Blank Confession (2010)
“THE INTERVIEW ROOM George Rawls liked to think that he understood teenagers. After all, he had once been one. And before he’d become a cop he had spent a year, part of a year, teaching high school. And he had two teenage nephews—his sister’s kids. They weren’t all that complicated. One part genius, one part idiot, and three parts peer pressure. Throw in a handful of rampant sexual energy and a dash of geeky awkwardness and you had it: Teen Boy.
This kid, though …this kid he didn’t get at all.
F...or one thing, there was a calmness there, even though the kid was clearly in pain—whatever he had done, he was hurting from it. But when he spoke it was in this matter-of-fact voice, as if he was reading from a script only he could see. And he was taking his time.
Rawls said, “So you had a fight with this kid Trey. But he was okay?”
“He was fine. It was just a scuffle, really.”
Rawls sat back and scratched his head. He tried not to do that because someone had once told him that scratching your head would cause baldness.MoreLess
This kid, though …this kid he didn’t get at all.
F...or one thing, there was a calmness there, even though the kid was clearly in pain—whatever he had done, he was hurting from it. But when he spoke it was in this matter-of-fact voice, as if he was reading from a script only he could see. And he was taking his time.
Rawls said, “So you had a fight with this kid Trey. But he was okay?”
“He was fine. It was just a scuffle, really.”
Rawls sat back and scratched his head. He tried not to do that because someone had once told him that scratching your head would cause baldness.MoreLess
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