Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 20:33:13 -0500
From: eric jones <joneseral@gmail.com>
Subject: Dominion, Chapter 15

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The sounds of jail cells closing is something you never forgot, and
something you can't mistake for anything else. Simms, though, had
heard it before. He really thought he might never have to hear it
again.

But here he sat. Things were starting to catch up with him.

He rubbed the bandage over his eye. The police hadn't been very gentle
with him, but that wasn't all that surprising. He had been down this
road before. It was to be expected. Sore ribs and a cut over his eye
wasn't that big of a deal.

But, Simms needed time to think. Even a master schemer could only
juggle so many balls at one time. One ball had fallen already and he
instinctively knew that he would need to focus and concentrate to make
sure another slip didn't trigger a crash. He had to keep his cool.
Even a loss at this point didn't mean he'd lose the war. He would
lawyer up, they would lawyer up.

And the subject matter worked to his benefit. The stories he could
tell could be far more harmful to his victims and their families than
it ever could to him. Simms was no fool. If you're going to take a
risk, make it a calculated risk. Simms knew folks would always give in
rather than have stories get out in court or in a newspaper or even in
neighborhood gossip. Drugs, race, kink, bondage and wild sex. Emails,
photos, voicemails and videos. Simms didn't just use his aggressive
personality to get his way. He tried to tilt the battlefield in his
favor, and kept landmines and other traps in reserve as a backup.

And Simms had a lot of dirt to play with... Weapons of mass
destruction. If he was really in danger he could destroy the lives and
reputations of many people in this town. Lots of folks - powerful and
influential people - knew he was holding their bag. He wasn't sure if
he would need to call in any big favors yet, but he did feel pretty
comfortable about his long-term security.

An officer came and escorted Simms to an interview room. He knew the
drill. Say nothing. Ask for his lawyer. Again, Simms was no fool.

But he was in for a surprise...

He wasn't being interviewed by any old police officer, or even any old
detective. One of the two guys sitting across the table was the chief
of police himself.

Simms kept his cool, but he was starting to get a little worried -
just a little. Perhaps he was going to need to call in one of those
favors. If only he had fucked more police officers or their families.
But Simms aimed a little higher up the food chain than blue collar
cops. Besides, even the corrupt ones didn't have a lot of money...

Simms just sat there looking at them. Poker face. He wasn't going to
give anything away.

"Well, it looks like you've got a problem, Mr. Murphy," said the chief.

Simms just sat there. He may have a problem, but he wasn't going to
talk to the police about it.

"You can make this easier on yourself now and just tell us how this
happened," said the chief.

"If you'll make a statement now - cooperate - and we can make sure you
get the best deal possible," offered the other officer.

"There's no reason for something like this to ruin your life, son,"
said the chief, in his most compassionate voice.

Simms wasn't buying it. He kept his face clear and his mouth shut.

"So, you don't want to talk to us? Well, I have a few questions for
you anyway..." said the chief. "For one, how did you think you'd get
away with this? Huh?"

"We know the whole story," offered the other officer.

"Yep," said the chief. "We already know what happened. Why don't you
tell us how all this happened. Go ahead, just confess what you did,
tell us the truth, and this will be as painless for you as possible."

Simms wasn't budging. He wondered what they did know, but he wasn't
going to let these officers know...

"We have your email accounts. All of them," said the other officer,
with a smile on his face.

Simms didn't care. The emails were evidence, sure, but they didn't
really change the fact that others had a lot more to lose than him. A
prosecution was going to put a lot of people at risk. A lot of
exposure.

"And your computer," said the chief.

"All your computers," said the other officer. "And your hard drives
and CDs. Anything electronic or your house are all in our custody now.
You're not going to be able to use any of that stuff - that... TRASH,"
he said, with a judging, irritated look on his face.

Simms hadn't counted on them taking all his computers and drives. That
was a setback. He kept the poker face though. Simms wasn't a fool, and
had top level security and encryption on all his shit. The big-money
but low-energy Hidden Valley police were going to have a really hard
time getting access to any of his dirt. Plus he had backups there was
no way they knew about. It was a loss, but it wasn't a big hit. He
couldn't deny the police were being more aggressive than he expected,
though.

"So, tell us what happened..."

"Come on, Mr. Murphy, come clean."

These cops will try anything. Do they really expect him to spill his
guts and say shit to them? It was almost amusing. He considered
grinning at them, but just kept staring instead.

"Alright, let's just start at the beginning. Baby steps. How did you
meet this girl?"

These police were crazy. Girl? He still wasn't going to say shit. But
not just because it was the smart thing to do. He couldn't tell them
anything about a girl. For one thing, he had no clue which girl they
were talking about...

"Lawyer," Simms said.

"What do you need a lawyer for, Mr. Murphy?" the other officer asked.

"Lawyer," Simms repeated.

The two officers looked at each other, shrugged and got up and walked out.

So which girl, Simms wondered, as he waited to be escorted back to his
cell... He hadn't really learned shit...