CHAPTER 39

While Amir and I ate, I was still restless. What if Brent doesn't leave and just wait? "I'll take care of Maya because it looks like you're important to the office," I said to Amir while we were eating at the restaurant in the Khalifa Hotel. "It's OK. We will go home together," he answered me. "Thank you, Sam." I said because I have nothing else to say. Are there any more? "But if you're ever really busy or you have something important to do today, that's fine with me." "Wait a minute. I've noticed you for a while, Jamie. Are you hiding something from me?" Amir asked, making me nervous again. I could have told him about Brent but I was afraid that he might just misinterpret it. I don't want him to be angry with me, eh. "Nothing, why?" I answered simply and pretended to take a piece of sushi and put it in my mouth. "Nothing. I just noticed that you've been acting a bit awkward since earlier," Amir said. "Just imagine that," I said but Amir was right. After we ate, w