Summary

Chapter 17 I’M STILL IN A SOMEWHAT

X is still upset by Alain having been on his computer but his mood lifts when he realizes that the stamper and embosser that he's ordered has arrived. He goes to town creating documents just so he can stamp and emboss them. Ali arrives from looking at the building project and reports that someone had jumped from the scaffolding. X is concerned, but Ali states that it happens all of the time, at least once or twice a week. Then Ali grows very quiet and tells X that there is a problem with the car. He tells X that he needs to show him. They leave the office building but when they reach the car, X learns that it was just a ruse to get him out of earshot of the boy. He tells X that...