"So why are you here?" I asked him. "What are you doing?"
"I'm not doing anything," he said. Blankly.
"You confessed to something you didn't do," I said. "You asked for this. "
"No," said Nathaniel. "I did what I said. I did it and I told the detective. "
"Bullshit, Nathaniel," I said. "You weren't even there. You were at a party. The guy who drove you home is a policeman, for God's sake. You didn't do it, you know that, everybody knows that. Don't give me that s**t. "
Nathaniel looked down at the floor. Thought for a moment.
"I can't explain it," he said. "I can't say anything about it. I just need to know what happens next. "
I looked at him again.
"What happens next?" I said. "You stay here until Monday morning, and then you go back to Margrave. Then I guess they'll let you go.
