me Melissa, what am I missing? What do I not know about your friend, that makes him a good person?"
Melissa sat up, sniffling. " Well, like I said, his arrest was just a big misunderstanding. Basically, Jackson grew up in a rough neighborhood. When he was 7, they took him away from his mom, and put him in foster care. He was really depressed, and living in a real dump, so he joined a gang, not to be a cruel person though. Because, he was afraid the gangs would beat him up if he didn't . So the, when that guy got stabbed, he was with them. They all ran away, but the guy was his friend, so he stayed. And so they thought he did it. End of story."
Her mother nodded." Alright, that makes it a little clearer, So I guess you can go visit him, seeing as it doesn't sound like anyone else is planning to.
Melissa leaped off her bed, squeezing her mom in a tight hug." Thank you so much!!!" her mother smiled. She pulled on a sweater, and began bounding down the stairs at top speed. She raced out to the garage, leaping onto her bike, and speeding away toward the police station. In only minutes, she would get to see Jackson again!
Meanwhile, her father stormed off to her mom. " Did I just hear you tell Melissa that it was alright to go visit that little dirt-bag?!" She only shrugged and nodded. She had completely misjudged him, how wrong of her. Melissa should have brought the poor thing a present.
After not getting any response from his wife, Mr. Wu just walked away, very confused.