JAMES PATTERSON Vy: I dont know. I don't know, I heard those conversations, I assumed me and my just don’t know what, specifically, you all [want to know]. | esol? and he ; : goes, “C D: Everything. I said, “No, we did n . 5 c Vv: Lused to go there every day, like I w—lI dont, I don’t know ‘ uh, and then he j Ps > e how many other girls he was saying, “You're my favorite, and . why don’t I just re , , } : . st give y { want you to live with me’ to, but I was in about as deep as ; out?” And’ waste no to. I don’t know if; you can get. D: He had quite a few girls he would say that to. i - 7 3 Oh, yeah. Well, if yo D: Do you have any formal massage training? L tries to control the si e sit V: [Giggles.] Hell, no. out of your mouth, i D: Allright, I was just asking. going to say. Like, tl Likest a money is knowi too. | remember that. Andwhen §§ Bi off he would, like, rub him- 4) ———-‘D:_ What did he tell you k 7 ©: - Well, there’s a coupl. V: He would kiss me and stuff, ple are gonna do. he kissed me, if he was jerking self on my breasts. And 1...1 was extremely uncomfortable. I would maneuver myself away from that activity. 'd get up myself, things I looke and I'd move somewhere else, or 'd—1 don't even remember. “9 cally told me when I I would stop whatever was going on without saying, “Can Pe ema ntict? ; 7 scientist.” And | you get the fuck off me?” I would stop it without saying stuff q He” 1 was like. “Th ft cal i +o like that. | But anyway... his expl D: Okay

“ERSON gs progressed? ke off my panties at first. And ien he got me to let him rub me. x his fingers in me. Then he got ie. Then, um—that was pretty one time, where he bent me over » Without my permission. And I ask you, but I don't count that as “ause | just told you that I never Even though, I don’t know what »—I go, “What are you doing?” >dacted] to see this.” hen you were completely naked, Zou went in, you massaged him? hat. Sometimes he just asked me _he’d have to do work, he'd be 1ing, and I'd just be naked there, ing a book, but I'd be naked. Or, o just watch TV or read, and he'd . take my clothes off and lay with bh him or anything. . ..Sometimes - breakfast, for dinner, or Just C0 id Td get paid for that, too. I'd get him. That’s it. And if the money re ever been in that house. ouch you— say anything else. Um, is there 4 ing? have to go to court or anything: ght? 44 EE BE Ee ee toe Fittuy Ricw : Well, here’s the thing: When this is all said and done, we're going to sit down, we're going to discuss this. I mean, what he did to you is a crime. I’m not gonna lie to you. : Would you consider it rape? Like, would you consider that to be rape, what he did? : If he put himself inside you, without permission — : I didn’t say that, or anything. I was standing up and the table is about, like, my hip length— he just put me down— : That, that is a crime, That is a crime. : I don't want my family to find out about this. My family doesn’t know any of this. My mom t

JAMES PATTERSON D: Well, here’s the thin going to sit down, w ead wr EE mn SO a eee ee y: ...and the little steps that things progressed? D: Right. V: Well, 1 went and I wouldnt take off my panties at first. And he did to you is a cri then he got me to get naked. Then he got me to let him rub me. V: Would you consider Then he got me to let him stick his fingers in me. Then he got be rape, what he did: me to let him go down on me. Then, um—that was pretty D: Ifhe put himself insi e, where he bent me over V: I didn't say that, or a much the gist of it, except this one tim the table and put himself in me. Without my permi flipped out. I'm sorry, I didn’t ask you, but I don't count that as | D: That, that is a crime. me having sex with him.... ‘Cause I just told you that I never , V: I don’t want my fan had sex with him. I never did. Even though, I don’t know what doesn’t know any of t youd consider that. But he then—l go, “What are you doing?” ; for two years, or how He goes, “Oh, I just wanted [redacted] to see this.” thinks I made phone D: Okay. Let me back you up. When you were completely naked, ‘ ing my [unintelligibl the same things happened? You went in, you massaged him? q ¥ know anything es 1 didn't even do that. Sometimes he just asked me : 3 D: Well, you're an adul he'd have to do work, he'd be a done with this interv V: Sometim to take off my clothes and— sitting at his desk or something, and I’d just be naked there, a A decide the best course watching te

