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Creative Writing: Andrew Anderson

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Picking up the telephone, Margaret started to call Andrew to tell him about Officer Anderson. Glancing out the bay window, she saw a man walking down the sidewalk with two large dogs. Suddenly, one of them pulled on the chain, running toward the gate, barking and trying to get into the yard. Margaret rushed out to the front porch to see what was going on with the dogs. Noticing the neighbor’s cat sitting in the flower bed, she yelled for it to go home, but it didn’t move. The man yelled for the dog to come back. “Smoky, you can’t get in there, let’s go home,” he shouted, she watched him pull the leashes trying to make them go down the sidewalk. Margaret noticed only one obeyed, the other one insisted on going into the yard. Finally, he went down the sidewalk. …show more content…

I’ve never seen a dog act like that,” Margaret spoke aloud. Rushing to the phone, “Andrew, the police just left,” she blurted out when he answered the phone. “What did they want?” He questioned. “They asked if we knew what happened to Jeremy when he left on Tuesday evening. I said we didn’t see him again. After looking around the house, he left.”
“What did he do when he left the house?” Andrew asked.
“After giving me his card, he said if we heard anything about Jeremy to call him, and went across the street to the grocery store,” Margaret said, talking fast. “Does the name Cecil Anderson mean anything to you?
“Wait a minute, what about Cecil Anderson?” Andrew asked.
“The officer said his name was Cecil Anderson and you would remember him as a little boy who came into the store, and you gave him candy,” Margaret said and asked, “Do you remember him?”
“You have no idea how many children I’ve given candy down through the years. No, I don’t remember one kid,” Andrew said. “What made him ask about me?”
“He saw our name on the sign out front and asked if you worked downtown at Howard’s Drugs. Immediately, he remembered you and the candy,” Margaret

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