Summary

After the beating, C-Note’s friends took him to the hospital. After he recuperated he eventually returned to Robert Taylor. Sudhir wondered how J.T. would react the next time he came to the project. He had stayed away for a week after the beating. Even though Sudhir was nervous about seeing him again, J.T. was nonchalant and behaved as he always did. They resumed their regular relationship but Sudhir could not get the image of old C-Note broken and beaten out of his mind. He felt ashamed that he hadn’t followed his instincts and called the police.

Sudhir confronted J.T. about C-Note six months after the incident when another squatter named Brass was beaten by his men. Brass had a convulsion and passed out. J.T. could see that Sudhir was disturbed. He told him...