rERSON Ly you went? _he used to tell me I was his je bought me— » Neon. I got a plane—l got 4 ot spending money whenever | jeep. 1 was—he asked my par- yuld live with him. Or he didn't to ask my parents, I’m sorry. He ive with him. nt to call it. Yeah. Um, but it ased my pay, as long as he could put anything inside of me. And e day he just put his hand, like, ym the very first time you went? xt track, like, of, of what happened hich order things progressed. ads the middle and end of my - that for the last, like, six Or eight n't have a car ‘cause I gave it back ked me to have sex with him and, f [giggles], and I was just like, no. ‘Tl let you touch me, but ’'m not Neon 2005. He got it for me before member I got it—it was an edition jj 42 = Frrtuy Ricw that was a year before they were supposed to come out. So if I got it, | obviously didn’t get a 2006, ‘cause that’s this year. I got a 2005 Neon in 2004. Seven miles on it when I got it. The car was awesome [giggles]. I gave it back before I graduated. It got too—it got too sticky for me. He wanted more than I was willing to give. I didn’t wanna— didn’t want to, um, suck his dick. I didn’t want to. have sex with him. I never did that, and I wanted to be able to walk away from this saying that I—saying that I never did that. And I’m glad that I did. But I lied to him when I gave it back. I didn’t want to burn my bridges, because he was a spectacular connection to have. Spectacular. Even if I didn’t—even when I didn

James PATTERSON - How many times would you say you went? - Hundreds. Hundreds. I was—he used to tell me | was his favorite. He bought me a car. He bought me— - This Jeep that youre driving? - No. I had a brand-new Dodge plane ticket to New York; I got spending money whenever wanted. Like, 1 was in there deep. 1 was—he asked my par- ents to emancipate me so | could live with him. Or he didn't o ask my parents, I'm sorry. He Neon. I got a plane—lI got a ask my parents, he asked me t actually wanted me to come live with him. . As, like, a girlfriend? . Sex slave, whatever you want escalated—he, he just increased my pay, aS touch me. I wouldn't let him put anything inside of me. And then one day he just did, one day he just put his hand, like, to call it. Yeah. Um, but it long as he could his fingers—and, um... - How long, would you say, from the very first time you went? ike, of, of what happened - Months. Honestly, I never kept track, l when. | just can tell you in which order things progressed. It was—it was, like, towards the middle and end of my school year. But I remember that for the last, like, six or eight weeks of high school, I didn’t have a car ‘cause I gave it back have sex with him and, like, no. to him. Because he—he asked me to like, like suck him and stuff [giggles], and 1 was just Definitely not. I was like, “T'1] let you touch me, but I’m not gonna do that." Yeah, the car was a Dodge Neon 2005. He got i the New Year, because I remembe 42 t fo

Fittyy RicwH ERSON no. And he still paid me the I mean, I’m sorry, he is circumcised, my bad. He’s circum- t. | went home | cised, a hundred and ten percent sure. A matter of fact, he has some sort of birth defect. On his thing. I don’t know what it is [giggles]; I’ve never really looked at it, because I’ve never st was it. Yeah, he ejaculated. done anything where I had to touch it. I’ve never touched it—out of the whole time I worked for him, I never touched at there? his penis. Like, he—I’m pretty sure he rubbed it against me, but I’ve never ever been, like, “Okay, I’m letting you do this” ath, I know, I can see it in your : or “I’m gonna do this to you.” Um, it’s really weirdly shaped. ua went there multiple times? I don’t know—do you want me to, like, tell you this? | what happened the first time. _ forty minutes—that was a lot ['m just really embarrassed. Um, it’s like a teardrop, like a dng six bucks an hour. | drop of water. It’s really fat at the bottom and skinny at the ou were sixteen now? | top, where it’s attached. And he never gets fully hard, ever. re of my age. I was under seven- . Like, I just could tell by looking at it—like, by looking you , can obviously tell if you're hard or not, and I could tell that he wasn't. first time you went, when he a. Fi D: The next time you went, or as you continued to go, did it : escalate more? P 4 _ Y. Mm-hmm. I actually —I don’t remember how long it took for ‘to ask me if I saw, like, his come. ‘ * me to start working

