As she turned down her street, Sarah saw numerous police cars. The
closer she got, the quicker she realized that the cars were in front of
her house. Panic engulfed her as she parked her car and walked over to
the closest police officer. “This is my house! What happened?!,” she
shrieked. “Please, hold on a second, ma’am,” the young officer replied.
He walked away for a few minutes and returned with an older officer.
“Hello, ma’am, I’m Lieutenant Carson. Officer Tatum says that you live
here,” the older man said. “Yes. Yes, I do. I just got home from work.
Please tell me what happened,” Sarah said. “Well, ma’am. Your neighbors
phoned in a robbery in progress. When we arrived we found a young man
inside your home. We have him in custody,” Lt. Carson said. She glanced
into the back of Officer Tatum’s car and didn’t recognize the man they
had in custody. She followed the lieutenant into the house. Her living
room was in shambles. Books thrown everywhere. But, only the books.
Puzzled she looked at Lt Carson, “I’m not sure I understand what is
going on here. The only thing touched is my books.” Lt Carson had a
smirk on his face. “Well, ma’am. I believe we have the Fifty Shades
Thief in custody,” he said. “The Fifty Shades Thief?,” she asked. “The
only thing he steals is copies of The Fifty Shades of Grey Trilogy. He
usually leaves a note behind. This time was no exception,” the Lt. said.
He handed Sarah a note, “We found this on the suspect.” She opened the
note. “
The Fifty Shades Trilogy is smut. No man acts like this. Get a real man,"
the note said. Sarah couldn’t help but to laugh. "This is the most
hilarious thing I have ever heard! Am I being punked or something?,"
Sarah said. "No ma’am, you’re not," Lt Carson said. She pleaded with him
to allow her to speak to the suspect. She followed the lieutenant back
out to Officer Tatum’s car. She leaned down, "Excuse me, sir. Do you
seriously steal people’s copies of the Fifty Shades Trilogy?," Sarah
asked. The young man shook his head yes as he looked down. "Why?," she
asked as she tried not to laugh. "It’s stupid. What man tries to control
every aspect of a woman’s life?," he said. She couldn’t argue with him
there. That was a stupid part of the book. "Have you ever heard of a
Kindle, dude?," she asked. She continued to laugh as she walked away.
© 2014 C.J. Delessio
