"Ididn’tknowIhadtotakeitout."Whenthepolicearrivedandeveryonehadbeeioned，Mrs．KaffeepointedanacgfiDimitriandsaid，
"Officer，Isuspectthatmanisanapliceofthethieves．Heleftthekeysinthetentionally．”
"Youhavenoproofofthatma’am．Butwe’lltakehiminforquestioning."
TheofficerthenturoDimitriandsaid，"Wearenotarrestingyoubutweohaveyouedowntothestationandmakeastatement.Pleasegetintothesquadcar."
Dimitrigotintothecar．Helookedatthebarredwindowsusedfordetainingcriminalsorsuspedshrugged．Hesatdoromptlyfelsleeptofollowthetrailofthecarthieveswithhisdream．Meanwhile，theofficerswerestilltryingtopcateMrs．KaffeeandwritingtheirreportwhentheyheardDimitriknogatthewindowofthesquadcardoor．
"Whatisit?"ohemasked.
"Thecarwasstolenbyawhitemanandtwobcks．ThewhitemanisdrivingandnowtheyarecrossingtheBayBridge．Ifyouputoutabulletin，youcatchthemohersideofthebridge.”
"Howdoyouknow?Whydidn’tyousaysoearlier?"Dimitriwashesitant．Hecouldn’tsayhejustdreamedit;sohesaid，
"IjustnowrealizedtheyweredrivinginthedireofthebridgefreewayentrahecartheftreallyhadnothingtodowithDimitri．Whenallformalitieshadbeehrough，thepolibacktothegasstationwherehewasfiredthenandthere．
Dimitriapologizedprofuselytotheownerforthetroublehehadcausedahegasstation．Beingfiredonhisfirstdayofworkdepressedhim．"Thissocietyisastrangemorymybesttotoitandjoinitsranks，buthoweverhardItry，Iamalushedout．MaybeI’mjustamisfit.”HemusedthatMrs.Kaffeeseemedvaguelyfamiliarthoughhecouldn’tforthelifeofhimrecallwherehehadseenherbefore．Theremusthavebeensomereasonforhertopilikeshedid．Hewanderedaroundaimlesslylikeheusedto，andhisfootstepstookhiminvoluntarilyonhisusualpathtowardsLakeMerritt．Hesawyoungpeoplesittingonthebenchesenjoyinghamburgersandsoftdrinks，talkingandughinganimatedly．Therewerealsomanyfashionableandwell-dressedpeopleinbusinesssuitsstrollingaround，obviouslyontheirlunchbreak．"Oh，it’salreadynoohoughtDimitri．Whehesepeople，hefeltasenseofinferiorityingoverhim，envyiheirenergyandpurposeithehought，"Why’tIenjoylifethewayIwantto?Whyshouldeveryonebealike?"Heshruggedabetter．
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