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Maddie saw the shadowy figure plummet into the icy waters of the Ohio River and when it made impact the loud bang of ice breaking echoed across the forest. A moment later she heard the screams as the figure, most likely a man, slipped beneath the ice. Maddie sprinted down the steep banks wondering what help a 15 year old could be to a suicidal, possibly already dead man. She skidded to a stop at the banks of the river, not wanting to risk her life on the unstable ice and called out, “Are you okay!” As expected she got no response and tentatively took a step out on the ice. Cracks shot out in all directions and Maddie quickly pulled back her foot. She whirled around to find her uncle, Rufus standing behind her in his black fedora looking panicked. “Did you …show more content…
Maddie stayed while the police looked for clues, but Uncle Rufus rushed off saying something about a dentist appointment. Finally, they found the body, the body of Samuel Keise, a once famous actor and model. The authorities asked Maddie to please go home in hushed voices and so she nodded silently and pretended to leave, crouching behind the bridge. From her hiding spot she saw them examine the body, there was nothing except a wallet with an ID and a few business cards. The Maddie heard a loud shriek, they had found a handwritten note tucked in the waistband of his jeans. “THis waS nOt A suiCidE, I KilLed SaMUeL kEIsE aNd I eXpecT fUll rEcogniTion. -RuFuS AlberTo,” the police chief read aloud. Maddie gasped and peered around the bridge so she could get a closer look at the note, it did look like Rufus’s handwriting, but she knew it wasn’t him, she had seen Samuel jump off that bridge. Why he would be trying to frame an innocent civilian for his death, she didn’t know, but she knew she had to get to the bottom of this, before her uncle ended up in
Maddie saw the shadowy figure plummet into the icy waters of the Ohio River and when it made impact the loud bang of ice breaking echoed across the forest. A moment later she heard the screams as the figure, most likely a man, slipped beneath the ice. Maddie sprinted down the steep banks wondering what help a 15 year old could be to a suicidal, possibly already dead man. She skidded to a stop at the banks of the river, not wanting to risk her life on the unstable ice and called out, “Are you okay!” As expected she got no response and tentatively took a step out on the ice. Cracks shot out in all directions and Maddie quickly pulled back her foot. She whirled around to find her uncle, Rufus standing behind her in his black fedora looking panicked. “Did you …show more content…
Maddie stayed while the police looked for clues, but Uncle Rufus rushed off saying something about a dentist appointment. Finally, they found the body, the body of Samuel Keise, a once famous actor and model. The authorities asked Maddie to please go home in hushed voices and so she nodded silently and pretended to leave, crouching behind the bridge. From her hiding spot she saw them examine the body, there was nothing except a wallet with an ID and a few business cards. The Maddie heard a loud shriek, they had found a handwritten note tucked in the waistband of his jeans. “THis waS nOt A suiCidE, I KilLed SaMUeL kEIsE aNd I eXpecT fUll rEcogniTion. -RuFuS AlberTo,” the police chief read aloud. Maddie gasped and peered around the bridge so she could get a closer look at the note, it did look like Rufus’s handwriting, but she knew it wasn’t him, she had seen Samuel jump off that bridge. Why he would be trying to frame an innocent civilian for his death, she didn’t know, but she knew she had to get to the bottom of this, before her uncle ended up in