Chapter 11
Change of Life
I walked in the front door at Madame Silver's and my life changed forever. The cops were not nice, they were a bit on the brutal side in fact and I instantly got pissed. The blue shirt took me to Madame's office and turned me over to a detective in a nice suit.
Handsome devil too. He told me to sit down and started in on me.
"Are you Rachael?"
"Yes"
"Were you engaged in sexual relations with the deceased last night?"
"Yes"
"How long had he been in your presence?"
"Maybe 15 minutes."
"What caused his death?"
"I have no idea"
"What was happening when he a err collapsed?"
"He was having an orgasm, ejaculating"
"Was he inside you at the time?"
"Yes"
"What did you do when he collapsed?"
"I didn't know he had expired, he just collapsed on my back and I let him lay there expecting him to recover. He didn't after several minutes and I rolled him off my back, saw he was unconscious, called the desk for a rescue squad and began CPR."
"What then?"
"Nothing, I continued CPR until the squad arrived, they took over and took him out of the room."
"When did you give him the cocaine?"
"I didn't give him anything except a condom."
"When did he ingest the cocaine?"
"I didn't see him do anything like that."
"Where did he get the cocaine?"
"Are you deaf?"
"What do you mean?"
"I told you I know nothing about cocaine or him taking any."
"Do you sell it here?"
"NO!" Madame Silver spoke up and said that drugs of any kind were not available, distributed or used in her establishment.
"Come on, I know better than that, this is a whorehouse."
"Detective, that may be true, but I have never condoned the use of illegal narcotics in my establishment. If you make one more disparaging remark about me, or the house, this interview will move to my lawyer's office. Is that clear?"
"Sure" he replied.
"Missy," he turned to me, "You are responsible for the death of a sitting councilman of this fair city and you will be charged with solicitation for prostitution and negligent homicide resulting in his death."
"Then I guess this interview is over," Madame said.
"The investigation is still ongoing, and we have not determined charges for you Madame Silver."
He called for the officer in the hallway and ordered him to take me into custody and then to the police station for booking. Complete charges were pending.
Madame said she would call me a lawyer and take care of my stuff in the room as the officer handcuffed me and led me away.
I was sitting in the back of the police car when Steve arrived. He saw me and came to the window.
"Steve, I don't know what is happening, they are going to charge me with the guys death. See Madame Silver and tell her that you are here to get my things, please."
"Ok, you take it easy, I will get you some help and we will figure this all out, don't worry, I got this."
"Thank you," I said as he disappeared into the house.
I was off to the police station.
The intake area for the city police station was a very depressing place and I was already depressed enough. Rough hands seem to come from everywhere, you didn't get a moment to yourself, and someone always seemed to have a hold of you. Even handcuffed they held you by the arm and kept control, always with the control. I wasn't crying yet but it was hard to keep it in. I tend to be emotional, but I had more anger than fear in me.
I felt very strange. I had always managed to keep control of things in my life and this was exactly the opposite, I felt like I had no control over anything. They had me in a very small room and told me to strip to my underwear and put all my clothes in a plastic bag. I did that and a female officer came in and inventoried the contents of the bag before she took it away.
"You don't have any place to keep a receipt so it will be in the bag with your things," she said.
I didn't respond, just kept my head down and waited. Another officer came in with a jumpsuit and handed it to me.
"Put this on," he said.
I put the jumpsuit on and wondered when they were going to discover my transsexual identity. They never asked, they never checked, they just assumed. I figured it would be a lot easier on me if they never knew.
They took me to a holding cell and locked me in. Finally, I got a minute of peace to be with myself. I was still shaken and of course confused which is what they really want. I sat on the hard bench and studied the problem. I didn't know much about the law, but I knew a lot about people and I figured I needed to get some help. I was going over a list of possible helpers when a matron came to the door.
"Ok honey, time to see the detectives," she said.
I got up and walked to the door.
"Turn around and put your hands thru the slot in the door so I can cuff you."
I did what she asked, and she was none too gentle about putting the handcuffs on. Then she opened the door, took me by the arm and led me down the hall to a room with no windows. She took the cuffs off and told me to sit at the table, and then she put the cuffs back on with my hands in front and locked me to a ring on the table. The table didn't move when I pushed against it. It was bolted to the floor. Wow, I though, they don't take any chances in here. I sat still with my manacled hands in front of me, what a miserable situation I was in and nobody here was going to help. I felt totally helpless, violated and a lot scared.
A guy in a suit came into the room and dropped a file folder on the table. He was not the same guy who spoke to Madame and me at the house and he didn't seem to want to introduce himself. He just stood there looking at me. So, I looked back and nobody said a word.
"Tough girl, ain't you?" he started.
"I don't think so," I said.
"Did you kill the councilman?"
"I don't know that he is dead."
"Take my word for it, he is."