A day in Hamtramck
“Get your ass from here,” the police officer said. I took my car keys from his hand, and I unintentionally dropped them because my whole body was shaking as if it were 32 degrees out side but with fears burning in my stomach. I slowly bent over and took the keys from the floor and walked to my car. My car was three feet away from where I was standing, but it felt if it were as far as the North Pole is from the South Pole. Even when I walked, I felt as if I were carrying a big rock in my back that caused me to walk as slow as a turtle. When I reached the car, I opened the driver’s door and found out all my papers I had inside the glove box were scattered everywhere inside the car. I did not even bother to move them away; instead, I sat on them and turned the car on and drove away. I drove one mile away from where the incident happened and then stopped at a gas station and immediately called my father. I had more than 20 missed calls on my phone from him. I told him what happened, and then I went inside the station where I quickly drank water to calm down before paying for it. I paid the cashier and then headed home which was 45 miles away from where I was. When I woke up that morning, I had no idea this …show more content…
My chest was cold from the ice that I spilled earlier but I could not say anything because I knew I would not like the answer. They searched everywhere inside the store trying to find drugs, but they did not find anything. In the meantime, I was trying to call my father to tell him where I was, but they did not let me use my cellphone even though I was seventeen years old at that time. Every part of my body was shaking and I felt that I was burning from inside and my hands were wrapped around my back, which I was not able to stand or move. My hands hurt; I was tired; the clock was moving so slowly; and my clothes were completely wet from the
“Get your ass from here,” the police officer said. I took my car keys from his hand, and I unintentionally dropped them because my whole body was shaking as if it were 32 degrees out side but with fears burning in my stomach. I slowly bent over and took the keys from the floor and walked to my car. My car was three feet away from where I was standing, but it felt if it were as far as the North Pole is from the South Pole. Even when I walked, I felt as if I were carrying a big rock in my back that caused me to walk as slow as a turtle. When I reached the car, I opened the driver’s door and found out all my papers I had inside the glove box were scattered everywhere inside the car. I did not even bother to move them away; instead, I sat on them and turned the car on and drove away. I drove one mile away from where the incident happened and then stopped at a gas station and immediately called my father. I had more than 20 missed calls on my phone from him. I told him what happened, and then I went inside the station where I quickly drank water to calm down before paying for it. I paid the cashier and then headed home which was 45 miles away from where I was. When I woke up that morning, I had no idea this …show more content…
My chest was cold from the ice that I spilled earlier but I could not say anything because I knew I would not like the answer. They searched everywhere inside the store trying to find drugs, but they did not find anything. In the meantime, I was trying to call my father to tell him where I was, but they did not let me use my cellphone even though I was seventeen years old at that time. Every part of my body was shaking and I felt that I was burning from inside and my hands were wrapped around my back, which I was not able to stand or move. My hands hurt; I was tired; the clock was moving so slowly; and my clothes were completely wet from the