Ramona Essay, Research Paper

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!”.