Summary

In the section from pages 179 to 190, Robert and Mai go back to Mai’s car and discuss the situation. Robert reasons aloud that if the Nguyens have to hurt or kill Suzy to get their money back, they may try to frame Robert for it. He also reasons that the Nguyens may have recruited Robert in the hopes that he would disobey them and try to aid Suzy, thus potentially alerting the Nguyens to the location of Suzy and the money. Mai points out that these are unnecessary risks. She says Sonny is acting like “the guy at the poker table who’s losing big in bad ways, and now he’s playing emotional” (184). Robert then tries to talk Mai out of going back for the money, but Mai says that the money is meant as an apology from Suzy for abandoning Mai 20 years...