"Well, you see officer," she said, rolling down the window as she fumbled through her purse for her license. "This is my boyfriend's car, but I have my driver's license right here..."

"Alright," he said, taking it from her and looking from the picture to the girl several times. "Why don't you girls shut off the engine and wait here while I check this out." Then he walked back to the vehicle, and turned off the spotlight, leaving the girls to breathe a huge sigh of relief.

"Why didn't you just tell him," Margaret whispered.

"I didn't seem smart," she whispered back. "He might have been one of them."

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