Chapter 23
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“Before I go,” I said, “one more thing.” I put my glass down and stood up, wobbled enough that I wasn’t sure I could walk anywhere, and decided to sit back down again until we were done talking.
“What is it?” asked Kumar. He looked suspicious, and I realized we might not be friends anymore. We knew too much about each other.
“You need to be careful,” I said. “A lot more careful. I’ve known you were scared for days, but I just put it down to fear of being accused unjustly. I thought you were a timid guy, which you are in a way except you’re also a bad-ass. It’s just that you’re a timid badass. If you keep acting scared all the time, someone like Jesse is going to see it too. But he probably won’t assume your innocence the way I did.”
“I’ll be careful,” he said quiet
