Chapter 17: Friends

When we left Paul, I asked Frank what he was doing with such people. I was so angry that I didn't allow him to encircle his arm around my waist this time around. "Hmm," he heaved a sigh and gently began explaining, "Actually, Paul and I have been friends for a very long time. He wasn't like this, but few years after our bachelor's degree everything changed. I tried all my best to talk sense into him but all efforts to no avail, thus I let him" "You should have stayed away from him" I suggested. "What? You know I can't do that, he's my friend. I can't just..." he paused and continued, "I can't just abandon him, it's not gonna be easy, – Laura" "Yes, it's not. But, if you don't, people will assume you both are the same. Remember the adage that says, show me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are" I said, and that made him speechless. "Look, Frank, you don't need such people in your life. They are..." "Let's just go and find your sister, okay?" he cut in and began leadi