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Creative Writing: Callahan's Death

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Callahan and I have been friends since his father died. I've been taking care of him ever since. But one day the police came to my house to tell me he left on a boat to the pacific ocean. They told me he killed someone and gave himself up. “Were putting him in jail for a long time and he wanted you to know.”
I didn't know what to do, so I moved and got a job as a guard in the jail callahan was going. He asked me to help him escape and have a fresh start. I agreed but it took us 17 years to come up with a good plane. After years of planning we finally got a plane. The next time someone died, callahan would sneak in and hide until I came and dug him out.
But what I didn't see coming is that one of the other guard new what we were doing. Befor …show more content…

He spent all that time trying to kick his way out. But every time he kicked, the coffin would open a little and dirt would come in and choke callahan. He spent half of his time screaming.
“Help! Someone, please I'm trapped!” Yelled Callahan for hours.
He wouldn't give up until he got out alive. He kept yelling and kicking until he heard some voices and foot steps.
“Did you hear that, it sounded like someone was yelling.” said a man from above the ground.
“No, you're just going crazy. Stop hearing stuff, it's freaking me out.” said someone else from above.
“Come on, let's get out of here before you start to cry.” said a theered person from above.
Callahan tried to cry out loud enough for the kids to hear him. But it didn't work, as the sound of footsteps fades away Callahan start to cry. His tears fell on my chest, he couldn't stop himself. More people walked by but Callahan didn't even both wasting his energy if it just meant losing air faster. He just layed there doing nothing. Wondering if he will ever see the sun again. Hoping that his death will be fast and painless. Hoping that all of his sinse are forgiven so he could go to a better place.
“Im so srry old Ben. You died because of me. I brought you into this mess, and I couldn't get you

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