I placed the tip against the top blue line of the blank paper.

My hand trembled so badly the ink left a jagged black mark on the page.

I set my pen down on the laminate desk.

I pushed the blank page across the counter toward Officer Bennett.

I hadn’t written a single word.

“I need to check on my daughter,” I said.

Bennett shifted his weight from his left foot to his right.

He looked down at the empty signature line.