My Friends

Ted isn’t ready to tell Louisa the end of the story, so instead, he tells her about when the artist finished the painting. He worked during July, while his friends sat nearby. Ted and his brother continued to mend their relationship. One night, Ted’s brother was going to a party with the Ox but got out of the car and walked home, a pivotal decision. The Ox got into a fight at the party and went to jail, and Ted’s brother met the person who would later become his wife. 

The artist finished the painting and signed it “C. Jat,” which contained all the friends’ initials. He chose not to put himself in the picture because he was all around them. They take Joar’s father’s car to the museum to celebrate the day when the artist’s painting will hang there. Joar’s father’s vacation was approaching, and Joar still had the knife in his backpack. That day at the museum, Ted realized that Joar and Ali had kissed each other.