Chapter 10

Four squad cars arrived, although only two stayed for any length of time. The other two took off in pursuit of Jason, whose description they already had on file from the last incident. Cameron tried to keep himself between Mrs. Shaladi and the police, but officers insisted on taking separate statements from both of them. They were willing to speak to them within eye sight of each other, which seemed to make Mrs. Shaladi more comfortable.

Cameron had to speak with two uniformed officers, an Officer Parrino and an Officer Rourke. He explained what had happened as patiently as he could and he bit his tongue when they exchanged smirks at his story. “So you punched him in the face when he grabbed you?” Rourke said.