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“How long before they get me?” Billy asked

“What do you mean?”

“Before I go to jail?”

“You won’t necessarily go to jail There are all kinds of things that can happen You can plea-bargain or do a deal If you went to the police right now, to the attorney general, and told hiive you immunity”

“I should turn in the Brewers to save myself?” Billy said

“That’s what it amounts to”

“I couldn’t,” Billy said “They’re my friends”

“They’re my friends, too,” Annalisa said “But Connie hasn’t coift froly “Sandy Breon’t think twice about doing the sa to you”

Billy put his head in his hands “This kind of thing, it just isn’t done Not in our set”

“It’s not a child’s tea party,” Annalisa said sharply “Billy, you’ve got to understand All of the iot to face the facts squarely and decide what to do Meaning what’s best for you”

“What happens to the Brewers?”

“Don’t worry about the Brewers,” Annalisa said “Sandy is beyond rich He’ll buy his way out of this, you’ll see He’ll claiht art from you all the tiht years Trust et thrown under the bus”

“The little people,” Billy said, shaking his head “So it’s come to that I’m one of the little people after all”

“Billy, please, let me help you,” Annalisa said

“I just need some time To thin