from Michael Jackson Was My Lover' book :
After Jordie had relaxed, Dr. Gardner began his interview. They started with the chance encounters between Jordie and Michael prior to their meeting in 1992. Then . . .
“Okay,” Dr. Gardner asked. “At age twelve and a half, May ‘92, what happened then?”
“I met him at Mr. Schwartz’s (car rental agency),” Jordie answered, and went on to explain how it happened, ending with this. “And then my stepfather took him [Michael] outside to choose a car for him to use. And I guess when my stepfather was outside he said, ‘You don’t have to pay for the car if you just take Jordie’s number and give him a call.'”
“Why would your stepfather say that?”
“Because my stepfather knows I was interested in Michael Jackson and his music.”
“And this was in your presence?”
“No. I was told this by my stepfather.”
“So what happened then?”
“Then he [Michael] left.”
“Did he agree to the deal, Jackson?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay, then what happened?”
“I don’t remember how many days later, but he called me.”
“What did he say?”
“He said…I don’t really remember, but I remember the conversations we had on the phone around the early days of our relationship.”
“That was the beginning of the relationship, is that correct?”
“Right.”
“How long did the first call last?”
“I don’t remember. I don’t remember the very first call.”
“In this first phase, let’s call it the telephone call phase. I would like to try to break it down into phases. This first phase was started around May of ’92; that phase which was confined just to telephone calls. How long did that phase last?”
“I would say sometime in late January of this year [1993].”
“How often were the calls during this phase?”
“Well, see, he went on tour during the summer so that was when I got off of school, so I would say June or so. But before that he called – – I don’t know, I don’t want to guess wrong. I don’t know.”
“If you could guess the total number of calls during that first phase, over that seven or eight month period?”
“I don’t know. Do you think I could tell you – get more specific in the phase – and let’s see there? So, well, I remember – – he called over there at my dad’s house but my step-father had gave him my mom’s number.”
“You were living primarily with your mother at that point.”
“Yes.”
“Okay.”
“And so, I assume he – – I can’t really remember but I assume he was used to calling my mother’s house. And so he called my dad’s house. I don’t know, I think my mother gave him the number. We spoke for, I remember, for like three hours.”
“You had conversations for three hours?”
“Well, that one call.”
“What would you talk about in these three-hour conversations?”
“He would talk about things he likes to do.”