“And tell, tell Cheeks…tell him he’s a fucking hero. Tell him how they chanted his name in the streets. And the statue! Tell him how they’re talking about making a statue of him to symbolize all the Ashtowners lost to Wiley violence. Tell him every eye in the desert’s wet for him. Tell him there’ll be at least a dozen kids named after him, and that even the Wiley teens are gonna get tattoos of his face. But, do me a favor? When you tell him…don’t say it was me that said. Make sure he never has to hear my name ever again, okay? Okay.”
