Chapter 9 "A Court Meeting"

The next morning George woke up to the smell of bacon.

"Good morning, Ma'am," George said.

"Good morning," she responded, politely.

"What are you cooking?" George asked.

"I'm cooking bacon, do you want some?"

"Yes please!" George sat down at the table and ate his bacon.

"No one is allowed to see you," she said. "I heard what happened to your house and your friend." I'm so sorry."

George just stared out into the distance. "What's your name?" he asked.

"My name is Ann Parker." You can call me Ann." "You probably don't want to do this, but it's for your own good." "Last night I made arrangements for you to be in a court meeting today." Ann said.
"What did I do?!" George asked.

"Nothing," Ann said. "It's about making you free!"

"Then why did you think I didn't want to do it?" George asked.

"Never mind, just forget what I said."

Two hours later George and Ann were sitting at the court table with their lawyer sitting next to them. George admired his suit thinking he was looking pretty handsome. The judge ordered everyone to stand up and recite the Ten Commandments. At the end of the Ten Commandments, George was a little confused why God replaced "don't" with "thou shall not". He thought it would be a lot easier saying "don't". For George, two hours of the court meeting seemed ten hours. He was bored to death. It was about time when the judge received the paper from the jury. George was almost asleep and then Ann told him what that paper was. It was the decision made by the jury, if George was free, or not.
"This is the decision made by the jury," the judge said. "Mr. George Tucker... is free!" George sat in his chair shocked. Surprisingly, the whole room was full of excitement and cheering. George slapped himself making sure it wasn't a dream. But it was true. Finally, George... was free.

The End

 
Acknowledgments

I would like to thank my editor, Sandy Nichols, for taking the time to help correct my story and help me post it. I couldn’t have done it without her. She also corrected the rest of my stories and helped me post them too.
I would also like to thank all my readers by giving me supportive comments and reading all my stories.

About the Author

Paul Nichols is an eleven year old kid whose dream is to be a famous author. He has written a lot of super hero books but this is his best yet. Paul is home schooled but once he finishes with high school he hopes to go to college and learn more about writing. I wrote my book after school. It took me two months to write the whole book. I took my time to make it interesting. I am a Christian and I go to church every Sunday. For fun I like to play baseball in a little league. Every Monday I go bowling with my three brothers and my dad.

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