I told you I didn't do it!" Amos yelled at Officer DeMonte.
He leaned forward with his fist clenched, his brown eyes glaring
at the officer. DeMonte slowly walked over to the table and
put his dark brown hands on the cold table. He put his face
right up to Amos'. In the dim light of the room, DeMonte's
face was covered in shadows.
His eyes narrowed and the whites disappeared as he said,
"So how do you explain the blood on your coat, and your finger
prints on the 45 caliber used to kill Mr. Arvin Hartman?!"
"I tell you, I was at my girlfriend's house all night. You
can even ask her."
Officer DeMonte turned to the mirror that covered the whole
wall and signaled with his finger for someone to come.
The door slowly opened, and a small figured girl, with a
dark complexion walked in.
"Nikita, Nikita, what are you doing here? I am so sorry
for this. Please forgive me."
Before Amos knew it though, two guards had grabbed him and
were dragging him out the heavy metal door.
As they went through the metal door, Amos noticed Mrs. Amena
Hartman and two investigators. The investigators were chatting
back and forth about what Amos had said and what Nikita was
saying, but Mrs. Hartman was sitting in the tall back chair,
looking straight out the window at the rain, with a blank
look on her face. She usually was a very pretty woman, but
now her grayish brown hair was all a mess, and she wore an
old flowered dress with a black sweater. Amos noticed that
her slightly wrinkled hands were shaking, and her face was
as pale as a dead person. At that moment, the guards gave
another jerk on his arms, so hard that he could feel the bones
crack.
They led him to another metal door, but this one had to
be opened by a code. One of the guard's hands lifted from
his arm, and Amos thought about making a run for it, but before
he could, the door swung open, and another guard faced him.
A rush of joy came over his face followed by anger; he was
standing face to face with himself- a 29-year-old Spanish-American,
6'0", maculate figure, dark complexion, wavy black hair shaved
close to his head, brown eyes, and a very outlined face.
