CON TEST: Double Life

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Author: Rahiem Brooks
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his story: I did what I had to do to make it in this world . Holding his elbow, Jared pulled Justice out the office. In the waiting area of the office, other probationers watched in horror as they witnessed Justice being taken away. They sat and knew that they could face the same fate if their crimes were discovered. The recidivism rate proved a large number of probationers violated the ridiculous conditions. Was there a desire of all these men to be warehoused in prison? Or could they return to the same environment that they left, guaranteeing a bunk saved for them at their paroling institution?
    The corridor in the federal building was filled with government employees. Justice walked with his head held high flanked by Agents Idiot and Idiotte. It amazed Justice that he was looked at as the fool. He looked at the onlookers’ dumb stares and thought, you’re the stupid ingrates . They are putting in 40-plus hour weeks at a job with benefits that barely meet the lowest standards, and a retirement pension worth lemonade at a five-year-old’s stand.
     
    * * *
     
    The office they ushered Justice into screamed of shabbiness. He fingered off the immeasurable flaws. The exaggerated artificial light cast a gloomy effect that complimented the dinginess of the beige walls. He noted that the walls would be white if not for the tobacco soot that clung to them from years of pumping arrestees with cancer sticks. The cigarettes were a cheap effort to relax suspects, so that they continued to sing without calling for a professional mouth-piece. He was seated on a metal chair at a cheap folding table. Delia removed one of the cuffs and cuffed Justice to a hook on the wall.
    Mr. and Mrs. Agent Williams sat across from him. They sifted through mounds of documents as if Justice was not there. They peeked at the paperwork to refresh their memories. Justice captured a picture in his mind of anything that stayed still long enough for his eyes to flash. He committed the still frames to his memory. The man was good at that. He could easily memorize a person’s credit card number, name and address, like a toddler learning to say “da-da.” To his estimation, the agents had a rather petty case; hardly the type of case that warranted Secret Service attention.
    “ So, Mr. Lorenzo,” Jared began. “We see you have an affection for checks. What the credit card business went sour?”
    Justice quickly snapped, “I am sure you have local and international informants that scour the land seeking information regarding the latest fraud scams. What, Barack took the rat breeding budget and shifted it to bailing out the motor industry?” He had become quite tactical during interrogations. His motto: Answer questions with questions, or say nothing at all.
    “ Don’t be a wise ass. We have you booked solid,” Delia said. She slid copies of a few personal checks over to Justice. “How ‘bout you come clean about these and we can—”
    “ Save it!” Justice said, interrupting her. He stared at the checks blankly and was glad that he was able to feign surprise. He read the names: Donald Sawyer, Christopher Davis, and Matthew Donnelly. All names that he had had phony identification and check books under. All the checks were made payable to the same store. All were written in his fraudulent script, with dates going back three months. “I know you’d love a confession, so that you can close this case in the first 48. Wow! That would be nice, huh?” Justice asked and leaned across the table.
    “ You’ll plead guilty. You’re a pussy,” Jared said.
    “ You always deal. Take this to trial so that we can house you in a comfy nine-by-nine for quite some time,” Delia added.
    “ Oh, I am so damn scared. What am I accused of? Certainly, you have no surveillance. Company’s keep their security tapes two weeks tops before they’re recycled. I know you have not found my prints on a check, or a crime scene. And a store employee is subject to Ravonne

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