Chapter 15: Homeless

Red and blue lights with matching sirens swarm to the parking lot and a barrage of men in uniform run at us from multiple directions. Today they show up quickly. Thank goodness.

Two officers, one a man and the other a woman draw their guns. They force Davis to step away from Jonathan's body with his hands in the air. I slip on the recently watered grass and sit next to Ashley as she positions herself higher and wraps her arms around my body, holding tightly.

I'm focused on Ashley when the group of police begin yelling at one another. Jonathon jerks in their arms as they try to put handcuffs on him. He yells and two cops back up, giving him room to make an escape. He takes off running and three officers peruse him. Jonathan runs at a full sprint out of the apartment parking lot. He darts to the right, heading for a higher-class neighborhood that butts up to our complex.

The same officer from yesterday, Officer Allen, helps Ashley and me up off the ground.

"This is not how I want