The silence of interrogation

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"State your name"
"Loui- Loui- erm"
"C'mon man!"
"Luigi"

"Last name"
"-ello"
"What was that?"
"-stello"
"Speak up"
"Castello"

"D'ya have a middle na-"
"Ey?"

"Do you?"
"W"

"What"
"Not what"

"What's W"
"W"

"What does you middle initial W stand for?"
"William"
"That doesn't jibe"
"Huh?"
"That can't be right"
"William"

"Date of birth?"
"Fuerth"

"What?"
"Not what"

"Fourth of what month and what year"
"January," he scratched his ear

"Year"
"January, month, not year"

"January of what year"
"Fuerth"

...A silence here we find
Silence of ominous kind
Why do I feel so helpless
I have four guns, four, no less...

"How old are you today"
"Ey?"

"How old are you today"
"Today?"

"Today, smart-"
"Erm, twenty, erm, that's right, something like that"

"I need your date of birth"
"January fuerth"

"Nineteen-?"
"No twenty"

"When were you born, which year"
"Erm, nineteen ninety fuer"

"D'ya live here?"
"Erm, yes"

"Where"
"Here"

"Here where"
"Det-r-waat"

"What?"
"Det-r-waat"

"Where hereabaaht?"
"Erm, northwest of Det-r-waat"

"Are you from France?"
"Huh?"

"From France?"
"No, Det-r-waat"

...A silence here we find
Silence of ominous kind...

"Are you French?"
"Non non! I'm Italian,"

"I don't see your hands moving"
"Pardonne?"

"Never mind"
"Italian"

"Yeah shore, Uh-huh"
"From Italy"

"I got that. Where'd you get the caviar"
"Non non, but I like Caviar"

"Where'd you get it"
"Non... oh you mean the coke?"

"The coke. Where'd you get it?"
"Is not mine"

"Where'd you get it?"
"Here"

"Here where?"
"I found it"

"Where?"
"On the bus stop"

"Bus stop where, you f-"
"By the road"

"I know a bus stop is by the road. Which road?"
"Main road"

"You mean main street"
"Main street, Oui"

"And you're from France?"
"Italy"

"I see, uh-huh. Where was the coke on the bus stop?"
"It was there"

"Where?"
"Bus stop"

"Water? More?"
"Oui bien sur, Of course!" 

"Here you are. More?"
"Oui. Shore. In Pa- in Italy we drink wine"

"Uh-huh. Red or white?"
"Huh?"

"Red wine or white wine"
"Erm both"

"Good"
"Yeah, both, but I like red"

"We don't have wine"
"Is ok"

"Ok. Who gave you this?"
"What?"

"The coke"
"It was on the bus stop"

...A silence here we find
Silence that's resigned...

"Who gave it to you"
"It was there"

"Who gave it to you?"
"No one, No one gave me"

"Oh please"
"Pardonne?"

"You don't find a kilo of coke on a bus stop"
"Yeah, is a lot"

"Someone gave this to you"
"No, I found it"

"Have you seen this before?"
"Before when"

"Have you handled so much coke before?"
"Never. No never saw so much in my life. TV. Maybe."

"Uh-huh"
"Is a lot, I know"

"Good. someone gave it to you"
"No why"

"To bring here to us. You're up to something"
"It was there"

...A silence here we find...

"Y'know, I'm not in the mood for lies, and I'm not in the mood for spending the whole day with you here. I'm taking you to the pound, and we'll talk to you next week"

"Que c'est laid!"
"God as my witness"
"May he strike me dead twice"
"I was minding my own business when"
"This, erm, just, erm, fell out of a tree"

"Uh-huh"
"And you're Italian" "Shore" "I see"
"Uh-huh"

"Oui, believe me!"


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5 Apr 2018
6:28 pm