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Joy
same posed voice:
- On that day, you had stitches
on the arch of your eyebrow
and youwere having difficulty
walking due to the wound to
your knee that Rédoine and
his gang caused a few days
prior, is that correct?
I nodded yes but this didn’t
seem to satisfy her, maybe
because she didn’t see it. She
asks me again:
- That is correct, is it not?
I respond that yes, I in fact
was in pain when I put
pressure on my foot but on
that day, I had other things to
think about. She starts again:
- Yes, I understand. We
understand, of course. But
even though, you actually
were seriously beaten. We
imagine you at your mother’s
funeral,
suffering
like
everyone else would be in
the same situation, but also
suffering physically because
of the wounds inflicted by
Rédoine. Did you not feel a
strong desire for revenge on
that day? A desire that may
not have been logical but in
any case understandable?
Did I desire revenge? I don’t
believe so, either way I don’t
remember. And definitely not
at my mom’s funeral, that’s
what I tell her, not that day,
I truly had other things in my
heart that day.
- Yet, a few days later, you go
back to the parking lot where
you know that Rédoine hangs
out, and you return therewith
your friend Ange with whom
violence is well known, who
boxes, kickboxing, and was
armed, is that correct?
I repeat that I didn’t know
he was armed, that I went
back to the parking lot for
professional reasons and
that Ange came with me
simply because he was in
my car and I was late, and