“I don’t know. GG never says anything about what he does at the store.”
“So how do you know he spends the whole day there? How do you know he doesn’t get the craving to meet up with his old—er—friends?”
“We don’t know.” It was Zahi who answered. “But we can’t be his watchdogs all the time. He said he wanted to get clean, and we’re just trying to help him do it. The motivation has to come from within.”
For a week, GG faithfully answered their phone calls at eight every evening. He didn’t say much, just seemed to be glad that they were still friendly to him, and were regularly keeping in touch. Zahi said, “Maybe he’ll keep his promise if he sees that we’re keeping ours.”
One Sunday evening, Vivek was at Rahul’s house and they were planning to watch a movie when Zahi’s call came. Vivek pi
