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That hen I noticed the flashing lights

"Speeding?" I asked Bodie as he pulled his car to the side of the road

"That," Bodie said, "or things are about to get interesting" He cut the engine and turned to face me head-on "Stay calm Do exactly what they say Don’t answer questions without a lawyer present"

He rolled down his

I caught his ar on?"

Before he could answer, an officer approached, gun pulled "Get out of the car!"

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We got out of the car

When the officer threw Bodie down on the hood to frisk his The first was: "Well, this should be fun" The second--aimed at me--was: "Call your sister"

Two hours later, as I sat at the front of the police station, that hat I did

I’d followed Bodie’s instructions to a T I’d stayed calm I’d done what I was told I hadn’t answered any questions, other than the basics: e; Bodie wasme home froainst every fiber ofyourself seem defenseless I didn’t lash back I didn’t demand answers And they didn’t take irl was plunked down out front while one of the officers made some phone calls and the other questioned the suspect

Answer Answer Answer My hand tightened around my cell as I made a call of s when I heard ot pulled over," I said

There was a beat "Was he arrested?" Ivy asked Then she rephrased the question "Did they read hiht back "No" They’d thrown him down on the car They’d frisked him They’d shoved him in the back of a police car--but they hadn’ton?"

I could practically hear Ivy grinding her teeth on the other end of the line "Soet a chance to ask ould do this--or what kind of point they could possibly be

"Hey" One of the officers saw me on my phone "You can’t be on that in here"

My capacity for playing small and defenseless snapped "I was told I had to wait here until an adult could pick uardian?"