JAMES PATTERSON my underwear off: I told him no. And he still paid me the same amount. And that was that. | went home. D: So, in other words, he— , V: Finished with himself and that was it. Yeah, he ejaculated. Specifically. D: That was the first time you went there? Vv: Mm-hmm. D: And—!I know, take a deep breath, I know, | can see it in your eyes already. From then on, you went there multiple times? V: [had problems with it. [With] what happened the first time. But three hundred dollars for forty minutes—that was a lot for a sixteen-year-old girl making six bucks an hour. D: So you're saying youre sure you were sixteen now? Vy: Um, 1 don’t want to say I'm sure of my age. I was under seven- teen, one hundred percent. D: Okay. Um, when you— the first time you went, when he masturbated, did you see? V: [giggles] D: His member? Vy: Oh, 1 thought you were going to ask me if I saw, like, his come. D: No. V: I saw all of the above. D: You saw him naked, fully naked? Fully naked? Vy: Yeah, a hundred percent naked. He had a towel on for some of it, but that doesn’t mean anything. Like, he was naked. D: He took off the towel? V: Lsaw everything, yeah. i I mean, I'm sorry, cised, a hundred a has some sort of bi | it is [giggles]; I've n ; done anything wh: it—out of the who | his penis. Like, he- but I’ve never ever | or “I’m gonna do tk I don’t know—do 5 ’'m just really emb : drop of water. It’s r ; top, where it’s attac . Like, I just could te i” can obviously t

3RSON you met him, and then I’ll— ale friend] worked at Hollister »n mall, and 1 was mentioning 'y to go to Maine.. I wanted to and 1 couldn't afford a plane Il, you can get a plane ticket in ‘ou talking about?” Like, what + sense to me, a plane ticket in g about? And she goes, “Oh, we and, um, he'll pay two hundred utes or an hour.” And thats all thing. girls, so | looked cute, did my that it was what it was. I wasnt 1e was gonna pay me two hun- _—I, I don’t know, like, I don't eh my head. | absolutely don't vy mind was thinking, oh, well, was also thinking, you know, at ing crazy? Like, this guys not t doing anything, not letting him now? So I didn’t know what to he does something that I have a 2? 0? of his, like, slaves that he has live claves.” like, one of the girls that 38 Fittyy Ricu he bought to, like, have sex with him. Um, I was introduced to one of them probably, like...Sarah. I was introduced to Sarah. Um, that’s his assistant, I think. I think they have sex, but I don’t know. Um, I was introduced to his assistant Sarah, and she’s the one who told me that he would be ready in a second. And from there I met various other girls. I don’t really—lI didn’t pay attention to who they were, though.... SO...we were waiting on the couch in the bathroom, and, um, Jeffrey comes up, and he’s like, “Hey, I’m—1’m Jeffrey.” He just introduced himself, and he hands—I remember this ‘cause I was pissed off that she got paid to bring me. Like, | was pissed off. He hands h

D: Well, ah, start from, like, how yo JAMES PATTERSON u met him, and then ru— (ll take you through. - Okay. Um, we [Alison and a female friend] worked at Hollister together in the Wellington Green mall,.and I was mentioning y to go to Maine.. | wanted to go camping for the summer, and | couldn't afford a plane ticket. And—she goes, “Oh, well, you can get a plane ticket in ” 1 said, “What are you talking about?” Like, what are you—that didn't make any sense to me, 4 plane ticket in two hours, what are you talking about? And she goes, “Oh, we can go give this guy a massage, and, um, he'll pay two hundred 5 or an hour.” And that’s all dollars for, like, forty-five minute she told me—no details, no nothing. to her how I wanted extra mone two hours. She said that he wanted cute girls, so | looked cute, did my best. I didn't —1 didn't think that it was what it was. I wasnt naive enough to think that he was gonna pay me two hun- for nothing—l, I don't know, like, I dont my head. | absolutely don't d was thinking, oh, well, thinking, you know, at y? Like, this guy's nol not letting him dred dollars just know what was going through know, And I—the back of my min +t could be legitimate, but I was also the same time, is she fucking craz gonna pay you money for not doing anything, cop a feel or nothing. You know? So I didn’t know what to think, I was like, “Oh.. if he does something that I have a problem with, then I'll leave.” D: Who were you introduced to? Vv: One of hi

