On the way home, when Tyrone asked me what I had wanted to say in the restaurant, I hesitated.
I wanted to conceal this matter.
At the police station, I remembered that Tyrone had opposed my involvement in the revenge plan. If I told him about this, he would distance himself from me and investigate on his own, and I would lose my chance to participate.
This matter was very important to me, and I didn’t want to lose the opportunity to be part of the revenge, no matter how much Tyrone opposed it.
I told myself I had to seize this chance.
So, I chose to lie.
"I wanted to say... we forgot to pay the bill."
I guess this wasn’t really a lie, just a way of avoiding the main issue.
"Oh," Tyrone nodded. "That’s right, we didn’t pay the bill. But it happened so suddenly. I’ll take care of it
