Confession (6 page)

“You’re going to hang for killing Buster Chaney,” one of the KKK members yelled at Sammy and he sounded like the Sheriff.

“I didn’t kill anybody!  I swear!” Sammy cried out and his eyes welled up.

“We found the baseball bat that you used to kill Buster and we have a witness,” yelled out one of the KKK members and his voice sounded familiar to Jimmy and Ricky.

One of the KKK members punched Sammy in his stomach.  “Shut up boy and face justice like a man.”

“God help me!” Sammy cried out while he looked up at the dark sky and full Moon.

“What do we do now Jimmy?  You killed the man.  Not Joey’s daddy,” Ricky whispered and felt sorry for Sammy.

“I don’t want to get hung for murder, so this has to be another one of our secrets until we die.  We didn't have a choice.  Besides, he’s colored and nobody will care.  If I wasn’t there, that guy would have killed you,” said Jimmy  and he felt powerful with getting an innocent man hung.

Ricky nodded in agreement with his older brother and remembered how he couldn’t breath with Buster’s right grip around his throat.

Jimmy and Ricky locked pinkies to seal their secrecy.

They watched while one of the KKK members kicked the stand away. 

Sammy’s body dropped.  The young boys heard his neck snap.  It would be a sound they would never forget for the rest of their lives. 

Jimmy watched with extreme interest while Sammy’s dead body swayed like the pendulum of a clock.

The two boys watched while all eight KKK members removed their pointy hoods.  Their father was with them and he was the one that kicked away the stand.

Also amongst the Klansman was Roscoe Purcell.  He was an old high school buddy of Melvin and they play football together.  Roscoe was actually a First Lieutenant in the Army Reserves and served his duty as Military Policeman down at Fort Benning.   Roscoe also worked at the Tom’s Snacks Company down in Columbus, Georgia.  He often visited Boldger so that Melvin could give him a great deal on a new Ford.  Roscoe was in town to buy a new 1948 Ford when Melvin told him about the upcoming lynching.  Since Roscoe had not been involved with the KKK since the beginning of World War Two, he decided to participate in tonight’s event for old times sake.

“The beers are on me,” Melvin told his buddies.  “It’s on me,” he added.

Jimmy and Ricky ran away through the woods while the KKK members walked over and got inside the two Fords. 

The eight KKK members drove their cars off in a dusty trail down the road.

Jimmy and Ricky ran all the way home undetected.  Tonight would be another event that would help Jimmy’s craving to kill to flourish.

Two days had passed and Eliza Sampson packed two suitcases.  A friend of Eliza drove her and Joey to the bus station in the nearby town of Watson.  They were moving to Chicago to be with her sister, as she felt that would be safer for Joey. She didn’t want the risk of Sheriff Damon coming after Joey in the middle of the night.

Joey was lucky that his momma moved his out of Boldger.  Because Jimmy was seeking some midnight revenge on Joey for telling Sheriff Damon what he saw in the woods that day.

A month had passed and Jimmy bought his first issue of
True Detective
magazine at Paul’s Drug Store in town.  He loved that magazine as true detective stories started to fascinate him.   But the sick part was that some of those murder stories gave young Jimmy an erection.  He would then jerk off while reading those stories.  This could have been the start of a sick future for young Jimmy.

Back to reality…

Sam found the first chapter of Allan’s book interesting and he was glad he bought it.  He continued to read the second chapter.

A
Killer’s Tale story continued…

The years moved on and Jimmy and Ricky were true to their words and kept the secret about Sammy being innocent.   Jimmy often thought about that Saturday afternoon when he beat Buster to death and then that Saturday morning when they watched Sammy Sampson get hung. 

During the past four years, Jimmy found the joys of jerking off.   One sick way he would do it was to venture back to the woods to the spot where he killed Buster Chaney.  Jimmy would drop his blue jeans and boxers down to his knees and jerk off while he looked at the spot where it all began.  This became an event he would quite frequently during the summer months.

It was now the spring of 1954 and Jimmy was now a seventeen-year old teenager and his hormones raged. 

Jimmy also picked up one bad habit he started with his friend Homer.  He started smoking cigarettes and loved Luck
y
Str
ikes.  He was young and hooked and Melvin could care less Jimmy smoked.

But smoking wasn’
t all he enjoyed
.  His mind was also flooded with nasty thoughts of having
sex with a girl. 
Because of this h
e was head over heals in love with Fran Schaefer her to satisfy his
nasty sexual
desires.   She had a gorgeous
curvy
figure with shoulder length blonde hair and blue eyes that would warm your heart for hours.

But Fran hung around with Ralph Johnston the high school football quarterback and King of the campus.  Ralph was the he same guy that had been Jimmy’s nemesis for years.

But Jimmy could care less about Ralph since he still wanted Fran’s love and could not resist her gorgeous curves. 

