Creative Writing: Blood Brothers

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After his close encounter of the dumbest kind, Freddie makes his way into a small driveway that leading to the back part of the apartment complex. Once in there, his eyes are delighted when the four green dumpsters catch his vision. However that’s not the only thing going on back there, several boys have that distrustful look about them as they carry boxes [with the exact dimensions and labeling] commencing from one building to another. Back and forth, they go like soldiers, Freddie knows they are up to something. “Yeah, these kids must have robbed a store or some shit like that.” He assumes, and pays the boys no never mind, climbing into the dumpsters on a mission. “Dam,” he mumbles, “I’ve struck paydirt, I should get at least five bucks …show more content…

As luck would have it, he does not have to look far for a shopping cart, there are several abandoned carts scattered throughout the parking area. Grabbing the nearest one, he begins to load up his treasure, between all four dumpsters there are two carts filled with ready money. Thinking he might have at least forty dollars, he heads for the street. Freddie takes the first cart to the sidewalk and turning back in a flash to retrieve the other. As he pushes the second cart down the constricted driveway, he is approached by two adolescent boys, they can be no more than ten or maybe eleven years old. The shorter of the two boys decides he wants to play truth or dare and grabs the front of the cart completely taking Freddie by surprise. This little punk is going to get his ass kicked if he does not let go of my shit. He says to himself, and then putting his Hulk Hogan beat down stare on the boy [what you going to do] he demands. “What’s up,” he asks. the kid doesn't respond. Instead, the small boy walks around the cart examining Freddie’s shoes. Why is the boy so interested in a simple pair of shoes, which by the way, he found a few days ago in a dumpster on Los Feliz Blvd, a white pair of Nike in excellent shape? Why in the world they even threw them out, he wondered. However, his Motto, one man’s trash, well, you know the …show more content…

The kid, convinced he is with law enforcement, says with authority “Now get the hell out and don’t come back,” Shocked with his punk worthy attitude Freddie is about to smack this little hooligan upside his head, but spots a group of older boys coming from across the street. Not wanting any trouble and pressed for time, he pushes the cart to the sidewalk and hurries down the street. “What an idiot,” he mentions, as he makes a beeline for the recycling center. “What if I was a cop, that little chump would no doubt undergo a handcuffing at the bare minimum. I would bring down that Mini Mafia son of a bitch, especially that future micro- mini version of Don Corleone a future Godfather in the making, asshole.” Fortunately, for Freddie, the other mobsters didn't buy the little kids story. All the same, he kept checking back to see if anyone was coming after him. All he wanted was to cash in his findings and get the hell out of this

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