JUST ONE MORE WISH - CHAPTER 8
(Fourth wish🎗️ Getting into trouble 🤸🏌️ cont’d)
🌹 Gianna 🌹
“Off we go then” I replied and led the way.
“So hey, what’s up with you?” Cute stranger said, trying to strike up a conversation.
“Nothing much, I’m just in town for a few weeks.”
“Ohh, means you aren’t a local then”
“Nahhh… I’m not”
“Why are you here?”
“Tourism?? And unfinished business” I replied, walking faster.
“Have any friend here?”
“Nope” I answered popped the ‘P’
“Can we be friends then? I’ll give you a personal tour of the state. I’m a local”
I eyed him and stopped walking ” you know, I’m not in for relationships. I got my reasons.”
“Did I say I want to be in one with you? Who knows, I might have my girlfriend”
“Oops sorry, guess I misunderstood then”
“It’s nothing”
“I’m Gianna by the way”
“I’m Matt” he replied and shook hands with me “pleasure meeting you”
I gave him a one sided smile and continued walking, kicking bottles with my boot as we talked about random things.
“Wait, let me get us soda” he said when we passed a supermart.
I watched him shake hands with some rough looking guys before entering the mart and came out with two drinks in his hands.
“Taaa-da” a police officer stood in front of me “think you can run away?”
Soon I was surrounded my police officers.
I calmly raised my hands above my head, a grin on my face.
There’s no way I can escape, they formed a tight circle around me.
“What’s going on here?” I heard Matt ask.
“Obviously, your girl is under arrest” an officer replied him
“Why?” He asked
“She’s currently hiding a body and she took us on a run. That’s enough reason to arrest her” the officer talking handcuffed me and pushed me roughly to a police van I hadn’t notice.
I looked back to find Matt staring at me helplessly. What was I thinking?? Who would bail me out?
“Please officer, in court can you give me a year sentence, I want to know if I’ll be able to serve it” I asked timidly.
“You’ll be getting ten years imprisonment” he smirked satisfiedly
“Oh that’s a relief” I breathed out.
Every pair of eyes was on me, even the driver stopped driving for some seconds. “Are you normal?” One of them asked.
“Yeah sure” I smiled cheekily.
When we got to the station, they took me to the interrogation room and a fierce looking officer came in.
“What’s your name?” He asked
“Gianna, you?”
His gaze turned hard as he took me in.
“College student?”
“Yeah of course, you?”
“Mental problem?”
“Nah, nothing like that. You?”
He hit the table hard with his palms, the sound reverberating through the room.
“Will you stop that?”
“Ouch, does that hurt?”
“You’re definitely crazy” he muttered and wrote furiously in his notebook.
“Tell me something else I don’t know”
“Where did you keep the body?”
“What body?” I replied
“The body you hid”
“Oh that body…… it’s in my bag. Tell one of your officers to bring my bag and ask them not to open it till it’s brought here”
He spoke into his walkie talkie ” bring the girl’s bag”
An officer brought the bag in immediately and placed in in front of me on the table.
I zipped the bag open slowly, making eye contact with my interrogator.
Very gentle and delicately, I brought out my doll. “This is the body I hid” I flashed him a smile.
“What the heck!!” He stood up angrily and came to drag my hair.
“Say the truth, where’s the body?”
“That’s the body” I pointed to the doll on the table. “Everything was just a prank. The police needs to have fun once in a while”
“So that’s your idea of fun?” He bellowed
“Maybe” I shrugged.
“Lock her up, release her after 24 hours” he said to the officer standing aside
“It was nice chatting with you interrogator. I hope we have a nice chat very soon” I said as I was being whisked away.
The cell I was locked in was dark, my eyes slowly adjusted to the darkness.
There were two other people in the cell and they are hefty and built. I wonder what made them end up here.
“Hey boys, howdy?” I smiled and slid down a wall.
None of them answered me.
“Ah” I sighed “it feels so good to be here, I’ve never sat beside criminal. This is a good privilege”
“Are you okay?” One of them asked at the same time the other asked “Are you in your right senses?”
I nodded and with that, we bonded.
Hours later, I was pulled out of the cell.
“Hey wait, let me say goodbye to my friends” I snapped at the officer holding me and without waiting for a response, I went back to the cell.
“I really enjoyed my stay guys, thanks a lot”
“Thanks for not judging us” the tallest of them said.
“Aye aye Captain” I replied whilst the officer pulled me away.
“I’m going to miss my friends”
The officer scoffed “thank heavens your record came clean. You can go home now”
“How bad of you” I replied “sending a girl home by 3am. Let me return to my friends, once it’s morning, I’ll go home”
“Stupid” the officer muttered under his breath and wrote something down in a book.
“Let’s go” he said “I’m taking you home”
“It’s hotel actually”I corrected him and followed him out. I’ve never entered a police car and I’m getting another ride on a platter of gold. I can’t miss it!
Tbc……….🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️