"Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket" Before You Read: Paralyzed by Fear

When I was 13, I was sitting on the cold chair in the school office. I was called up a the last period, I didn't know what the police wanted me for. The officer brought me to a police station then walked me into a room with a man and a women. They started to talk to me about my father, when it was over they lead me to my sister who was crying. The fear grew stronger, we walked to a car and then they told me that I couldn't go home and wasn't able to live with my father. I froze in the car unable to move or talk I couldn't believe what they were telling me, my dad I cant live with him any more. It all seemed so unreal, looking back I think I would still react that way now if I was told that.