What We Remember by Ford Michael Thomas
Author:Ford Michael Thomas [Thomas, Ford Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 30
1991
James stared at Charly for a long time. Then he shook his head.
âThatâs simply not possible,â he said.
They were seated in the visiting room at the jail. James, dressed in an orange coverall and wearing the white tennis shoes heâd been issued upon processing, was one of four men receiving visitors. The others were chatting with their families; one had a child of two or three on his knee and another spoke animatedly with a man who from the resemblance between them was almost certainly his brother. The third held the hands of the young woman seated across from him between his own hands. He whispered something to the woman that made her laugh.
After hearing nothing but menâs voices for the past several days, James was startled by the sound.
âItâs not possible,â he said again.
âI have the letter,â said Charly.
âShow me,â James told her.
Charly shook her head. âYou know as well as I do that I canât bring it in here. They search everything. The last thing we need is for it to be confiscated or go missing. But donât worry, I memorized it.â
She recited the letter word-by-word in a flat, almost monotone, voice.
âYou sound like a robot,â James remarked.
âIâm trying not to inflect,â said Charly. âI want you to hear the words, not what I might think about them.â
James understood her point. It was difficult when reading evidence or testimony to maintain a completely objective tone. You tended to stress one part or another, to imbue the words with your own take on them, which might or might not be the original intention of the speaker or writer. Once again he admired Charlyâs excellent skills as a lawyer, although he would have preferred to see them used for someone elseâs benefit than his own.
When Charly was done James said, âThatâs it?â
âShort and to the point,â Charly agreed. âWhat do you think?â
James could only give a short laugh. âI donât know what the hell to think anymore,â he said. âChrist, Iâm in jail for murdering the father I was told committed suicide because he was sick. Now youâre telling me he did it because he murdered the mother of my high school girlfriend and that my mother covered it up. You tell me what Iâm supposed to think.â
âDo you think your father could have killed Rebecca Derry?â
James sighed. âYou know as well as I doâanyone can do anything under the right circumstances.â The image of his father yelling at him flashed across his mind, a memory of being afraid that he was going to be hit. Yes, he thought, he could do it.
âIt would explain why he was so against your dating Nancy,â said Charly.
James looked at her. How had he not thought of that?
Because youâre not being objective, he reminded himself.
Once again, his admiration for his girlfriend grew.
âIt would,â he said. He hesitated before continuing.
âHer motherâs death really did a number on Nancy. She pretended like everything was fine, but it wasnât. I donât think anybody knew how much she hurt.
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