The Bomber By Oliver Armstrong

The detective looked at the envelope. It was bright red with a silver sticker but no postage. It was just left next to the door.  The detective lifted the envelope and opened it.

Inside was a message that read  “You have 48 hours until a bomb will blow and wreck Times Square” 

That was 43 hours ago and Detective Adams has yet to find who planted the bomb and how to defuse it. 

He has already interrogated  62 different people 24-7, that's about 2 interrogations per hour. But that's not stopping him. He doesn't have much time but there’s one left, Arnold Keith. 

Detective Adams looks Arnold straight in the eye. Arnold stares back.

“Did you do it?” Asks Adams 

“No,” replied Arnold 

“But I know who did do it” 

“What do you mean, do you even know why you’re here?” asked Adams. “yes” answers Arnold. 

“But how?” Adams says 

“I know some people” answers Arnold. Adams gets down on his knees. His eyes barely open and big black circles under them, he looks at Arnold and begs.  

“So” Arnold says with a confident face “you’re beggar” 

“JUST TELL ME WHO IT IS” Adams shouts.

“About that,” Arnold says with a less confident face.

 “WHAT” Adams shouts with a big RED face 

“I don’t  know who planted the bomb”

 “BUT YOU SAID,” Adams shouted.

“But I do know someone who does know” Arnold interrupts 

“What's his name?” asks Adams  

“Doesn’t have one”, replied Arnold, “or at least says he doesn’t have one, but we call him Dumpster Rat/” 

“Why do you call him that?” Asked Adams. 

“We found him eating rat poison in some dumpster once.” Said Arnold. “Didn’t feel a thing”

 “Where do we find dumpster rat?” Asked Adams. 

“Hangs out dumpsters in Chinatown” 

“Let's get out of here,” Adams says. 

“good I was getting bored ”

“Why was everyone in the police station freaking out?” Says Arnold while sitting in a smelly subway train. 

“Why do you think so?” Adams replies.

“Is it because of the bomb?”

 “I also think you know the answer to that question.” 

Adams and Arnold get out of the station to a view of Chinatown. “Where’s dumpster rat?” Adams asks.

“He should be somewhere in this dark alley”.

Both of them tiptoed inside when suddenly….. “BOOM!” The dumpster opens up revealing a man with ragged clothes and a trim beard. 

Dumpster Rat with a weird and awkward face asks “Why’d you bring a cop here?” 

“Had no option” replied Arnold. 

“Is this about the bomb?” Asks Dumpster Rat.

 “yup” Replies Arnold.

And how do I know who did it?” Asks Dumpster Rat.

 “mm-hmm” “

“Fine, the person who did it was a person by the name of Jeffery S. Adams” 

“Excuse me?”  Adams asked  

“What” replied Dumpster Rat with a weird tone 

“That’s my name!”  

“Then you did it.” Dumpster Rat said.

 “Where did you even get this info?”Said Adams  

“I was walking in my dumpster. I took a little peek and I saw someone go into that manhole with a briefcase with the letters Jeffery S. Adams , so I slowly followed him in. I followed him for about an hour and a half without him noticing until he stopped and put the briefcase down. A couple of minutes later when the coast was clear I climbed out of the manhole to realize I was in Times Square.”  

“And you didn’t check the briefcase?” asked Adams.

 “Nah” replied Dumpster Rat. 

Detective Adams looked around and then pulled out a gun. 

“Good job finding out who did it, but next time try to survive.”  

“WAIT! I need to ask something” said Arnold 

“Okay "but make it snappy" says Adams

"Why?” Asked Arnold. 

"Ehh you wouldn’t wanna know." Said Adams.

"But that’s the thing I do”  

But then before Adams could answer behind him a person shot him Just Like That.