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That takes me aback “I didn’t know that”

Kynan’s silent as he regards htly to his desk He folds his arms across the top, then leans toward me “Why is it important for you to kno?”

And it hits me The information is private Technically, he’s not allowed to share more with me than what he already has But if I provide hiht just bend the rules a bit so I can have sost is

I sigh deeply,back in my chair, I admit, “Malik and I have become close”

“I’ve noticed,” he replies

That has ain “What? How?”

Kynan shakes his head “Nothing overt I just can see the way you two interact with each other—how a bond has developed I just assuood friendship”

Taking a minute to consider the repercussions of full honesty, I decide I have nothing to lose

More i to be ashamed of I’m confident in how I feel about Malik… or at least I was until last night

“It’s h I kind of way “It hasn’t progressed to anything… um… intimate But it could I ht Malik came over for dinner, and well… we kissed But he said we needed to talk before it went anywhere, and…”

My words trail off as I slide aze down to o, it seems abhorrent to me to repeat Malik’s claim that he was responsible for Jimmy’s death

“What did Malik tell you?”