ERSON sks. ‘n replies. “He said that a very yer?” young. Fourteen, fifteen years nent, makes a few scratches in . what we can do with that for . sing journalist will put enough f the picture. Sooner or later, it. Maybe a cop's girlfriend gets rfriend mentions it to her hus- ylfing buddy in turn. Maybe the off the rez, blitzed off those mar- h Grill. s talk. At that point, Chief Reit- der—with Epstein on one side, chief taking flak from all sides. -Reiter’s investigation, the press eep it that way. : pieces of the puzzle keep falling 36 FirtHy Ricw On September 11, a young woman named Alison gets pulled over by the police.* She’s carrying a small amount of marijuana. The patrol officer handcuffs her and puts her in the back of his vehicle. But Alison’s been in the back of a police car before, and she’s cocky and canny enough to pivot the conversation away from the dime bag she’s been busted with. She tells the officer a remarkable story about an older man engaging in sexual activi- ties with high school girls. Alison knows about it firsthand, she says. She’s been going to the house on El Brillo Way since she was sixteen. At first the cop’s skeptical. He hasn’t heard about the investi- gation into Jeffrey Epstein’s affairs. And, after all, Alison is a burnout. But back at the station, he finds out that Alison has not been bullshitting him. The investigation is real. Alison's name and cell phone number match up with messages that have been pulled from Epstein’s tra

James PATTERSON “Where, exactly?” a producer asks. “He didn't say, exactly,” an intern replies. “He said that a very rich man was involved.” “Who?” “Didn't say.” “Did he leave a call-back number?” “No. The kid sounded really young. Fo old.” The producer thinks for his dog-eared notepad. “Okay,” he says. “Pm not sure what we can the moment.” At some point, some enterprising journalist will put enough f the picture. Sooner OF later, aybe a cop's girlfriend gets nd mentions it to her hus- buddy in turn. Maybe the urteen, fifteen years a moment, makes a few scratches in pieces together to get a sense O someone will talk. Maybe a parent. M giddy at lunch. The girlfriend's girlfrie band, who says something to a golfing golfing buddy knows a reporter. Or maybe some lawyer goes off the rez, at the Palm Beach Grill. alk. At that point, Chief Reit- blitzed off those mar- tinis they serve Sgoner or later, there’s always t er’s job will get much, much harder — with Epstein on one side, the press on the other, and the chief taking flak from all sides. But right now, two months into Reiter’s investigation, the press is still speaking 10 whispers. Right now, Reiter wants to keep it that way- And, in the meantime, new into place. do with that for - pieces of the puzzle keep falling - On September 11, over by the police. : The patrol officer | | vehicle. But Alison she’s cocky and c: from the dime bag | remarkable story a ties with high sch: says. She's been gi was

ERSON lea other victims had to be t Epstein’s neighbor reported: o find them as quickly as pos- | ‘Palm Beach, more girls were ise on El Brillo Way. CHAPTER. I2 Alison: September 11, 2005 t might start with the Palm Beach Daily News, which usually covers charity balls, equestrian events, and gallery openings. Reporters there would kill to sink their teeth into something 4q so juicy. On top of that, Chief Reiter knows, Palm Beach is full of freelance paparazzi and seasoned semiretired journalists. q " They'd kill for the story, too. For them, it'd be a real-life Body qs Heat. 3 a Over at WPTV, the local NBC affiliate, the phone rings ’ ts one day. : It's a tip from a kid, sounding nervous. Something about girls froma local high school. i ye | There's a prostitution ring out in Palm Beach, says the boy. 4 i q The tip gets brought up in a midmorning meeting at which | the producers divvy up ideas among the various reporters and newscasts. 35 34 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009184

James PATTERSON a— other victims had to be s neighbor reported: m as quickly as pos- And—Reiter can’t shake the ide out there. That lined up with what Epstein e were many girls. He needed to find the Ce ge pe et ee ee ee warts - 5 a al ther sible. It was a race against time. As long as Epstein was free in Palm Beach, arrive at the side of the house on El Brillo Way. more girls were 4 sure to i Alison: September 11 | t might start with th ba covers charity balls, Reporters there woul so juicy. On top of that, ¢ freelance paparazzi and : They'd kill for the stc Heat. Over at WPTV, the one day. It's a tip from a kid, s« from a local high school. , There’s a prostitution > The tip gets brought _ the Producers divvy up 'hewscasts. HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009183

