He frantically ran around the room not knowing where to go and finally, he reached up and pulled a painting down with gloved hands. After he shoved it in a sack that had already been filled by other rectangular items, the alarm began blaring. Someone came into the room from behind and without thinking, Olly whipped his head around to see who was coming. There was a guard running at him. Just before the security officer was on him, his arm whipped out wielding a knife. Without seeing the knife, the guard jumped on him. I heard a moan as the officer fell to the floor.
I stopped listening there. I couldn't believe what I had just seen. As I attempted to conceptualize what I had just seen, Olly spoke again.
"Jake, it's not what you think. I just was going to go in and find my phone that I had left on the bench, but the gallery had closed. I thought I'd just sneak in and grab my phone and leave. I wasn't thinking straight. All of the sudden, I was running out of the building carrying several paintings. I didn't know what to do so I ran. I wasn't thinking straight. I didn't think..."
"I can't believe you did this," I whispered, "They'll figure out it was you. I don't know how you even got away the cameras were right there."
"I know it all just happened, but they can't prove I am guilty, right?"
"You are so obviously guilty, there is no way you can get out of it. Do you realize how bad this is? I can't believ you!"
" I know, I know. But they'll believe you right? If you say that I'm not guilty, they'll believe you, right?"
"Are you kidding me? Even if I were to say you were guilty, evidence will be found against you if it hasn't been already. They could be processing evidence that will prove without a doubt that you are guilty. This will happen even if they take into account what I decide to tell them. You are asking me to choose between you and our country. You are asking me to attempt to trick the FBI and the sad thing is you think it will work!"
"Well then what are you going to do?"
"What am I going to do! I am going to hand in my report stating what I saw in your mind like I would with any other criminal. That's what I am going to do!"
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