Ralph somehow knew that Jimmy has eyes for his girl and he didn’t like it.  He told his fellow football buddies that Jimmy would pay deeply if he ever tried to make a move on Fran.

It was now the middle of April in 1954 and all the kids in Jimmy’s class was excited about graduating soon.

Jimmy toyed with the idea of asking Fran out for a date.  So at the end of April he finally got up the courage to ask her out.  She refused. 

A couple of weeks had passed and Jimmy was still determined.  He asked her out again.  She refused and told Ralph.   

He waited three more days.

It was now Friday and Jimmy saw Fran at the outside of the high school after classes were over.  Ralph was out with his buddies and he saw this as an opportunity since she was alone.

“Fran,” he called out from behind her.

Fran turned around and saw Jimmy walking up to her.  “Yes, Jimmy,” she said and gave his a hint of a warm smile.

“Listen, I know I’ve been bugging you lately, but I can’t resist and have to try again.”

Frank looked at Jimmy and knew what he was going to say. 

“I would really love it if you would allow me the honor to take you out on a date,” he said with his heart racing.

Fran looked at Jimmy and paused for a few seconds and this made Jimmy’s heart race even faster.  He got butterflies in his stomach.

“You know what Jimmy, I’m impressed that you’ve been persistent with asking me out on a date.  So I would love to go out with you.”

Jimmy was stunned that she finally accepted.  He didn’t know how to reply.  “Ah, I, guess I need to figure out where we can go,” said Jimmy and he was jumping up and down for joy inside his body that she finally accepted.

“I know, why don’t we have a little nighttime fun down at the lake tomorrow night” said Fran and she gave Jimmy a warm smile.

Jimmy was in heaven for a few seconds then he looked sad when he remembered something.  “I don’t have a car.  Paw won’t allow me to use his new Ford.  He said I have to get a job and buy my own car,” he said then realized that his dream of getting Fran naked down by the lake was now gone. 
So close yet so far.
  Though Jimmy while he looked at Fran.

“I’ll tell you what, my daddy won’t mind if I use his car.  I could pick you up,” she said with another warm smile to entice Jimmy.

Jimmy’s eyes lit up knowing that his date with Fran would be a sure thing.   “Great.  Pick me up at the end of my street at nine tomorrow night.”

“Okay.  I’ll see you then,” said Fran then she turned around and walked away with a smirk.

Jimmy strutted away with a spring in his step and a huge smile on his face. 

After supper, Jimmy took a quick shower for his date with Fran.  He knew that tonight he would lose his virginity.  He started to get erect while he soaped his body thinking about Fran.  He decided to fight off his thoughts of sex so he wouldn’t blow his load and ruin it for later.

He ran out of his house at eight fifty that night and ran down to the end of his street.

He anxiously waited by pacing back and forth along the side of the street.

He saw a pair of headlights coming down the adjacent street.  He got butterflies in his stomach while he waited for the car to get closer to see if it was Fran.

“Here she comes,” he said the second he noticed Fran was behind the wheel of a white 1953 Ford Victoria hardtop.  A huge smile grew on his face when she stopped her Victoria by the end of Jimmy’s street.

Jimmy rushed around to the passenger side of the Victoria and got in the passenger side of the front seat.

The country song
I Really Don’t Want to Know
by Eddy Arnold played on the radio while Fran drove off down the street.

“Is that that new Eddy Arnold song?” asked Jimmy to get the conversation going between the two.

“It is and I love it,” replied Fran while she made a left turn down another street.

It was a quiet in the Victoria while Fran drove through the streets of Boldger and headed west.
  Jimmy lit up a Lucky Strike cigarette to act cool.

“Put that
cigarette
out.  Daddy will kill me if he thinks I’ve been smoking in his car.”

Jimmy rolled down his window and flicked out his cigarette out his window.  He rolled the window back up.

Once
Fran
drove out of the city limits on the eastern side of Boldger, Jimmy slid across the front seat and sat next to Fran.  She didn’t say anything so he took that that she approved.  He decided that since that move worked, he would try another one so he put his arm around Fran’s shoulder.  She did not resist his romantic move.  He smiled and felt like a stud.

Fran drove down Route 123 that was the road that led to the next town of Harpersville.  Jimmy pondered if he should take another bold step and try to touch Fran’s left boob with fingertips of his left hand.  He decided to wait until they got to the lake.  He thought that touching her bare nipples would be better than fondling her breast through her blouse material.

Fran drove her dad’s Victoria a quarter of a mile down Route 123 then she slowed down and made a left turn onto a dirt road.

Jimmy’s heart started to race knowing they were getting closer and closer to the lake.

She drove the Victoria one hundred yards down the dirt road and the headlights showed tire tracks in the road of previous visitors. 

She soon drove to the fifty-foot circular dirt clearing by the edge of the lake.  It was where the kids would park at night by the lake to fool around and hopefully get laid.  Jimmy saw the tire tracks of previous cars that were all over the dirt. 

