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“I’ll need to ask you some questions,” the officer said then turned to a computer on the desk and tapped at the keyboard.
“Can you show me the email?”
“Yes,” Jocelyn said in a quiet voice. She pulled out her phone shakily. She swiped through a few things and then handed it over to the cop.
He read it, his eyes widening. “These are some pretty serious threats,” he said as he continued to scroll.
“Yes,” she said. Now I felt bad, something really was going on.
“Has anyone threatened you bodily harm? In person I mean?”
“No, listen can I have my phone back? I just want to go.”
He handed it to her but said, “Hold on, miss.”
“I can’t,” she cried then sulked toward the door and left.
He looked up at me, his face full of confusion.
“I can give you her name. We just wanted to report it. I’m not sure what’s wrong with her.”
“Okay,” he said, turning to the computer.
I gave him her name, age, our address and other information.
“Be careful tonight,” he said after we finished. “I’ll ask for more patrols tonight.”
“They need to fix some of those lights on the trails, too,” I added.
“We don’t have anything to do with that maintenance, but I agree with you.”
“Thank you, officer.”
“Here’s my card. Call me if something else happens. She didn’t give us a lot to work with. I didn’t even get a copy of the email.”
“I know,” I said, feeling bad as I took the card. “Thank you.”
“Just doing my job.”
I waved then walked outside, expecting to see Jocelyn. She was nowhere in sight. Instead of rushing off to find her, I went to class a bit early. Austin sent a text on the walk over, but I didn’t answer. I wasn’t sure of anything anymore.
TWENTY-FIVE
Brooke
After classes, I went to the apartment to check on Jocelyn. She was sulking on the couch when I walked in.
“You okay?” I asked as I set my backpack down near the door.
“No,” she said. “I’m afraid to go out.”
“You should call off work for the night.”
“I already did. They don’t believe me either.”
“What did they say?”
“They’re giving me the day off, but they laughed at me. I’m about to lose my job there, I think.”
