It’s Monday (say it with me now – ugghhh…), but there is light at the end of the tunnel, and it comes in the form of a story. Due to last Monday being New Year’s Eve, I took the day off from One-Word Writing, so this week, to make up for that, I’m using the word resolution (which, by the way, was suggested by my Creative Writing teacher). Without further adieu, the story!
“We don’t have any hard evidence on this guy. All we’ve got is a single witness.”
“We’ve got two witnesses, Clara,” the commissioner said.
“The other one’s autistic and all he has is a blurry picture of the dark alley,” Officer Clara replied.
“It’s a shame. Every once and a while he takes a great picture. Just not this…”
The commissioner was cut off by someone entering the room.
“Sir, I, here, clean…” he stammered.
“Son, spit it out!’ the commissioner said.
The young man took a deep breath, then continued. “I just cleaned up that man’s photo: took out the blur, boosted the light levels and resolution as best as I could. It’s not the best, but it’ll do.” He handed the commissioner a piece of paper. the commisioner’s eyes scanned over it.
“You did this yourself, son?”
“Yes I did, sir,” he replied.
“You new here?”
“Yes, sir. Officer Markus Ellis. Been here three weeks. Got this assignment of cleaning a photo as a joke from Office Jamison.”
The commissioner couldn’t remember interviewing this kid. too many recruits coming in nowadays. But this Ellis – he saw potential. Might as well boost the kid’s confidence.
“Ellis, this might just be enough to prosecute him. Nice work.”
Ellis looked surprised. “Thank you,” he said, awestruck, and left the room.
“You really think it’s enough?” Clara asked.
“It might just be,” the commissioner muttered. “It might just be…”.
Sorry for the brevity, but I am working under some time restraints (I’m doing some big things with my blog that I will be announcing soon). But don’t forget to leave your comment below with your suggestion of what word I should use next week. See you then!
Zack Umstead, Young Writer 
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