Page 163 of State of Affairs (First Family 1)

“Javier—”

“Shut the fuck up,” he said to the lawyer. “You got no clue.” Rage infected every cell in Javier’s body and rolled off him in palpable waves.

“What happened, Javier? What did you do to Calvin?”

His jaw set in a mulish expression. “I don’t gotta tell you shit.”

“No, you don’t, but I have enough to charge you with Eduardo Carter’s murder, whether you tell me shit or not about Calvin Worthington.” She gathered her paperwork and put it in the file folder and stood to leave the room.

“What about my deal?” Javier shouted after her.

Sam turned back to face him. “There’s no deal unless you tell me what happened to Calvin.”

With his arms folded, he gave her a hateful look. “Calvin was a pussy.”

“That doesn’t mean he deserved to die.”

“Yes, he did.”

“So what’re you saying?”

“If I tell you what happened to Calvin, you won’t charge me on Carter? I didn’t touch him.”

“That’s right.”

“Javier, you need to stop talking right now,” Kincaid said.

“I want my fucking deal. I shot at Calvin, but I didn’t go there to kill him. I just wanted to scare him.”

“So you shot him by accident.”

Javier shrugged. “I guess.”

It wasn’t a full confession, but it was enough to charge him. “You’re under the arrest for the murder of Calvin Worthington.”

Javier sat up straighter. “What about my deal?”

“I won’t charge you for Carter’s murder.”

“That ain’t no deal if I’m still in here.”

“It’s not my fault that you murdered Calvin fifteen years ago and participated in the gang rape of a woman. Nothing I can do about either of those things, so you might want to get comfortable, Javier. You’re going to be here awhile.”

“You fucking cunt cop bitch.”

“Awww, are you upset, Javier? Imagine how upset Calvin’s mother has been for fifteen years with her son buried in the ground while you were out living your life?”

When he had nothing to say to that, Sam decided the interview was over. He hadn’t fully copped to the murder, but he’d given her enough to proceed with charges. She left the room and met up with Faith and Malone in the hallway.

“Well done, Lieutenant,” Malone said.

“I’ll take care of filing the capital murder charge for Calvin Worthington,” Faith said.

“I was hoping it was enough.”

“It was enough, but I want you to interview the friends after the fact and see if you can get anyone on record as a witness, and I want a warrant to search Javier’s house. Maybe he still has the gun he used to kill Calvin. We want to make sure we’ve got it sewn up for trial.”

“I’ll have my team take care of that tomorrow.”

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