Fittuy RicH ERSON tice. 1 nineteen-year-old beauty who lived at Epstein’s home and was out complaints they'd gotten | described, by another girl, in a recorded interview with Detec- en hanging around at the end . tive Recarey, as one of Epstein’s “like, slaves.” g at all hours from Epstein's | to that,” Reiter said in a depo- uit, brought by a victim, that | In September, several months into the investigation, Epstein we may have encountered one , calls Reiter directly and asks: Has Palm Beach bought the fire- ne a little bit of surveillance or | arms simulator yet? , r or not they had seen that. I Cautiously, Reiter tells him that they’re still doing research. rstanding that, yes, there were i If the department needs more funds, Epstein says, he'll be -oming and going from Mr. . happy to provide them. . Reiter thanks him graciously and hangs up. But he’s certain + inquiry, and we were of the : now that Epstein knows about the investigation. Thinking about nd [we] were also of the belief Epstein’s crimes in Palm Beach makes him shudder. And, Reiter sere could be prostitution. But | knows, if the charges are true, things are going to get ugly and g that we heavily pursued — public. »5: it's common everywhere in Cops like Reiter are family men, fathers. Some see so much hey were underage at that point, : ; that they’re no longer surprised by the ways of the world. Still, it in it? { q helps to hold on to a natural capacity for outrage. Thefts are easy aplaints on the day Epst

ss 2 ‘ ee a! pe ore James PATTERSON > oop Something an old cop would notice. nineteen-year-old bez Reiter’s officers had told him about compl a few months earlier — young women hanging of the block or coming and going at all hour house. “There was some follow-up to that,” Reiter said in a depo- a victim, that h sition for B.B. vs- Epstein, a civil suit, brought by “| think we may have encountered one Jeffrey eventually settled. or two of them. [We] may have done a little bit of surveillance Or arms simulator yet? aints they'd gotten , described, by anothe around at the end : tive Recarey, as one 0: s from Epstein’s In September, sever ee ee eS calls Reiter directly < talked to neighbors as to whether or not they had seen that. I Cautiously, Reiter think we were of the general understanding that, yes, there were } If the departmen men coming and going from Mr. { happy to provide ther very attractive young W° Reiter thanks hir Epstein’s residence. “We did some level of further inquiry, and we were of the 4 now that Epstein knc belief that they were all adults. And [we] were also of the belief q Epstein’s crimes in P that there was a possibility that there could be prostitution. But | ! { knows, if the charge mean that’s just not something that we heavily pursued— a public. prostitution in private residences; it's common everywhere in . Cops like Reiter America. We didn't believe that they were underage at that point, = : that they’re no longe: and so we had n

iRSON er arrive at Mount Trashmore. tion, St. Pierre thinks about a wonder to him that Ameri- ‘e say these kids have done. ome of them just don’t know tt, han they have. things. They don’t know any . house make one thing clear. g. ” St. Pierre tells the cop. rp look, and St. Pierre nods. his time. 1ere tomorrow?” yatient again. In his hand he’s yel St. Pierre has pulled from ime is on it. Mary’s name is on it to Chief Reiter’s office. ierre tells him. “Tomorrow, the 22 CHAPTER II Michael Reiter: September 2005 here’s a sense in which the Palm Beach PD functions asa foundation. From time to time, one of the town’s wealthy residents will walk in with a check followed by an inquiry. How much more would the police force need to make this remarkably safe community feel even safer? A tax write-off? Sure. But why not? Coming from most, it’s a genuine gesture. One of appreciation for all they have and for all the department's efforts to guard it. Donations are accepted gra- ciously, gratefully. In 2004, the department had taken one from Jeffrey Epstein—the second donation he’d made to the Palm Beach PD —for ninety thousand dollars. Generous, even by the generous standards of Palm Beach. The donation, which Epstein delivered personally, was earmarked for a firearms training sim- ulator. But that day Michael Reiter had thou ght something seemed off about Epstein. 3] HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009180

SS JAMES PATTERSON Jeffrey Epstein'’s garbage will never arrive at Mount Trashmore. Pierre thinks about As he drives to the police station, St. hat he’s been told. It’s a wonder to him that Ameri- d do what the police say these kids have done. e rich, after all. Some of them just don’t know it, Epstein and w can kids woul American kids at he guesses. Americans always want more than they have. dren do stupid things. They do Then again, chil better. And St. Pierre’s trips to the house make one t These girls are young. Really young. “I hope you can stop this man,” St. Pierre tells the cop. The detective shoots him a sharp look, and St. Pierre nods. “Please,” he says, more softly this time. “Can we count on seeing you here tomorrow?” y, impatient again. In his hand he’s t Noel St. Pierre has pulled from s name is on it. Mary's name is on n't know any hing clear. The detective looks ants holding a scrap of paper tha <p at ie a ee pang al Michael Reiter: Sep here’s a sense Ir foundation. Fro Epstein trash. Wendy Dobbs’ : it as well. a residents will w The detective can’t wait to get it to Chief Reiter's office. 2 ‘a How much more wot a remarkably safe comm “As long as it takes, sir.” St. Pierre tells him. “Tomorrow, the next day. Whenever you need me.” uy ‘tee ey A tax write-off? Su genuine gesture. One 0 the department's effort ciously, gratefully. In 2 Jeffrey Epstein—the : Beach PD—for ninety | generous standards of 4 delivered personally, w . ulator.

