Short Story: Jizzle's Murder

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On a nice Friday afternoon, Jizzle got a ring on his doorbell at his nice home in Dallas, Texas. 'Boom", the sound he hears at his door. At his door, he spotted a police officer. Jizzle was scared to answer. The officer asked Jizzle, "Did you hear a gunshot last night at downward high school's campus". Jizzle had no clue what he was talking about but, he was curious because his brother went to a concert which was at that high school's campus. He texted his brother, Cy, to see if he would get a response. Twenty minutes later, he still got no response. Jizzle didn’t know what to do. The next day, he got a call from a detective. The detective told him, "we have a disclosure about the incident that happened at the campus and we have some news …show more content…

Jizzle was horrified to tell the kids the news. He didn’t know if he should keep his brother's death a secret from the kids. When the two kids, Julie and John arrived, Jizzle tells them that they will be staying for a while. Jizzle didn’t know what to do with them so, he just tried to talk to them and he asked them about themselves and Julie gave him a complete attitude when he was talking. They seemed to not care about anything Jizzle was talking about. "Why is parenting so difficult", said Jizzle. Jizzle asked his wife to go talk to the kids to see how things go. When Jayla finished talking to them, she told Jizzle, "Things didn’t turn out good". Jizzle left his house to go to the detective's office and told the detective that he couldn’t take care of the kids anymore because he's not prepared to be a father. The detective had no other option but to put the kids in foster care. Jizzle agreed and gave the detective the kids back to him. As Jizzle walked out the office, he realized what he just did and how it could disappoint his family. Jizzle walked back in the office and told the detective that he will accept taking care of the …show more content…

When he entered the house, he went to his room to go on his laptop and searched for several well-trained fathers and read some advice on how to be a great dad. While reading, Jizzle hears the kids yelling, "We are hungry, feed us". Jizzle then cooked them a nice dinner. Jayla said, "Jizzle has never cooked a meal like this before". The kids had a face full of attitude. Cy shouted, "I hate this, I hate this house, I hate this food, and I certainly, hate you". Jizzle was depressed. Jizzle and Jayla went upstairs. Jayla told Jizzle, "I'll always be here to support you with the kids whenever you need me. Jayla then goes downstairs to talk to Cy and tells him to be respectful. Cy seemed to be calming down. Jizzle came back downstairs with a large cake for Julie's tenth birthday. He read on the website that, for your kid's birthday, surprise them with something that will make them happy. Jizzle then gets an unexpected call from the detective. The detective told Jizzle he had more news. Jizzle goes to find out what happened to his brother and find out the reason why he has to take care of the kids. When Jizzle got to the office and the detective told him, "your brother was shot by a Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun". Jizzle had nothing but tears falling down his eyes. Jizzle then asked the detective, "Why do I have to take care of his kids". The detective told him, "before your brother passed, we read his diary and it said that when

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