Chapter 6 - Writing a report

Kenny woke up the next morning at 7:30 sharp and felt fresh. He was happy that he got a good night’s sleep for once in a while and therefore got up quickly and did all the things he needed to do in order to be able to take off to work at 8:30. There was a lot of traffic on the roads as usual, but Kenny arrived to work just before 9 and was ready to start.
He met Jake on the stairs. Jake had his hair spiked up just as usual.
- “Hey Kenny. Had a good sleep?” he asked.
- “Actually yes, thanks.” Kenny said.
- “Excellent. We’ll need to do a lot of paperwork today on yesterday’s case. Chief told me we’ll do it together, but I think you should still see him for more info.”
- “Sure I will, thanks for the heads up.”
And at that moment Kenny continued going upstairs while Jake carried on going down. Kenny reached the 3rd floor and headed for the offices there. He shared an office room with Jake and with Sandra. The three of them always got on well together. Sandra was already there when Kenny entered their office room. She had light brown hair and pretty pale face as well as beautiful green eyes. She was always very serious, but also knew when to joke and be spontaneous.
- “Morning Kenny. It’s nice to see you.” Sandra said happily.
- “Hey Sandra. You all right?”
- “Yeah I’m good. I’ve heard of yesterday. Don’t worry about it. I’m sure you had a good reason to stop the car.” Sandra told him.
- “Thanks and yes I did.” Kenny confirmed.
- “Well OK then. I think chief wanted to see you.”
Kenny then left his stuff in the office and headed for the big office at the end of the corridor of that floor where his chief by the name of Karl was.
- “Kenny, it’s nice to see you and glad you’re doing well after yesterday.” Karl said.
- “Thanks sir, I’m much better than last night.” Kenny responded.
- “Good good. Jake perhaps told you already, but I would like the two of you to write me a report on what happened yesterday from your point of view. Describe everything – what happened to the other police car, what robbers looked like if you saw them and of course why did you have to come to a sudden stop.”
- “Of course sir. That doesn’t sound too hard.”
- “What really happened yesterday?”
- “You mean why I had to stop the car and letting the robbers get away?”
- “Yeah.”
- “Well you might think I’m crazy, but I’ve seen a person just come out of nowhere in the middle of the road.” Kenny slightly twisted the truth.
- “Hmm all right. If that was true then you definitely did the right thing by not running over the person. Safety of civilians is the main thing.” Karl said.
- “Thanks sir. That’s what I’ll put in our report.”
- “Good luck.”
And on this note Kenny left the office. When he went back to his, Jake was already there with a cup of coffee in his hand.
- “Ready to get going?” he asked.
- “Ready when you are.” Kenny replied.
So the two of them began writing the report together on Kenny’s work computer. Some situations were difficult to explain and required the right use of words, others were easier. During a lunch break right after having lunch they visited Ray to see how he was doing as he was in an accident the day before during that robber chase. His office mate Rob was helping him out.
- “So you guys are writing that report?” Rob asked.
- “Yes we are and it’s coming on well.” Jake replied.
- “Ray volunteered to write his side of the story too and so I had to type it for him as he was explaining it.” Rob said.
- “Must’ve been tricky.” Kenny said.
- “I got used to it.” Rob said.
- “Yeah, I hope my arm heals soon enough.” Ray said.
- “It will and then we definitely will catch those robbers.” Kenny said.
- “Why are you so sure they’ll strike again?” Jake asked.
- “Oh I’m sure. I sense they are planning something nasty.” Kenny confirmed.
- “Well let’s hope it’s something we can handle.” Rob said.
- “There is nothing we can’t handle.” Jake responded.
After a few minutes Kenny and Jake went back to their office. They continued writing their report and finished it soon enough. It was 8 pages long. Sandra had a read and was impressed. It’s rarely when such intense chases happened to her and she wished she was there with them. She especially enjoyed reading the bit when they came to a stop and the way Kenny described exactly what he saw. She actually believed him.
After handing the report in to Karl, their shift was over and so Kenny, Jake and Sandra went for a meal together just to chat about everyday things. The amount of jokes that came up really made Kenny’s day and he highly enjoyed the company of his office mates.
It was almost 7 in the evening when they parted ways for the day and Kenny headed back home, hoping that Angelika will visit him soon and will tell him about the robbers a bit more. He was very determined to catch them.