Ms. Arcolff

Erin stood back, surveying the scene. She saw the paramedics she and Jess had called earlier, after Mr. Monroe had collapsed. Erin thought back to what had happened. It had seemed to happen so fast. Mr. Monroe had burst into the store. At first, Erin had been happy to see him, but he just ran straight past her to Luke. Instead of feeling angry, Erin just felt confused. She knew Luke was her friend. He never would have hidden the fact he knew Mr. Monroe. Maybe he just knew him by a different name. Like Edgar; Erin knew that was Mr. Monroe’s first name.
“Honey?” Erin’s mom came over towards her. Erin looked up from her thoughts.
“Are you all right? You seem sad. Mr. Monroe will be okay,” Erin’s mom said hurriedly, “The paramedics said that the hospital planned to keep him there for one more day. But when he heard this news, doctors say that he sat bolt upright in bed jumped out, and ran down the hall. They lost sight of him after a few minutes of chasing. Then you and Jess called the hospital, and they knew where he had gone; although they have no idea why he came here,” Erin’s mom finished, sighing heavily. Erin looked past her mother into the crowds of people. Onlookers who had been at the store during the incident, and nosy people who had seen the ambulances parked outside and had investigated. Luke walked over and Erin introduced him to her mom.
“Hello Luke,” she said, “You can call me Ms. Arcolff.”
“Hello,” Luke replied quickly averting Ms. Arcolff’s gave to look at the floor. He was very nervous. He just didn’t think he could look any Arcolff family member in the eye without felling guilt about not informing Erin immediately about the key. Ms. Arcolff left Erin and Luke to go talk to a paramedic. Luke couldn’t take it anymore, but before he could speak, Jess walked up to Erin.
“C’mon Erin. I’ll drive ya’ home. Mom still needs to shut down the shop,” He said. Erin stood up and followed Jess obediently out the door. Luke watched them go. ‘I just made a friend,’ Luke thought, ‘and I may have just lost one too.’