I think JackR is right. Also I think that the guy who committed the crime is trying to put the blame on the narrator too, or at least, the character from whose point of view the story is told is trying to distance himself from the whole mess that his friend has caused.
I think JackR is right. Also I think that the guy who committed the crime is trying to put the blame on the narrator too, or at least, the character from whose point of view the story is told is trying to distance himself from the whole mess that his friend has caused.