BREACH

Chapter 16

   Neither me or Riy said anything about Kris or KT being there. We chose our words very carefully. They separated us. The female took Riy out of the room and it was just me, our lawyer, and the male cop. He paced in front of us on the other side of the table and then stopped to make eye contact with me.
   "I know you call the shots in the group. Somebody is going down for this. We have a witness that puts you at the scene during the incident. There was a girl that was dropped at the hospital about 15 minutes after the shooting took place. She just died. If I can connect her to the scene and you to her, this could get very ugly for you...", the cop pointed out.
   " We need to see evidence you have on my clients before we go any further.", Tyler stated.
   The cop left the room and then returned to us with an envelope in his right hand. He slid it to my lawyer and he started opening it.
   Inside was a photo of my car driving away from the scene. You couldn't see exactly who was in it, because I had told Riy, KT, and Kris to duck. I put my hand over my face to try to keep from being identified.
   " This proves nothing. You ever think that someone else in that neighborhood has the same car?", Tyler said.
   " Witnesses saw this car leaving from the front of your house about a minute after a black Jeep left the scene."
   " You're going to have to do better than that sir.", my lawyer said.
   " We also caught the guys that were driving the black Jeep and they gave us your name. So we have a witness and a confirmation that you were there. We found blood in the Jeep and it matches the blood found on the lawn and on the porch of your house. Your girlfriend told us that she was asleep until she heard gun shots and went into the bathroom. Because there is no proof to tie her to this, I can't bring her in but you on the other hand are looking at 20 years in prison."
   " What! That's bullshit!", I shouted as I hit the table with my fists.
   They had me handcuffed but I could of still reached across that damn table on his ass!
   Tyler put his hand on my left wrist.
The cop smirked and stepped back on the wall and then walked back to the table.
" We are willing to give you a deal.. Who else was with you? Or better yet where are the guns?"
" What is the deal?", Tyler asked
" I can get you only 10 years and community service, if I get those names, where the guns are, or you tell me exactly what happened. If I get all three, you only get a year and community service."
" Don't say anything yet. I need Riy a deal as well. That charge was from too long ago."
" We might can work that out..", the officer said.
" Alright let me talk to my client."
" Sure. I'll step out for a minute.", the cop said walking out the door.
" What do you want to do? You could tell the story just like you told me or..."
" That's dead..", I said with a straight face.
" Just tell the truth. No reason for you to do 20 for this stupid shit. I'm going to get Riy a deal too. I mean you don't have any reason to lie. It was self defense."
" Alright man..", I said looking down, shaking my head.
" Okay let's get this done and hopefully you can get out on good behavior.", Tyler said.
We sat there and waited for the officer to return to the room. He walked in and stood on the other side of the table.
" I'll tell what happened.."
" Alrighty then..", he said pulling out a tape recorder and hitting record.
" You may begin..", he said crossing his arms.
" I pulled up at home and Quay was yelling and screaming for Chasidy to come outside. She was banging on the door and shit. I basically was trying to get her to come off of the porch and since we don't like each other... shit got out of hand. We were going back and forth and she called her cousin. They pulled up and started shooting at me. I ran and got behind Chasidy's car. I don't remember when Quay got shot. Bullets were flying everywhere. Maybe one of the guy's bullets bounced and hit her. I don't know. I just know I ducked behind the car and when they got Quay in the car and pulled off, I ran to my car and pulled off because I didn't want them to come back there and I didn't want to deal with police."
" I don't buy that that's all that happened.. You're trying to tell me that it was just you and you didn't have a gun?"
" I'm telling you that I pulled up and saw her. We argued and she called back up. They started firing and I ducked for safety. Thank God Chasidy wasn't hurt."
" And she was in the house the entire time asleep?"
" I guess so. I didn't get a chance to go in and see her. She had no clue I was even out there. "
" And where was Sariya? Our witness pointed her out."
" I don't know? Maybe the witness had seen us together and just assumed that she was there. Or maybe she thought that Riy was Quay. They both have red hair..."
" Hmmm.. Okay. I still don't buy it but you held up your part of the deal. I'll try to get you 10 years instead of 20. I'm going to bring your friend in and I have a deal for her as well.", the officer said as he left the room.
He came back holding Riy by her arm. He sat her in the seat next to me. Riy looked at me and I looked at her and gave a weak smile.
" Okay since your friend Tastarye here says only she was there, and I don't have any evidence linking you, besides a witness, you're clear of all charges except for your warrant. I'm willing to let you go free, if you can tell me where Tastarye's gun is... If not that, can you tell me about Shaquavia and Tastarye's little fued that led to this situation. That will get you 1,000 hours of community service and probation or 2 weeks in jail; your pick.
" Star doesn't have a gun.. So the answer to that question is up your ass, I guess?", Riy answered with a smirk.
" Hey, no need to be a smart ass." , the officer said crossing his arms.
" I was born this way.", Riy snapped back.
" Get out.", the officer said, opening the door for Riy.