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"Shouldn't my lawyer be here?" said KJ.

"Talk to him," said Sunil.

"I met Donny at the Merritt Island Mall. At the Computer Hut. We started talking and at first, I thought he was a programmer too." KJ spoke slowly, but deliberately. His gaze shifted around the living room, rarely looking at me. "Then he told me he dealt hardware wholesale and could get me some deals."

"What do you mean by 'programmer'?"

"Computer programming. I'm going to study it at the University of Miami." He leaned over and picked up several loose pennies from a clam ashtray.

"He works part-time for a local company that is farmed work by a video game concern in California," said Sunil. "He's always been very dedicated to school and work. They give him the most difficult assignments."

KJ made a face at the compliment.

"So, you agreed to buy from Jackson?" I asked.

"Yeah, pretty much. I gave him my number and told him where I lived. Last night he called on his cell. I was working at my computer. I mean, I'm on it like ninety-five percent of my time. Donny said he had some great stuff."

"Okay. So then what?"

"We went out to his car. I looked over what he had. I saw a Cinema Display and a CD burner that I wanted. He told me a thousand for both."

"Sounds great." I hoped I sounded like I understood what all of that meant.

He shook his head. "He had just finished saying that I was getting the deal of my life, when he got shot."

"How close were you to him?"

"Like right next to him. Less than a foot."

"Could you tell which directions the shots came from?"

"From behind. I saw Donny lurch forward against the car bumper, then stagger."

"Did you see anyone?"

"Are you kidding? I was like in shock at first, then I ran like hell. I didn't see anything except the trees I was running through."

"Why did you stash your clothes under your bed?"

KJ tossed the pennies back into the clam ashtray. "I saw I had blood on me. When the police arrived, I panicked." He spread his hands.

"Once the lab confirms the DNA on the blood, they're going to arrest you. You made those blood smears on the window?"

"Yeah. I went back in through my window. Like they said, only not for the same reason. I was scared as shit. It was closer than the door."

"Why are the police picking on my son? I am going to sue them when this is over," said Sunil. "I'm going to sue for millions."

"Maybe they think that KJ and Jackson were partners. Maybe they had an argument over how to split the proceeds, and KJ loses his temper and shoots Jackson."