Billy and the Policeman

By Darren Ramon

The story is set in West Texas where young Billy decides to spend the night at his Grandparents home, close to town. He leaves early in the morning on his trusted bike and enjoys a nice ride avoiding cactus, snakes, mesquite bushes, gopher holes and sand. As he travels he imagines all kinds of adventures and dangerous situations and as usual, he conquers his enemies and even battles monsters on his way to the store. The trip should take about an hour but instead he finally makes it to his final destination at about noon. Parking his bike in the back, he secures it with a chain just Incase someone wants to steal it. Unbeknown to Billy, he was spotted by someone hiding at the Jr. high school, someone with evil intentions. Billy settles end for the day, enjoy his grandmother’s cooking, candies and in the afternoon, hearing his grandfather’s stories. After everyone goes to bed, Billy has a strange dream and when he wakes up, he decides to see his bike just Incase. He discovers something terrible has happened. His bike is still there but the new tires that were on the bike were gone. The tires had been a gift from Kyle, owner of the Texaco gas station downtown. They were good tires meant for ruff terrain. What would he do or rather what could do? Things changed when his grandpa called the police and an unusual policeman shows up. It is at this time that Billy must learn to trust in someone that had been portrayed on his favorite TV shows as being the enemy. Billy quickly found out that trust was as important as his bike.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Darren Ramon
• Release date: Aug 10, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370588510

Darren Ramon

Retired and ready to share wonderful experiences regarding events that shape our future. More is coming. Educated at RCC and OUP in business, accounting and Computer science. Originally from West Texas with ancestry in both European and native american heritage. Living in the beautiful city of Portland Oregon.

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Billy and The Policeman

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Darren Ramon

Table Of Content

Table of content

Morning

Barroom

Store

The Glass eye and Grandpa

The Dream

Tires

The Apache

Officer High Water

The Search

The Waiting

Found

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Morning

The Morning

It was a Saturday morning when young Billy had an amazing idea. Boys his age were usually outside, playing and running in their little kingdoms of wonderment. Yet, all Billy could think about was being with his grandparents at their neighborhood store on the east side of town. Billy turned to his mom as she prepared a breakfast of chorizo and eggs with nice, warm flour tortillas.

Mom, can I spend the night at Grandma’s? asked Billy.

Of course you can, she replied.

As soon as she said that, Billy was full of joy as he looked forward to spending the weekend with them. It was at their home where he could smell and taste the essence of