“Papa, I’m not sure I know what you’re talking about.” Eddie asks, confused.
Ramon replies, disgusted, “You really think I didn’t know? You wanted that sleazy lawyer dead, but you didn’t have to use a gun I gave you to do it!”
Eddie doesn’t reply, now knowing the real reason his father’s here.
“I killed Chase Mackey.”
“Don’t say another word.” Athena orders the second it’s out of Buck’s mouth, then picks up her phone, punches a few numbers, then says, “I need Officer Hastings in the interrogation room immediately.”, and hangs up.
That done, Athena looks at Buck again. “You’d better get yourself a lawyer.”
Buck’s already shaking his head, “No, I don’t want--”
Athena cuts him off, “No, Buck, you have to know--”
“Having a lawyer defend me isn’t going to change the fact that I killed Chase Mackey.”
“Don’t you dare look at me like that.” Ramon snaps. “That man had a daughter, but it’s plain as day he was no sweetheart. I understand someone had to put him in his place, and that you had a gun collection from me.”
Eddie asks, surprised, “You knew I used your gun?”
Ramon replies, “Not until I heard Mr. Mackey was shot. You should know better than to use a family heirloom. And don’t think that when I got it from the pawn shop, I didn’t notice the three bullets missing. Least they didn’t go to waste.”
“You can’t force me to call a lawyer.” Buck says firmly.
“Now is not the time to be reckless, and you know it.” Athena snaps, eyes hard.
“Reckless about what?” Officer Hastings asks, upon entering the interrogation room.
“Buck, I’m not letting you do this.” Athena says authoritatively.
“That’s not your call.” Buck waves her off.
“Do we have a problem?” Hastings asks, looking at both of them.
Buck tells him before he can be cut off again, “I shot Chase Mackey. I want to confess.”
“Buck, I thought I told you to to be quiet.” Athena snaps. “Not another damn word.”
Then she tells Hastings, “He refuses to call a lawyer.”
Hastings wastes no time, “Then we need to read him his rights. You have the right to remain silent. Everything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have a right to an attorney, and to have an attorney present during questioning. If you can’t afford an attorney at this time, one will be appointed for you.”
“This is why you were pushing me to move to Austin, wasn’t it?” Eddie accuses, now pissed. “You were trying to get me protection?”
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FanfictionChase Mackey is hell bent on making the 118 pay for cheating him out of the money from Buck's lawsuit, and will do whatever it takes to get Buck to reopen it. So when he turns up dead, and the entire team are suspects, Buck has to ask himself: how f...
