/authors/lipmans/ Recent content in Lipmans on Utopia Stories Library Hugo en-us /stories/44888/ Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000 /stories/44888/ <p><em><strong>Author's Note:</strong> This is my first story. If you like it, I will write more.</em></p> <p>Suzy was worried, not overly, but was concerned about what she saw as a misunderstanding. She would be able to sort it out; after all the police were only human.</p> <p>It started a couple of hours ago when Suzy left her office for the drive across town to her boyfriend&rsquo;s apartment. She had taken this trip many times before and knew the short cuts to miss the traffic. This meant going through some children friendly residential areas but at this time of night, there were no children around so her journey was straightforward. The local council had passed laws stating that children had the right to enjoy the residential areas above all others. To Suzy this meant that she had to drive carefully to ensure that she didn&rsquo;t run into any of the groups of kids that might be out.</p>