Detective Jack: S2-03: Timmy the Clerk

He was shaken up. Or at least he was acting like it.

Timmy Satfield, 17 years old. From the part of town where rough and tumble was a way of life.

It was 4:30AM this morning. Opening up like he does every Tuesday when he came across the body of Donny, the donut king of Los Angeles. Bloodied, beaten, and broken beyond recognition.

As he told me this tearjerker story, I interrupted him.

“Shut up, kid. Who put that donut on the counter?”

He looked at me, slightly baffled, “Wha–?’

“You know what I’m talking about.”

His eyes implied no, but his shaky hands told me a different story.

I got right up in his face, “Look at me. Does 20 years in lock-up as an accomplice to murder sound fun? Does it sound like a good time?”

His face started to twitch.

“LOOK AT ME.”

People around us started to stare.

“I….just. I did what I was told…”

And that’s how we had our first suspect.