He moves to intercept Cesar's path, wedging his thin body between the other man and the door. He knows that the book has nothing to do with him, aside from detailing how his name and alibi were blithely handed over to people who could do some real damage with them. That means that either both of them are faultless, or Cesar knew about the notebook and placed it there himself. If that's true...
"I know it's confusing, and I'm sorry," he says, talking fast, trying to think faster. "I don't know what that book is or where it's from, but I've heard parts of it before, I've lived them, and if you let me help you try to figure this all out, I can read through both of those notebooks and we can try to piece it together. I can help with this..." he extends a hand for the notebooks, hesitantly, as though part of him believes it will be knocked roughly away.
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He moves to intercept Cesar's path, wedging his thin body between the other man and the door. He knows that the book has nothing to do with him, aside from detailing how his name and alibi were blithely handed over to people who could do some real damage with them. That means that either both of them are faultless, or Cesar knew about the notebook and placed it there himself. If that's true...
"I know it's confusing, and I'm sorry," he says, talking fast, trying to think faster. "I don't know what that book is or where it's from, but I've heard parts of it before, I've lived them, and if you let me help you try to figure this all out, I can read through both of those notebooks and we can try to piece it together. I can help with this..." he extends a hand for the notebooks, hesitantly, as though part of him believes it will be knocked roughly away.