His bright eyes snap open as the Sheriff points his gun at him. Is this really happening? This can't be actually happening. He had heard of crooked small town cops before, but this is ridiculous.
He considering just signing the papers to save his own skin until the mayor slapped him, it knocked him out of his defeated frame of mind and brought him to his senses, and he started thinking.
He hadn't done anything wrong. He wasn't present when whatever happened happened, he wasn't on the security footage. He was being set up, there wasn't any other possibility.
He took a deep breath and said a short prayer to an old goddess he had heard his grandmother invoke for courage, reaching up and grabbing the pendant beneath his shirt that she had given him. "No." He only speaks a single word because he doesn't trust his voice beyond that. His face showed no emotion but his eyes betrayed him. He was nearly crying from fear.
He considering just signing the papers to save his own skin until the mayor slapped him, it knocked him out of his defeated frame of mind and brought him to his senses, and he started thinking.
He hadn't done anything wrong. He wasn't present when whatever happened happened, he wasn't on the security footage. He was being set up, there wasn't any other possibility.
He took a deep breath and said a short prayer to an old goddess he had heard his grandmother invoke for courage, reaching up and grabbing the pendant beneath his shirt that she had given him. "No." He only speaks a single word because he doesn't trust his voice beyond that. His face showed no emotion but his eyes betrayed him. He was nearly crying from fear.