He took his hand from his pocket once he saw Keith Kellington pull his hand down from his chest. Keith shielded his eyes from the piercing glare. Matthew focused on the object projecting the lights and determined that a police car had pulled up on the sidewalk. Both the driver’s and passenger’s doors opened and Amanda recognized one of the occupants. “Officer Charles, is that you?” Matthew recognized the other passenger. “Mom?” April flanked Officer Charles and said, “Hey kids, we thought it was you over here. I see you’ve met, Keith, right?” Keith looked at April and said, “You’re the one who thought I was from Georgia.” “Yeah, that was me. Looks like you’ve met my son and his friend.” Officer Charles asked the men in Keith’s group to back up. “Y’all kids need to be careful wandering down these dark streets by yourselves.
