Motorcycle Accident and Chaos (Part 2)
Kaylyn was in charge of the charter school fundraiser. It raised more than ten thousand dollars, and afterward, she sent her children home with a friend so she could get the money in the bank. But she had barely laid out the money into piles on the floor to count it when her daughter called and needed her to come to unlock the house since she forgot to send a key. After opening the house, she decided to take the motorcycle to save money but wrecked it just down the street from her house. She limped home, got the van, and hurried to get the money safely in the bank.
The problem was, the police found the abandoned motorcycle, and after running a check, they went to her house. The children said their mom was busy counting a lot of money that was on the ground, and the police immediately suspected drug dealing. Jack, Kaylyn’s husband, was on the city council and was away with the rest of the council and the mayor to a meeting with the governor. The police searched the house, and being unable to contact Kaylyn, whose phone was broken in the crash, they contacted Jack.
As the police talked to Jack, they heard the mayor speaking in the background. They then called the mayor and informed him they thought a big drug deal had gone down, and it sounded like Jack’s wife was involved. This aroused the governor’s curiosity, and by the time Kaylyn dropped the money off at the bank, the police, Jack, the mayor, and even the governor’s state troopers were searching for her.
Happy to have the fundraiser done, Kaylyn headed home, feeling great satisfaction in her accomplishment, ignoring the bruises and bit of bleeding from the wreck. But when she turned the corner onto her street, she saw police cars with lights flashing surrounding the motorcycle. Looking beyond them, she could see more surrounding her house. She couldn’t believe they were making such a big deal of an abandoned vehicle. They usually gave a person a couple of days to retrieve it.
She stopped by the police cars, and the police chief immediately recognized her. He ordered out of the vehicle in such a commanding voice that it surprised her.
“Where have you been?” he demanded.
“Just taking care of money,” Kaylyn replied.
“Uh, huh,” he said. “And just how much was it?”
“Over ten thousand dollars,” Kaylyn replied, proud they had made so much.
The police chief nodded as if everything was coming together as they expected. “And how did you get the bruises and the gashes?”
Kaylyn pointed at the motorcycle. “I wrecked the bike.”
“Were you speeding to get to the money?” the chief asked.
“Not much,” Kaylyn replied.
“I think you are going to have to come with us to the station,” the chief said.
At this, Kaylyn began to cry. “But I have children at home. Isn’t this a lot over just abandoning a vehicle?”
“It’s a lot bigger than that,” the chief said.
By this time, a newspaper reporter was there, and Kaylyn was growing more confused by the minute. The mayor talked to the police and pressed them to make sure the newspaper and community knew they were cracking down on crime. Jack finally was able to speak to Kaylyn, and she sobbed that she was sorry about the motorcycle and didn’t understand why the police were making such a big deal of it.
When Jack explained that the police thought it all had to do with drugs, Kaylyn began to understand how it all appeared. Through her tears, she haltingly explained about the fundraiser. The police chief verified where the money was from, and finally, everything settled down. The police even helped her get the motorcycle home.
But Kaylyn was left with some concerns, since the newspaper reporter left saying there still had to be a story somewhere in the fact that a city council member’s wife was almost arrested for drug dealing.
(To be continued)
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