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We reached the entrance, and I felt the heat from outside slide acrosswith a few ladies, her aretables

“Look,” Brent said “Nate is one of h some shit Some really bad shit”

“I know” I e woman who’d nearly run me over earlier could pass

“He told you about what happened?”

“Yeah”

“Shit”

“Yeah”

“Look, the thing is, none of us knohere his head is at He broke up with Rachel He’s not talking to any of us, and the guy won’t even pick up his guitar That’s just wrong God, it’s wrong on so many levels I heard what happened at the hospital I heard that Mr Lewis rode his ass hard”

“It wasn’t pretty”

“You were there?” He seemed surprised

“Yeah”

“Well, maybe you can…” Brent seeround with his shoes

“I can what?”

“Maybe you can help hiht now, because as long as Trevor’s in the hospital, Nate is stuck in all the shit that happened that night, and honestly? It could have been any one of us behind the wheel Shit happens Mistakes happen”

“Were you there?” I asked, more than a little curious