Ramona Essay, Research Paper

The Unexpected

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It was a Saturday morning, and I thought it would be a good time to go to the beach with my friends since I had nothing to do for the rest of the week. So I decided to call my best friend Sarah to see if she wanted to drive with me down to the beach

Unfortunately, she had a wedding to go to, so she was not able to make it. I was a little disappointed, but I decided to go to the beach by myself. I left home at 3:30 p.m. and arrived at 5:00 p.m. to the beach house. Everything looked the same wa

as it did last summer when I came with my sister. The only difference was now I was alone, and that was little scary.

The next morning I went to one of my favorite cafes The Italian Coffee. This Cafe held good memories since last summer I worked there. The owners Mr. Roger and Mrs. Roger told me that a job was available if I wanted to work. I thanked them, but e

lained that I had other plans for the summer. I told them that the restaurant looked great since it had been renovated. It was very noisy and crowded, yet it had a wonderful atmosphere that customers like. Perhaps, it was the Italian music and the w

derful smell of fresh coffee that attracted them.

Suddenly a lady came over to my table and asked, ” How are you, Raquel?” I told her, ” I’m sorry Maam I don’t recognize you!. She replied, ”Oooh, Raquel , I’m Elizabeth’s aunt”. I said, ”Of course, excuse me”. We started talking about h

the place was crowded, and she told me that she had to meet a friend here, but she had not shown up. I told her that it was nice seeing here, but I was expecting a call and I had to go. She promised me she was going to tell Elizabeth to call me so w

could get together for lunch soon.

When I got home to check the answering machine, the telephone rang. It was mom. She said that Sarah was planning to come Monday, and if I needed anything to give her a call. I thanked her and said,” You are not going to believe where I just came fr

?. She quickly replied, ”Don’t even ask it ” The Italian Coffee”. ” You are right ” I giggled. ” The Rogers are doing great, working like crazy trying to make everything perfect ”, I added. She said, ” Honey, I’ll give you a call Friday n

ht OK!. Good bye!”.

So far my day was going great. I sat down and watched MTV. It was a re-run of ” The Real World”. I quickly fell asleep on the couch for two hours and was awakened by the door bell. It was Claudia Roger explaining that her mother had told her that

was in town, so she decided to drop by. I told her , ” I’m glad you came by. Are you doing anything for lunch?”. When Claudia told me that she was available, we decided to go to the Dixie to get a cheese burger.

On the way to the Dixie , we made a quick stoop by the shoe store to ask Mr. Edwards to tell his daughter that I was going to meet her at 5 o’clock so we could play volley ball with my friends. Mr. Edwards was concerned because he had

eard rumors about a kidnapper in town. Since Elizabeth and I were running late , we didn’t really pay munch attention to what he was saying. When we got home, Claudia left to go to work. Feeling in the mood for going to the beach, I packed all my th

gs and drove there.

When I got to the beach I couldn’t find my friends, so I grabbed a magazine and all of the sudden felt asleep. Waking from my nap, I had a premonition that something bad was going to happen. I went back to the shoe store in the mall to tell Mr. Edwa

s that I didn’t see his daughter down at the beach. He didn’t know where she was either. He became hysterical and decided to close the store for the rest of the day. We decided to search the whole area including the mall first, but we couldn’t find

r . We called the police and the FBI . When they arrived, they searched the area for a few hours . Unfortunately, they could not find any trace of her. They suspected she was murdered , kidnapped , drowned , or ran away because everything looked very

spicious. Mr. Edwards asked me if I wanted to come along to his house to tell the bad news to his wife.

When we got to his house, we told her the bad news. She looked very depressed and sad. She came along with us to Sunny Beach to see if they had found any trace of her. The first thing we saw were crowds of news reporters reporting the bad news. The d

ectives were searching for clues. All of the sudden Mr. Robert’s cellular phone rang. When he answered the phone, he heard a mean and mysterious voice. This man told him that he had kidnapped his daughter . As he was negotiating with the man, the

an told Mr.Edwards to bring five hundred thousand dollars at five o’clock tomorrow. He instructed him to place in the telephone booth on Maple Street . He warned Mr. Edwards that if he saw any police officers or any suspicious people near the phone

ooth after five o’clock he would kill Stacey. This caller promised Mr. Edwards that if he brought the money, he would return his daughter unharmed. When Mr. Edwards hung up the phone, the police organized a plan to locate and arrest the kidnapper

d bring Stacey home safely. The police would arrest the criminal as he tried to take the money and would return the money to Stacey’s father who had borrowed it from the bank.

We were very lucky; everything went as planned. First the kidnapper set Stacey free, then he grabbed the money. At once the police made their move, arrested him and took him to jail. Relieved and happy, Mr. Edwards Tom hugged his daughter. Stac

told me that this experience had changed her life forever. She was very scared and was relieve that she was safe . When Stacey’s mom heard the news, she felt relieved and was happy that her daughter was alive .

A week later the kidnapper was sentenced to thirty years in prison., but he escaped from jail the next night and still free . Nobody knows his location. Realizing the mystery at Sunny Beach won’t be solved until he is found and returned to prison,

decided to leave. I called home late that night and told my parents that I would be back the next day. My mom couldn’t believe I had already had enough of the beach and wanted to know why I had changed my plans. All I could say was, ” You probably wo

t believe me when I tell you See you soon!”.