In an Instant: A Chicago story

In an Instant: A Chicago story
I stood staring blankly as the events unfolded before me. Fully clad in cast-off clothes; hood up, boots laced tight, a young black boy barely over five feet slid effortlessly across the hood of the sleek black Mercedes and held the petrified driver at gunpoint.
"Get out da car now!" he exclaimed. With that, he kicked off the driver's side rearview mirror with his second hand leather combat boots. In haste the driver put the windows up and attempted to lock the doors. Too late! "I said out da car bitch. Now!" barked the boy as the gun shimmered in the mo…