““Well?” Her mom steps forward, flicks this quick, embarrassed glance at the man, then glares back down at Devon. “Hey, I don’t care how sick you are” - her mom reaches down- “there’s no excuse for-” Her mom snatches the blanket. It flips up and away, like a flag blowing in the wind,” (Efaw, 10-11). This quote is in the beginning of the book called After by Amy Efaw. This quote explains when Devon would not answer the police and Devon’s mother got very annoyed and ripped the blanket off of Devon. Both the mother and the police officers had a very shocked look on their face. Devon looked down and saw that there was a puddle of blood underneath of her, she started screaming for the blanket back. She was rushed to the hospital, and they believed …show more content…
That is why the police came to Devons house. At the end of After by Amy Efaw, Devon goes to court and gets charged for attempted murder and gets put in the Remann Hall Juvenile Detention Center because she is only 15 years old. “The man squats down to Devon’s level and puts out his hand, doing that routine greeting thing. He waits a second for Devon to take it, then drops his hand, unshook. “Feeling kinda crummy today, huh?” Devon just stares at him, her eyes dark and unblinking. She can not process why he’s there exactly. Why he’s looking at her. Is he just being Mr.Polite before he makes his move on her mom? Pretending he actually likes kids or something? Devon’s seen that routine before. Plenty of times. “Devon!” Her mom is beside the man now, and her smile is gone. “Sit up and show some respect! What are you trying to do, embarrass me?” Angry lines crease her face, but she makes a fake, nervous laugh. “Come on, answer him!” He’s a police officer, for God’s sake!” Police officer. Devon’s eyes widen as the words register. Her eyes flit to the man near the door, the one in dark blue. Two police officers. “Hey! Are you listening to me?” Devon can not move, can