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"Okay I’ll go, okay I’ll go," I say, blowing ins softly "You were-hey, look at me"

I immediately look at him

"Okay, that’s better Now listen to me" Bobby breathes in "You were the last person Sam Ho was seen alive with"

He pauses

"Do you understand what I’ to nod

"You were the last person seen with Sam Ho-okay?"

"Yeah, yeah"

"And when his body is discovered, traces of your sen will be found in hi slowly, his eyes radiating patience, as if he were talking to a little kid

"What? What?" I can feelhim away "That didn’t happen, that didn’t happen, man, that can’t-"

"Think back to what happened the other night, Victor," Bobby says, holdinghis head on my shoulder

"What happened? What happened,his neck

"You were in bed with Jamie, remember?" he says softly "That will be the last tihter

"Do you hearhappened,happened, asm, its intensity, how I came all over my hands, my stomach, onto Jamie, how she wiped le she held her arm up as she left the rooht in the hallway, how I spun into sleep

"Did you hear ently away "Do you understand now?" Pause "Okay? Do you understand that nothing will ever happen between you and Jaain?"

"I’ll leave, man, it’s okay, man, I’ll leave, I won’t tell anyone-"