#Chapter 152: This Feels Like a Test

If he’s on the soccer team, wouldn’t that make him friends with Joseph? Aimee’s words made me pause. I hadn’t considered that Lamar would have a connection with Joseph. They were such different people, Lamar so kind and Joseph so deceitful. But then, what did I really know about Lamar? Yet, what little I did know indicated to me that he wouldn’t be friends with Joseph. When Lamar and I had first talked, he said that Joseph needed to smarten up. That Joseph didn’t have the cleanest reputation and shouldn’t be trying to drag mine through the mud. Would someone say that about their friend? “I don’t know. I just can’t believe they’re friends,” I said. “Teammates, sure, and they’d have to be cordial for that, but… friends? Lamar talked about Joseph some and seemed clear headed. It didn’t feel like he was under Joseph’s spell.” “I think I might have met him before, but I can’t remember,” Aimee said. “If you think he’s okay, you are probably right.” “Teammates doesn’t always mean