a rising man is a novel by abir mukherjee. tw: guns.
‘ you remember the day we met? ’
‘ let’s get you inside and cleaned up. ’
‘ you’re not going anywhere. not without my say-so. ’
‘ is there anywhere on you that doesn’t hurt? ’
‘ i haven’t heard from you in over a week. ’
‘ you said on the telephone that you weren’t hurt. ’
‘ nice little place you have here. ’
‘ what have you done to yourself? ’
‘ he’s not afraid of scandal. he’s too rich to care. ’
‘ anything you want to get off your chest? ’
‘ i can’t stay here. i need to get back. ’
‘ they don’t have the guts to admit their crimes and face justice. ’
‘ i can make you some toast and tea? ’
‘ i’ve been giving you too much credit. ’
‘ where were you between eleven p.m. last tuesday and seven a.m. on wednesday? ’
‘ i hope so, for your sake. ’
‘ they contain morphine. do you understand what that means? ’
‘ the last thing i want is a gun battle in a hospital. ’
‘ can you give me something for the pain? ’
‘ look at us. heroes of the hour. ’
‘ i like to keep my friends close. ’
‘ it’s not wrong, just unusual. ’
‘ things happen in the dark. ’
‘ give them an inch and they’ll take a mile. ’
‘ how are things at the office? ’
‘ they call him ‘ the ghost ’. ’
‘ so you made it through the night, then? ’
‘ and that was enough to betray me? ’
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