Chapter 24

“Well, like you said, he’s very focused. Good for Chicago.”

Jesse smiled wryly. “Yes, it is good for Chicago. But you think I’m being foolish, or at the least, very na?ve. Right?”

Marcus shrugged, more amused than not. Perhaps this discerning ability to read people was one of the talents Jesse brought to Gideon’s table. “I think, perhaps, you’re a bit of an idealist, yes. But then again, you haven’t seen what I have, so who am I to judge?”

“Such as?” Jesse asked.

He answered without pause.

“Friends come and go. Friends turning their back on each other, just when they need them the most. Friends getting killed because choices were made that should’ve been different.” He offered a sad smile to Jesse; he mostly believed it. “Gideon might be committed to his fight now, but he wasn’t always. And the only reason he ever had to stick to it is long dead. Time will eventually fade those memories for him, and then where will he be? Where will Chicago be?”