"You know what it's like to lose a father. So does my friend."
Your attempt to appeal to his emotions bounces off him like a tennis ball.
"Don't you try to emotionally manipulate me," he says. "I know what you're doing, but it won't work because there's no information to squeeze out of me."
"I don't believe that," you tell him.
He shrugs. "That's your problem."
"Do you just not care about other people?" you ask him, your annoyance turning into full on anger.
"Why should I?" he snaps. "None of them care about me."
Barry slams his car door shut and makes to get into the driver's seat.
"What the hell do we do?" Addy asks.
There's not much you can do. You watch as Barry gets into his car and drives out of the parking lot. He rolls down the window before turning onto the road.
"You know, just because my dad had grudges and a history doesn't mean he killed anyone," he shouts. "Is it possible? Sure, anything's possible. Lots of people got hurt when they picked a fight with him. But you've got no proof either way, and neither do I. It's probably like they said, you know? That missing guy ran off and left his family."
"What a jackass," Addy says as the two of you return to their car. "Sure sounds like he secretly believes his dad did it. Remember what he said about Berlin and the rangers calling the Coast Guard to search his dad's boat? What if we wanted revenge? Or what if Anuja's dad actually did find something eventually? Or what—"
Addy grows quiet when they see Anuja sitting in the passenger seat while Diego and Kirill wait outside.
"We thought we ought to give her some space," Diego says.
"She heard what Barry said?" you ask.
"Yeah," Diego confirms. "She said she doesn't want to talk about it. She just wants to go home."
Instead of talking about what just happened, Addy turns on some music during the drive back to Arbor Isle. When you see Anuja's shoulders shaking, you realize they did it so she could cry without being overheard.
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