301 I'm sorry, there's no smoking in here. It's a rule. 302 I don't like rules. 303 I have some of them, and that's one of them. 304 After the hearing... 305 ...I was interviewed by a reporter from Urbane magazine. 306 Adam Towers. He said he knew you. 307 Slightly. Why? 308 He told me about the Cheslav case. 309 I was impressed by what you did. 310 You knew Cheslav was dangerous. 311 Still you protected him. 312 You honored his confidentiality... 313 ...even at risk to yourself. 314 Do you think you made the right decision? 315 Or do you think you fucked up? 316 Given what I knew at the time, I made the right decision. 317 So you still believe in confidentiality. 318 Within legal limits. What exactly are you concerned with? 319 If I told you that I killed Kevin Franks... 320 ...would you report me to the police? 321 No. 322 Anything that happened in the past, I wouldn't discuss outside this room. 323 But if you told me you were going to murder someone specifically... 324 ...and I thought you were serious... 325 ...then, yes, I'd go to the police. 326 I might be manipulating you to create risk for myself. 327 Do you want to talk about what happened to Kevin? 328 No, not really. 329 I was just checking your policy. 330 So have you decided? 331 About taking me on as a patient. 332 Shooter had an ex-wife, a drinking problem... 333 ... a drug problem, a complicated sex problem he was barely aware of. 334 And a tremendous amount of free-floating rage. 335 In short, he was a cop and a very good one. 336 On March 3rd... 337 The woman knelt naked at the foot of the bed. 338 Her back to him, her head on a pillow. 339 Shooter raked his fingers through her blond hair and twisted it tight. 340 She groaned, her breath catching... 341 ... as he suddenly yanked her hair like a rider pulling on a horse's mane. 342 The veins on his arms bulged as he roughly drew her onto him. 343 Do you remember that cop Washburn? 344 To him, the fact that I wasn't upset about Kevin Franks... 345 ...was proof that I must've killed him. 346 Then, when I wouldn't break down... 347 ...he hit on me. 348 Hit on you? 349 Yeah. 350 He said that if I fucked him things would go easier. |