Tonight the clearing was void of other cars and this made Jimmy happy that he would have Fran all to himself tonight.

Fran parked the car and left the engine and headlights on.

“Let’s go have some fun,” she said and blew a kiss at Jimmy to indicate he had a great chance for sex.

Jimmy couldn’t wait and he lunged over at Fran and planted a kiss on her lips.

Fran pushed him away.  “Hold your horses.  There will plenty of time for that outside by the lake.”

Jimmy felt a little embarrassed.  “You’re right.”

“Let’s go,” she said and gave Jimmy another wink.

Fran and Jimmy opened their doors and got out of the car.

They walked over to the edge of the lake and looked out at the full Moon that reflected on the waves of the water.

Jimmy got brave and decided to go for it again.  He leaned in and planted a kiss on her lips.  She accepted his kiss, and they soon engaged in a passionate kiss. 

She pulled him away then leaned in to his ear.  “I want you Jimmy and I want you now,” she whispered in his ear.   She looked at Jimmy while she ran the tip of her tongue around her lips.  “Here’s want I want.  I want you to strip for me then I’ll strip for you.”

“Okay,” Jimmy said and almost popped his buttons while he fumbled with unbuttoning his shirt.

“Hand me your clothes so they don’t get dirty,” she requested with a seductive tone.

Jimmy handed her his shirt, and she dropped it on the hood of her car.

He removed his tee shirt and handed it to Fran.

He removed his black Keds Converse sneakers and socks and handed them to Fran.

She placed them on top of his shirt and tee shirt.

He unzipped his jeans and pulled them down.  His erection immediately poked out from his white boxer shorts.

Fran snickered when she saw his boner, as it was not that big.  In fact, Jimmy’s member was smaller than average.

Jimmy pulled his boxers down and handed her his pants and underwear.  She dropped them on the hood of her car.

Jimmy stood bare ass naked in the dirt with the headlights of Fran’s car providing the wilderness a perfect view of his body.

“Okay, are you ready for me to strip?” Fran asked seductively while she slowly unbuttoned her blouse.

“You bet!” Jimmy cried out.

He heard a branch break in the woods to the left of the Victoria.  He now heard a bunch of laugher emanate from the woods in that direction.  His gut told him that sound from the woods was not a good sign.

Ralph, two of the other football players named Jake and Charlie and two girls, named Alice and Judy from his high school class ran out of the woods laughing.

“Jimmy has a baby dick!” Ralph yelled while he pointed at Jimmy’s crotch.  He busted out laughing.

Everybody busted a gut while they laughed at Jimmy’s small member.

Jimmy quickly covered his crotch with his hands and dropped to his knees.  He was motionless on what to do and his face turned beet red with embarrassment.

Fran quickly grabbed Jimmy’s clothes off the hood while Ralph and the other kids ran over to her car. 

She tossed Jimmy’s sneakers at him.  They landed in the dirt by his feet.

Ralph got behind the wheel while Judy and Fran got in the front seat.  Jake, Alice and Charlie jumped in the backseat.

Ralph shoved the car and quickly backed down the dirt road with the headlights shining on Jimmy naked on his knees in the dirt.  The laughter from the gang in the car was heard while it backed down the dirt road.

“Please don’t leave me here!” he yelled out at the headlights that got smaller and smaller down the dirt road.

Jimmy knelt there naked with only his sneakers near him.  He was furious!   He could still hear their laughter from the car while the headlights disappeared in the darkness.

“Fuck!” yelled out Jimmy while he looked around the darkness of the woods.  He slipped his feet into his Keds and slowly walked down the dirt road.  He wondered how was he going to get home without being noticed.

Jimmy walked down the road and stayed close to the woods.  He figured that if a car drove down the road he could quickly duck behind a tree for cover.

After fifteen minutes of sneaking along the dark road and having to duck behind a tree five times, Jimmy finally arrived at the edge of Boldger. 

He got to the edge of town and saw a home twenty feet away. 

He looked the area and wondered how could he make it home without being seen naked.  His eyes widened and felt that his luck suddenly changed for the better. 

He was lucky because he saw the backyard of old lady Bertha’s house and she had a set of towels on her clothesline. 

Jimmy looked around and the coast was clear.  He quickly made a dash across the street to old lady Bertha’s backyard.  He snatched a towel off the clothesline and wrapped it around his waist. 

He ran away but did not see old lady Bertha who peeked out her kitchen window.  She saw Jimmy and looked pissed that he yanked one of her towels of her clothesline and wrapped it around his naked body.

Jimmy ran out of Bertha’s backyard and ran down the street.  He felt lucky nobody was out and about tonight and figured he had a great chance on making it home undetected.

Jimmy ran down the street holding onto the towel wrapped around his waist.