Tell us about the cassette.

The first time I carpooled with him, he seemed really nervous, so I asked him what he liked to listen to in the morning. He said he had one thing he liked to listen to in the morning. He made me hold his coffee cup so he could get the tape out of the glove compartment. Of course he had to reach right between my knees to get it.

Was that the first of the sexual advances?

I don't know if you could call that a sexual advance. I mean he was just trying to get the tape and everything.

Go on.

He said the music helped him concentrate while he worked on that big database thing.

Tell us about the database.

I didn't get much of what he said. He kept talking about some virtual pet that eats people. He said some days he just sits around and watches the thing devour people all day long. It was pretty gruesome, actually.

Did he ever mention a swinger friend?

The porn star? Yeah, he kept trying to get me to go to computer camp to be in dirty movies. There was one time when he said he and the porn star had ripped a bunch of stepper motors out of floppy drives, and they were going to use them to make a rotating bed.

Why did you agree to carpool with him in the first place?

Same reason as always - money. (laughs) And his car. I mean, have you ever seen his car?

Ironic.

What?

Nevermind. Did he ever offer you money in return for sexual favors?

You mean backrubs? Why don't you just come out and say it?

Okay, for backrubs, then.

Yes. Once.

What happened?

He brought out the cassette, of course. He said it made him feel more like himself. Can I go now?

One more thing: please state your age.

I'll be 13 in February.


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