An Unforgivable Choice

“What's the matter” a girl asked a ragged boy. “Nothing” the brown red-eyed

boy answered. “Where's your good behaviour? it's not very polite to lie, I'm

sure Santa heard that. Now do you want my help, or not?” the girl tryed again. “

I do” the boy said. “My name is Lucinda Wellington Jones, what's yours? ”she

asked. ”Jason Lee Coast” he said, and looked up. She was smiling and she had a

tiny pixy on her shirt. The train stopped and a ticket collector came in. Jason

whispered to Lucinda that he had got to get out off the train, because the man

who came in could be very cruel. ”Who told you that?” Lucinda asked. ”Mum” Jason

said. “Well it's okay as long as you're with me” she assured. The ticket

collector came towards them and Jason closed his eyes, waiting for something bad

to happen. Jason heard the cruel man ask Lucinda to see her ticket and then

Lucinda said “my stepbrother is under six years old”. The train stopped again

and almost every body hurried out. “Why are you in the train and where's your m

other?” Lucinda asked. “My mother said that I was old enough to take care of my

self. So my mother sat me on the train and said that if there came any of the

cruel men I should hurry out, and I don't believe in Santa. But if you do he

properly heard you lien, I'm 7” Jason said “Would you like to buy some

christmaspresents with me?” Lucinda asked. “I don't know -maybe some of the

shopasistents will recognise me, and I'm really not supposed to go with

strangers” Jason said. “Well, only you can decide if I'm a stranger” Lucinda

said very tempting.

“My feets hurt” Jason complained. “I'm sorry, I shouldn't have dragged you

with. It wasn't supposed to take so long -I swear” Lucinda excused. “Well I

should have got enough presents now, I have almost spent all my pocketmoney in

just one day! I better go home now.” “Can I come?” Jason asked. Lucinda said

that he could, but only for a peace of bread.

Outside the door Lucinda stopped. “Bzzz -be quiet” Lucinda whispered. “We

have discussed this many times before, and I still don't think we have the money

to adopt yet!” “Oh come on! soon Lucie will be a grownup and before we look

around we are too old.” Licinda's parents were arguing. Lucinda held Jason for

his ears so he couldn't hear. Lucinda opened the backdoor and asked Jason in. “

Well if you will excuse me! I have some laundry to do!”

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...ed. It was time. He took his jacket

on, tied his shoes and were on his way. Without telling Jason, Lucinda had been

in his room and looking on his notices for the murder. She had called the police

and told them that there was going to be a murder in the alley in Kingston str.

8 o'clock sharp.

Jason undressed himself and changed clothes. 7:58. He was positive that

everything was going well, he had no idea off what was going to happen. Then a

tramp came into the alley with something under her jacket. Jason took the nylons

off his head and asked her what she was doing. At first she wouldn't answer but

then she said that she was waiting for her son. Jason walked calm over to her

with the knife behind his back. And whispered, “How could you do such a thing to

me?” The knife sliced the air and there was a shot. In same second a police car

turned into the alley. Two people fell over each other and few seconds after

there was a big pool of blod. One of the policemen rushed out of the car the

other one called an ambulance.

At the funeral there was talked about Jason like he was a “Wellington Jones”

and Lucinda felt very guilty, she knew she could have avoided Jason's death.