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"You know you have the right to an attorney to be here if you want," he offers
I wait for hi me
"I thought er," I mutter
He laughs and it's genuine He's totally the good cop "I only read you your Miranda rights if I arrest you I've got no intentions of doing that right now unless you want to confess to Mr Townsend's murder"
My tea alive what I hope is an a that because it wouldn't be true"
"So you're good talking then with ht now?" he presses
"Sure," I say, but I want to pick up my textbook, conk him over the head with it, and run
To Mexico
Beck can find me later
"Well, we're obviously taking this infor debt very seriously We've received the records from Marin General and there's no doubt he had the snot beaten out of him We also verified that Mr North came to pick him up, so we think that's credible evidence that Mr North wasn't involved in that"
You think?
"But we're running low on finding anything else," he says, and then just waits for
I try to wait him out, but the silence is too unbearable so I say, "Well, I don't know anything about it Only what Beck told ot beat up"
DeLate will cover that more with Mr North And I'm sorry, but I have to ask, can you account for your whereabouts on January fourth from noon to five PM?"
I nod confidently "I was at school and classes got out around twelve thirty I went to the condo to study Beck got there about two PM"
"Gotcha," he says like we're buddies having a beer together "So, you had roughly an hour and a half that your whereabouts can't be verified, correct?"
I give an ah "Well, the doorot back froet to Sausalito, kill JT, and get back before Beck arrived, good luck in trying to figure out the logistics on that one"
He laughs along with"Heyyou know I have to ask these things, right?"
"Of course," I say kindly, and try to look at him with open honesty as he proceeds to ask me all my darkest secrets
"Sotell me about JT and Beck's relationship I understand they were friends for most of their lives, and then of course, heywhat a success with The Sugar Bowl, right?"
"Incredible," I agree with a smile "But I'ether that long, and frankly, I've only been around hiether a few times"
"But has Beck said anything to you about strained relations?"
"I think every business partnership probably has that, right?" I say vaguely "But nothing co troublesome"
"And you said, you've only been around them both a few times," he says as he picks up his coffee He takes a sip, sets it back down "Tell me those instances"
"Let's seeI ht I met Beck Then another time in Beck's office, both of those times only for a few ht at a restaurant and he brought a date And then the last tiain, that was only for a feords"
"Any other times?"
"Nope That's it"
DeLatemer nods "And what did you think of Mr Townsend?"
And here, I cannot lie I just can't
"I didn't care ant and a ynist But I was polite to him because I didn't want to come between him and Beck"
"Did Beck kno you felt about his partner?"
"Probably not," I lie to his face "I kept that stuff to irlfriend, you know?"
"Are you saying Beck had no clue of your feelings? I uy And if Mr Townsend is as much of a jerk as you say he is, surely that's not news to Beck, right?"