Chapter 23It was a long day. I was up, but not functioning very well. Along about four o’clock, I had my first independent thought. Everything before that was simply a reaction to some outside influence. Daniel waited until then to talk to me again.
“Do you still think it was rape?”
“The boy said no, Daniel.”
“But do you see how he set you up?”
“I see how it could look that way.”
“He felt your c**k for heaven’s sake! He kissed you on the mouth! He even laid there on top of you while you jerked him off. He could have got up and run away then.”
“Oh, s**t! Please don’t yell. All right, it could be the way you say. But Daniel, I gotta talk to him. I gotta make him understand how sorry I am.”
“Yeah, you gotta talk to him all right, but not that way. You gotta let him know you understand
