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rely on whatever inexplicable phenomenon has made confession work so well for
centuries in the ecclesiastical settings. Ignore what I am about to tell you
about your legal entitlements, Mr. Montvale, and spill your guts to me. Tell
me what you did. Every raw minute of it, so that you can pay for it for the
rest of your miserable life.
 You have the right to remain silent and to refuse to answer questions, do you
understand that?
His head moved up and down, but he didn t speak.
 Mr. Montvale, I pushed him softly,  it would help if you spoke your answers
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aloud, instead of just nodding. ton  Yes, yes, Miss Cooper.
I got it. Understood. stk  Anything that you do say tonight may be used
against you later in court, do you understand that?  I certainly do. the
 You have the right to consult with an attorney before est you answer our
questions, and to have an attorney present her during this questioning, as
well as in the future. Do you understand that?
 Loud and clear, Miss Cooper. I understand you.
I was almost there.
 If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you without cost,
do you understand that?
 Yes, ma am.
 If you don t have a lawyer available, Mr. Montvale, you have the right to
remain silent until you ve had the chance to speak with one.
Understand?
 Yeah.
 Now that I have advised you of your rights, just as Detective Wallace did,
are you willing to answer my questions?
The leer was still there.
 Try me. Let s see what you want to know.
A wise-ass. I ve been there before. Stay cool and he ll settle in.
He ll be fine, just don t let him rattle you.
 Mr. Montvale, let s begin with this morning. I m going to ask you some
questions about what happened today, in an apartment at 246 West Sev-  Well,
shit, Miss Cooper. I don t want to talk about that.
I don t want to discuss that with you or your dumbass detective friend here.
Montvale s voice began to escalate as he rose to his feet and began pounding
on the desk.
 I WANT A LAWYER. GET ME A FUCKING LAWYER.
Mercer was around the desk and slammed the defendant back into his seat by his
shoulders before I could even open my mouth again.
 Bannion, keep this video rolling, Mercer shouted.
 Get every minute of this, so the judge can see how gently I treated this
scumbag. You, Cooper, out of the room, now. NOW.
I hesitated and Mercer screamed at me again. On my way out I was almost
trampled by three other detectives who heard the shouting and ran in to give
Mercer a hand.
There was the sound of scuffling from the small room, punctuated by laughter
from Montvale, who knew these guys were dying to land a few gut punches on
him, but thanks to Mercer s quick thinking, the video was actually keeping him
safe.
I was annoyed and deflated. I thought we had been so close to getting
admissions to the string of rapes. They were not essential to a prosecution,
just icing on this particular case, but I wanted to hear how it felt, from the
rapist s perspective, to do these despicable things to other living beings.
I wondered if it was my approach that made him flip, as I paced back and forth
in the filthy hallway. Sometimes these guys will talk to men, but not to women
and I kicked myself for not having had one of my male colleagues from the unit
here as a backup to try to do the interrogation in case the suspect went dry
on me. I knew Mercer would tell me not to take it personally, but whenever
this kind of thing happened, I did.
 Hey, Coop, nothing personal, Mercer said, as if on cue, when he stuck his
head out of the room a few minutes later.
 Montvale had this one planned. He was no more gonna give you a story on
videotape than I m gonna give t on him a lobster dinner. He was just in the
mood to play with you a little variety in his day for the last time in a very
long while. He stepped out of the way as two teammates led the shackled
prisoner out of the sergeant s office and back to est his wooden bench.
Montvale laughed out loud all the way down the hall, and I fought to hold my
tongue so my comments wouldn t be repeated back to whichever judge we stood
before together tomorrow morning.
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