Long Way Down — No. 3: Questions

NO. 3: QUESTIONS

Cops flashed lights in our faces and we all turned to stone.

Did anybody see anything?

a young officer asked.

He looked honest, like he

ain’t never done this before.

You can always tell a newbie.

They always ask questions like they really expect answers.

Did anybody see anyone?

I ain’t seen nothin’,

Marcus Andrews, the neighborhood know-it-all, said.

Even he knew better than to know anything.