Interrogation
You've probably heard some phony cop on TV explaining how, in real life, we don't call suspects 'perps.' Well, I'm a real cop, a homicide detective, and we do call our suspects 'perps.' It stands for 'Potentially Eligible for Rehabilitation Program' which is also short for perpetrator, but we don't know what the 'etrator' stands for anymore because that part of the manual got blood on it from the last smart guy who started smarting off about what real cops do or do not call their suspects. The perp waiting for me in the interview room was a shabby-looking hippy type, all long hair and scraggly beard, and the headache that had gripped one side of my head all morning squeezed a little bit tighter when I saw what was in store for me. "Alright, Mr. Mann, we know you were the last person to see Matthew Scribner alive. Start talking." "What would you like me to talk about?" he said, the very picture of innocence. &qu