RSON he'd heard about in church. those kids looked. The way women. They were like zom- And now, in America, Noel’s ids. him, at least. {Il strong at fifty, and lucky alm Beach, he gets in to work white compactor truck clean, e runs hot and cold with the with much less to do, he’s on shift that would break a lesser | gets even harder. The Estate _ of the parties have hundreds ntains of refuse. That garbage ty when requested. It's carried ier the porte cocheres. Then it to a landfill that the garbage- ‘tion runs from the Everglades he island. It encompasses Ban- Nay, and El Brillo Way. His per- far as the Palm Beach PD Is or the job. h pull” —a legal way to collect > evidence culled from Jeffrey police call him, Noel St. Pierre fugee boat has run aground on Fittuy RicH the beach. A sad thing, but something that does happen from time to time. His homeland, Haiti, is desperately poor. Run by despots who line their pockets while everyday people suffer. Many of the refugees are illiterate. Most of them speak only Creole. “Eske ou ka ede nou, souple,” they ask. “Can you help us, please?” The cops always need a translator, and Noel’s been asked to help out before. But this time the police officer’s voice is raspy, impatient. “This time is different,” the officer says. “Something very special. You don’t have to accept. But if you do, you'll have to keep things to yourself, completely.” When he hears what the story is, Noel accepts. “TIl do it,” he says immediately.

JAMES PATTERSON they were nothing like the demons he’d heard about in church. Noel had never forgotten the way those kids looked. The way they'd turned into old men and old women. They were like zom- bies trapped in children’s bodies. And now, in America, Noel's been given a chance to help other kids. That’s what the police have told him, at least. Noel is a sanitation worker. Still strong at fifty, and lucky enough to have found his way to Palm Beach, he gets in to work else and keeps his white compactor truck clean, before anyone His pickup route runs hot and cold with the almost glistening. seasons. But even in the summer, with much less to do, he’s on the job early, braced for a six-hour shift that would break a lesser ck. In the winter, the job gets even harder. The Estate busy. Some of the parties have hundreds man’s ba Section gets especially of guests. They leave behind mountains of refuse. That garbage gets picked up daily, or twice a day when requested. It’s carried ~ by workers who slip, silently, under the porte cocheres. Then it gets whisked twenty miles away to a landfill that the garbage- men call Mount Trashmore. Noel’s stretch of the Estate Section runs from the Everglades Club to the southernmost tip of the island. It encompasses Ban- yan Road, Jungle Road, El Bravo Way, and El Brillo Way. His pert- formance record is spotless. As far as the Palm Beach PD is concerned, he’s the perfect man for the job. Chief Reiter’s authorized a “trash pull’ —a l

RSON ying to his house tomorrow o set something up for you. 9 k to him tomorrow morning id?” omorrow, and then [ll bring » him about it.” agan. But she needs more. She 00 expectantly, she hopes. She or the girl. Or maybe she can't ary seems to have gotten the iair, she begins to press Wendy. response. “I don't know. You're t. [mean, I don’t really work for mand they work for him. ... You 533 9 make more money? yu get paid,” Wendy says finally. or you? So that we can get paid saying. I’m working tomorrow, a schedule together for you and row when I leave Jeffrey with a r0ne. So if you guys call me, I'd ld get the phone.” age. That's fine. I'll leave you 4 wie CHAPTER I10 Noel St. Pierre: March 2005 oel St. Pierre* thinks of the kids he grew up with in Haiti. His old neighborhood was pressed up against the jungle border that Haiti shares with the Dominican Republic, and some of the kids he knew would slip over. Those kids would stay in the DR for a few days, sometimes weeks. Some of them never returned. But the ones who did come back wouldn't say too much about it. Most of them didn’t talk much at all. By the time he was ten, Noel had learned the truth about those kids. He’d learned that they'd ended up working as prostitutes. This was how Noel St. Pierre had learned about evil. There really were devils out in the world. Flesh-and-blood devils, and ee * Noel St. Pierre is a composite character. 27 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_009176