Cole was silent for close to a minute and looked away to let his mind process.
Matt continued. “I know we let you down, Cole. It was a split-second…”
Cole nodded, “I get it, Matt. I was disposable.” Disposable to whom, he wondered.
Matt stared at Cole hard for a moment before continuing. “That won’t happen again, not here.”
Cole lifted his head, stared off at the tops of the buildings around them, and looked down to his right. “You think I’m disposable to Johnson?”
“You don’t mince words, do you?” Matt asked.
Cole shook his head, “No. Not anymore.”
Matt took another sip and stared up the street towards the house. He looked for half a minute before turning back to Cole and said to himself, “I don’t like that guy, Johnson.”
At that, Cole laughed out loud, and for the first time in da
