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Authors: Phoebe T. Eggli
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father, to try to snap a picture to prove Derek was in town and who he was hanging with. At least they could prove he was still in Kill Devil Hills. Tanner held the phone down as if he is just hanging onto it, so as not to appear he’s taking pictures. Both boys noticed one of the other guys hand something over to Derek in a small plastic bag as Derek handed back an envelope. Both boys nodded to each other and simply walked away from each other without another word. Logan realized he had just witnessed a drug deal going down. Both boys hoped Tanner caught that on his phone’s camera.
They didn’t have time to check the images captured as there was a loud commotion at the front of the warehouse. All they heard was “Cops!” being screamed as hundreds of teens and tweens tried to vacate the building without getting caught. In the melee, Logan thought he saw someone he knew escaping out the side exit. He couldn’t be sure, but he thought it was Kyle Vega whose sister still remained in the hospital after becoming sick from X15. “Doesn’t he work at the moving company with Derek?” he thought before Tanner grabbed Logan by the arm and hurried towards a window in the back of the building. Unfortunately, before they could climb through it to run off, a uniformed cop stood waiting just outside the window.
For more times than he cared to count, Logan was hauled off to the police station in the back of a cop car. Their plan worked – they found Derek, but the price was going to be high. He had no idea how he could explain this away to Aunt Mel and Jason. Neither boy wanted to get Krissy in trouble either, but their situation did not look good as they were escorted into the precinct along with a long line of other party-goers. Due to the small size of the police force, they had not been able to round up a lot of partiers, but Tanner and Logan had been caught. As he walked towards the back waiting room of the precinct, Logan passed by Jason’s desk. Unfortunately, the detective was there working late that night. The shocked expression on Jason’s face as he saw his girlfriend’s nephew at that moment was a look Logan knew he would never forget.
Logan guessed his relationship with one of the lead detectives got him an early interview with the lead cop from Narcotics, as well as the lead DEA agent. He had been immediately separated from Tanner as soon as they entered the building. He hoped that Tanner used the same story he did, otherwise they would be in serious trouble. Logan knew it looked bad. It certainly smelled bad with beer and pot smoke stinking up his clothes, even though he didn’t take even a small sip of the beverage and didn’t dare touch pot or even cigarettes. After the usual questions to cover the basics – name, age, etc. the DEA agent took over the interview. He didn’t get to ask his first question as Jason knocked on the door. He escorted in a visibly upset Melissa. Seeing as Logan was still a minor, she insisted on being present during his questioning. “I certainly would like answers to some questions myself,” she stated with the closest thing Logan had even seen to disappointment in his aunt’s voice. Agent Garland agreed and the interview continued.
Logan tried to explain what had happened – that he and Tanner had gone to the warehouse in search of Derek McCallie because Krissy had been upset after finding out he was back to dealing drugs. The boys agreed to help her out and thought the party was as good a place as any to begin the search. “Let me get this straight,” Agent Garland interrupted, “You, as a minor, went to an illegal party in search of a known drug dealer?” Logan realized just how bad that sounded, but had to nod ‘yes’. His heart nearly broke when he saw Aunt Mel tense and close her eyes in dismay.
Not knowing what else to do, or that he should probably just shut his mouth and claim the Fifth Amendment, Logan continued. He told them how they
They didn’t have time to check the images captured as there was a loud commotion at the front of the warehouse. All they heard was “Cops!” being screamed as hundreds of teens and tweens tried to vacate the building without getting caught. In the melee, Logan thought he saw someone he knew escaping out the side exit. He couldn’t be sure, but he thought it was Kyle Vega whose sister still remained in the hospital after becoming sick from X15. “Doesn’t he work at the moving company with Derek?” he thought before Tanner grabbed Logan by the arm and hurried towards a window in the back of the building. Unfortunately, before they could climb through it to run off, a uniformed cop stood waiting just outside the window.
For more times than he cared to count, Logan was hauled off to the police station in the back of a cop car. Their plan worked – they found Derek, but the price was going to be high. He had no idea how he could explain this away to Aunt Mel and Jason. Neither boy wanted to get Krissy in trouble either, but their situation did not look good as they were escorted into the precinct along with a long line of other party-goers. Due to the small size of the police force, they had not been able to round up a lot of partiers, but Tanner and Logan had been caught. As he walked towards the back waiting room of the precinct, Logan passed by Jason’s desk. Unfortunately, the detective was there working late that night. The shocked expression on Jason’s face as he saw his girlfriend’s nephew at that moment was a look Logan knew he would never forget.
Logan guessed his relationship with one of the lead detectives got him an early interview with the lead cop from Narcotics, as well as the lead DEA agent. He had been immediately separated from Tanner as soon as they entered the building. He hoped that Tanner used the same story he did, otherwise they would be in serious trouble. Logan knew it looked bad. It certainly smelled bad with beer and pot smoke stinking up his clothes, even though he didn’t take even a small sip of the beverage and didn’t dare touch pot or even cigarettes. After the usual questions to cover the basics – name, age, etc. the DEA agent took over the interview. He didn’t get to ask his first question as Jason knocked on the door. He escorted in a visibly upset Melissa. Seeing as Logan was still a minor, she insisted on being present during his questioning. “I certainly would like answers to some questions myself,” she stated with the closest thing Logan had even seen to disappointment in his aunt’s voice. Agent Garland agreed and the interview continued.
Logan tried to explain what had happened – that he and Tanner had gone to the warehouse in search of Derek McCallie because Krissy had been upset after finding out he was back to dealing drugs. The boys agreed to help her out and thought the party was as good a place as any to begin the search. “Let me get this straight,” Agent Garland interrupted, “You, as a minor, went to an illegal party in search of a known drug dealer?” Logan realized just how bad that sounded, but had to nod ‘yes’. His heart nearly broke when he saw Aunt Mel tense and close her eyes in dismay.
Not knowing what else to do, or that he should probably just shut his mouth and claim the Fifth Amendment, Logan continued. He told them how they
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