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When I was 14 my friend Pat and I would walk downtown to Stillwater and get a chocolate Coke at the drug store fountain while we were waiting to board the 6PM late bus from the junior high school. Our after school activities never took more than 1 or 2 hours, so we always had time to spare. One day Pat needed new nylon hose, so we walked to Hooleys Grocery Store to find some. I immediately went to the snack department to look over the goodies. Pat went to find the hose. In a few minutes she yelled to me that she was ready to go, so we both walked out of the door. Immediately sirens started going off, and 2 policemen appeared from nowhere, shouting for us to STOP! I looked at Pat with startled eyes. As the policemen grabbed both of us, Pat shouted and laughed, “Leave her alone, she would never even think of doing this!” “Doing what?” I asked. One policemen said, “This girl has stolen pantyhose, and it is under her coat, But she is right, the other one was not even aware of it.” They didn’t ask me any questions, but they asked Pat her name, her address, her parent’s name, and how to get ahold of them. “My dad gets home really late, my Mom’s sickly, but if you call after 8PM my dad will talk to you, and take care of this.” “What’s his number” “General 6 8917.” “Alright, you can go now. But you’ll have to deal with your parents over this. I don’t want to see you again.” We left, and I breathed a sigh of relief. I said to Pat, ”You gave them Chuck’s number, you think that’s going to work?” “Of course, his voice has already changed, and he’d do anything for me.” The police did call our older teen neighbor Chuck, and it worked. He told them he’d deal harshly with her. Ha! Pat’s life was like that. She could get out of anything! --Cynthia
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