Determination by Jamie Mayfield

Author:Jamie Mayfield [Mayfield, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Young Adult, Gay Romance, Gay, Teen Romance, Glbt, Contemporary, M/M Romance, M/M, dreamspinner press, Young Adult Romance
Published: 2013-10-08T21:31:39+00:00

Determination

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Neither man spoke immediately. Detective Sanchez took a chair directly across from me while the other man, Isaacs, stood leaning against the wall nearest the door. Sanchez laid a file on the table in front of him and took a minute to flip through it before he looked up at us. Reaching to his left, he pressed a button on a tape recorder and then spoke into it.

“This is a recorded interview conducted by Detective Martin Joseph Sanchez, badge number 5951 of the San Diego Police Department, on Tuesday, the 4th of October, 2011. The time is now 5:23 p.m. Other persons present during this interview are Senior Detective Franklin Isaacs, James Mayfield, and his attorney Darren Troska. For the purposes of voice identification during transcription, I’m going to ask that each person present state his full name and date of birth. Let’s start with Detective Isaacs,” he recited before looking over at his partner with a nod.

“My name is Frank Isaacs. I’m a senior detective with the San Diego Police Department, badge number 3265,” the other detective said slowly into the machine. I noticed he didn’t give his date of birth as his partner had instructed. Apparently, that was only for us bad people.

“Counselor?”

“My name is Darren Ian Troska, counsel for James Mayfield, and my date of birth is April 14th, 1954,” the lawyer said, and then looked at me and nodded his encouragement.

“Uhm… I’m Jamie, I mean James Darryl Mayfield, and my birthday is February 23rd, 1992,” I stammered. Jesus, I even sounded guilty. Instead of looking at either of the detectives, I catalogued each nick and scratch in the surface of the table.

“Very good, Jamie,” Sanchez said and started looking through the file again. “Okay, we need to go over the details of what happened the night that Steven O’Dell was found dead. When we last spoke, you said that the two of you had gotten into physical altercations. Did you fight that night?” I looked at Mr. Troska, but he simply nodded, so I took a deep breath as he had instructed.

“No, we did not fight that night,” I said and closed my mouth quickly so I didn’t keep talking. Between the seizures and rehab, I still 160

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