name.
Kojak then asks for the correct spelling of her name and I give it
to him. He writes it down on the pad that he has almost filled. He
then asks for my drivers license. He tells me to sit down. I do.
If you've ever been in trouble like this before, sometimes, in
moments like these, you just want to talk to yourself. Saying things
like calm down or whatever is on your mind. What is on my mind is
that I'm going to jail, I'm not going to make it home, I'm gonna die
on the chair. I'd like to say something to this effect, however, I'm
still being taped and everywhere I turn my boiled head I see a sign
saying so. Now comes the also.
Also, Erin's dad has met me and knows where I live. The detective
is about to talk to him and my name is bound to come up. I'm gonna
die by his hands first, then the state will nuke me, then mom. I
can't picture the conversation going my way at all. "Hi this is
Detective Kojak from Indiana police, is your daughter ok?" No, that
won't work. "Hi, we have pictures of your daughter in duct tape, is
she ok? Hmmm? Oh, Jackson Knoll, you know him?" Nope, I'm gonner
that way too, and any other way I can see this conversation going.
Ready for another also???
Also, there are 45,000 Books in New Castle, my luck he calls the
wrong one and they have a daughter named Erin who has been missing
for a while. Or found dead in a cornfield in Bedford. We all know
how my luck runs.
Kojak comes out. He didn't get anyone on the phone. He explains
how girls have been disappearing and such and where they find them
and how they find them. He tells me how bad this looks for me. He
tells me he is only doing his job. I begin to look around for Bubba
and a stick to come for me. He says that my story and what mom said
seems ok and that he has to hold onto the pictures until it is all
cleared up. Then he will call me and I can go to Rite Aid, and pay
for the pictures. He asks me to elaborate about the fight. I tell
him its only a play fight and everyone was ok. We had rug burns from
wrestling around but I left that out. He said that Erin was ok with
everything that happened etc. and I said yes. He said that he wasn't
taking this entirely seriously but he has to check it out. I told
him I understood and it was perfectly ok. I was not going to
criticize or pick a fight or make an enemy. I told him I was going
home for the weekend if that was ok.
Kojak: Well when are you leaving??
Me: Well I thought I'd be on the road by now, but uhh that didn't
happen.
Kojak: And when will you be coming back?
I tell him Sunday and that I leave for work on monday. He tells me
that I must leave contact info in case he needs to ask or arrest me
something. Then I leave.
Now kiddies, its time for the fun fact of the day. Erin talks fast
and first. When this detective contacts her she is going to think it
is about our apartment being robbed and she'll start rattling off
about that. "But you never said anything about your apartment being
robbed", you might say. And you'd be right. You see, when Erin
left, no one was here. She put the key we gave her in the mailbox.
She didn't tell us this. I happened to find a week later. We
thought she had stolen it, but here it was in the mailbox for anyone
to use to get into the apartment. Soo we told her that someone used
the key to get in, stole all our loose change and some other small
items. They then rearranged the entire apartment, or so we told
Erin. We also told Erin that we blamed each other for it and had a
big fight about it cause we each thought the other guy did it and
wouldn't fess up to it. She felt bad, but it was rather foolish not
to tell us where the key was, or leave a note. So anyway, when he
calls, she'll give him this story about the robbery, this will not
line up at all with what I've told him, this lands me in more
trouble.
That was last Friday, this is Friday again. I have not heard from
Kojak. So I called him to see if maybe he forgot to call me. He
didn't forget to call me, he hasn't been able to contact Erin or
anyone from her family. I should not leave the country. Leaving the
state isn't a real great idea either. And that's where we are right
now. I'm still going to the chair.
Jackson