Tragic Decision Essay

It was about six years ago when I made this tragic decision that would effect me for about two years. The decision I made back then was not the worst, but it definitely had the longest effect. It all started on a Saturday morning in the little town of Bicknell, Indiana. The morning was calm, no wind, no bird chirping in the trees, and there were not many people out around town. I got out of bed that day feeling pretty good. I, now remember, eating breakfast very quickly that morning. Getting dressed was pretty simple task of the morning. Back then, I did not care what I wore. I just threw on whatever fit and was clean. Nowadays, I put a little more effort into my attire. So I got dressed and headed out the backdoor to do play basketball with …show more content…
So we just stuck to the other end of the court, doing our own thing. After a while, we started shooting weird and difficult shots. Our friend Damien showed up and we asked him to join in on our little game. During our unique game, Damien made a shot from the half court line. We all started jumping around and hollering with excitement, like most children would do. Apparently, us hollering startled the guy on the other end, because he turned around and asked if we were okay. We told him that everything was fine and dandy. We than proceeded to tell him that Pete had made a “trick-shot” and that was why we were so excited. It was then that I asked him for his name. He said his name was Adam. Then all three of us started talking about basketball. And it turned out that we all, actually had a lot in common. Then we all started shooting from the half-court line. After Adam made his first and only half court shot, he stopped shooting and decided to sit down to take a breather for a while. It was about ten minutes later, that I decided to join him. I sat down and he pulled out a pocket knife to show me. It was a nice looking pocket knife. I told him that I really liked it. It was then that Adam offered to sell me the knife. He seemed pretty cool and I liked the look of the knife, so I bought it, not knowing what was to …show more content…
It was the police and they were wanting to question me about the knife that I had bought from Adam. I answered all their questions honestly and brought the knife out to show them. They then asked me who I had bought the knife from and asked me to describe what he looked like. they asked me who I got it from. The police, then, confiscated the knife from me. Before the police left, I asked them if they could get my money back for me. They told me that they would do their best, however, they could not guarantee