" Willie Steph and I, we were all in the back of the E-350, James".

" Yeah?"

" So we was all blitzed, right? All pretty high too, right? Cause it was just down the day stretch and it was Steph's birthday. He was actin' weird on the boat too and I could tell something' was up with him and Steph, right?"

" He's always like that when he gets back from Columbia".

" I mean I guess. But he was all over her. So I was sittin' in the front with the shuttle driver, right? Just this little kid, right? I don't even think he was eighteen. Hell, I needed to help him back the trailer down, you know?"

" Probably just some trust fund Cali kid".

" And we loaded the raft, and we're drivin' away, and I hear Steph moanin'. And I'm tryin' to ignore it, but then Willie, right, he keeps on shoutin' at Steph 'yeah, you only like that nigger dick, I know you only like that nigger dick Steph,' and she's moanin' and he's fingerin' her".

" What's the shuttle driver doin'?"

" He's doin' nothin. I mean, he's just this kid, right?"

" I would have started wankin' it".

"C'mon man I'm trying to be serious".

" Okay".

" So, Willie's screaming at Steph, 'you only like that nigger dick, you only like that nigger dick', and I look back, and Steph is pushin' him off of her, but he's on top of her, and one hand's down her pants, and his other, is like, on her throat".

" Did Steph fuck a nigger?"

" Seven years ago, yeah. When he was workin' on that barge Steph fucked a black man. Apparently he never got over it. But man, he was all over Steph, and he was chokin' her, right? And she was pushing him away. And the shuttle driver wasn't doing a goddamn thing, and I wasn't doing a goddamn thing either, right?"

" What you tryna say?"

" I ain't gonna talk to him again, man, not after what he did to Steph".

" Really".

" Yeah. And I don't think you should talk to him too. That shit's unforgivable, man".

" I mean––".

" Come on, man. That shit's unforgivable. Some of the other shit too. Like, Columbia, man. I've heard rumors, you know, of some of the shit that happens there".

" Rumor ain't truth".

" I know, man. But what I saw, right, that shit's unforgivable".

" Them gettin' freaky in the back of a van?"

" I––she was pushin' him away, man. I know what I saw. I saw fear in her eyes. His hand was straight up on her throat. She was moanin' and screamin'. I know he's your friend man. I know that. I ain't boating with him anymore man. I don't think you or Eddie should either". Yonn is visibly shaking.

" What car she get in, when y'all got back to the rental shop? She get in yours or she get in Willie's?"

" I know what I saw". A week later I get a message on Whatsapp from Willie. Him at a strip club with a topless Latina dime. I message him a photo of my dick. You only like this white man dick. He messages back. LOL!!!!!!!