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“Mal? What did he do?” I asked as alked toward the ticket booth

“Well,” she said after she’d paid for her tickets, “since that no good friend of his is in town he crashed at my place”

“Why would he do that?”

Macy shot onna cuss his ass outblue yesterday, and they went out clubbing I thought you knew”

“U o exhibit “I…we actually didn’t talk at all yesterday”

As we moved on to the next exhibit, Macy filled me in on why Malcolht I didn’t sayinstead to respond to Shawn’s randonize an ani to his about the apparent reason as to why

“Gerald’s not still using, is he?” I asked as we continued walking

“Mal says he isn’t, but I still don’t like it I ain, but he doesn’t need that ass around hiardless”

The first time I’d ever seen Macy upset hen Malcolht all the ti him had really scared her; it had scared all of us

“That’s not his life anymore, Macy, you know that”

She needed to have more faith in her brother Mal was never an addict He’d beenaround Gerald or whoever wouldn’t be a threat I was a little annoyed that Macy would even think Malcoler than that, and she needed to recognize that fact

“I know…I know, but I just don’t like that man,” she replied with a frown

“I know you don't, Mace, but they're friends Mal’s like you He won’t abandon his friend si”

She let out a sigh before the frown on her face softened She gavebehind my statement

“So, what did you do yesterday if you weren’t hanging with Malcolm?”