(An officer and Nate were setting at a table in the interview room. All the paperwork had been completed when Officer Miles and Garrett entered the room. The officer left the room closing the door behind her. Miles and Garrett sat across the table facing Nate. Nate refused to look up at Garrett)
Miles: I have asked Garrett Cummins to be with me for this interview. He has discovered some vital information about the Sylvia Quade murder case. Everything is being recorded and a videocam on the wall is also recording this interview. We know you have been informed of your Miranda Rights. I will ask Garrett to tell you about the new information and how it pertains to you, Nate. I know you have negative feelings towards Garrett but put them aside for now and listen. It could be in your best interest to hear what he has to say. (Miles turns towards Garrett. Nate does lift his head and does look at Garrett in a glaringly hostile manner)
Garrett. If the way you are looking at me could kill me, I would be six feet under. But this is very serious, Nate. Personally, in my opinion we may have saved your life by arresting you. I think if Maze was going to take you to the storage unit office, he would have but instead he drove on by. Now, I know you think you have nothing to fear at the next meeting of buddies in the organization. You think someone else is going down. I think that has changed and you are on the "take out" list and I'm not talking about restaurant fast food. Nate, you have become a liability to the organization and I'll tell you why. We know you had access to the personal computer of Cliff Bayne. A search warrant has been issued and as we speak the computer is being confiscated for evidence along with receipts and transactions from Automotive Restorations.
Nate: What does that have to do with my arrest?
Garrett: We believe the receipts and transactions will show you were at Automotive Restorations the last day that Sylvia worked there before she was murdered. You have already lied to me about not knowing Sylvia. You were a regular customer for buying car wax. You wax your cars a lot. You did all of your car wax transactions with Sylvia because that item was kept in the front of the store inventory and she did the sales work for the front items in the business. This will prove you did know Sylvia Quade.
Nate: So, what? It's not a crime to buy car wax.
Garrett: Did you buy car wax from Sylvia on the last day she worked?
Nate: Could have. I still don't know what this is leading to.
Garrett: We will know when we go through the transactions of that day if you had an opportunity to talk with her at the business.
Nate: What if I did?
Garrett: Well, Nate it may have been an opportunity for you to tell her you would take her to Max's house since his restored car was in for servicing. And the reason I am suggesting that is because we have a signed witness statement that a 1955 blue and white Chevy Belair was parked in front her house and drove away with a passenger at approximately 5:30 PM that day. That makes you the last person that we know of who saw Sylvia alive.
Nate: You really are boring me.
Garrett: You see, Sylvia had become a liability to the organization because she was going to contact the banking commission about money laundering being done from the Automotive Restorations place of business. When we go through the confiscated computer, we will find out everything we need to know and your involvement in any crimes, also. You are a liability to the organization just like Sylvia was and you know it. I know you do. Now, what are you going to do about it? Nate, we have it all. We have the computer. We have the transactions. We have an eye witness who is absolutely positive about the make and model of the car that was parked in front of Sylvia's house and drove away with a passenger. That person driving the car was you. Now is your chance to cooperate with us and make a deal. If you don't, your days are numbered to be very short in or out of the prison system. They are going to get you because of what you know. You have too much going against you with Lana's case and now involvement with Sylvia Quade's case. They are going to stop doing business with you and, in fact, they will keep the possibility of you exposing the organization from ever happening.
Nate: (starts rubbing his chin and looks like he is deep in thought and says) I am not a murderer.
Garrett: You may or may not be Sylvia's murderer. But my, Nate, aren't you something? Bringing not one but two passengers to a designated place for a plan to unfold that will take each of their lives. Was it easier this time, the second time? When did Sylvia realized she had been duped? If you picked her up to take her to Max's place, I think about the time you got fifteen miles outside the city limits she knew that this was more than just giving her a joy ride in your car. Who murdered Sylvia? Who was waiting there for you to bring Sylvia? Was the murderer hidden? You stopped to let her out. I think you told her you would let her drive your car back to the city. Then when you pulled forward telling her you were turning the car around, she waited thinking she would be getting into the driver's seat. You are so good at telling big fake lies. As you drove ahead, she was shot from behind in the back of the head. She didn't see it coming. And you know why you really pulled your car ahead? Because you knew what was going to happen and by driving ahead you wouldn't get any blood on your prized freshly waxed car. This is looking really serious for you, Nate, and it is coming together fast. Who's to say you didn't do it? Maybe you did. You've got to give us a lot more. Who was the person waiting to kill Sylvia and why? Speak up and do it now.
Nate: Can I have some kind of protection in jail if I tell you what you want to know? Because I know if I do tell you, I'm a dead man.
Garrett: You're a dead man if you don't tell us. Your options have run out and the sooner you recognize that fact the better off you'll be.
to be continued: Tomorrow (mystery blog #20)
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