Sarah Koenig

And then you have me, light-skinned and quiet.

I didn't say much to anyone.

No one said much to me.

Four months later, I can be anywhere in the entire jail.

It's huge.

And someone will call, Saeed!

People say what's up to me, ask how things are, and I don't even know them.

The strange thing is, so many people come to me saying, if anyone bothers you, let me know, that there's no one left to bother me.

He tells her he's gotten elected to inmate council.

You can see how Adnan initially thinks this is all temporary.

I'll be out by graduation, maybe by summer, maybe by whenever.

It fades a little more the closer he gets to trial.

Christo would testify for the state at trial.

She's the one who talked about hearing him ask Hay for a ride that afternoon, which Adnan said he didn't do.

But he doesn't hold it against her.

He's so sweet to Krista in these letters, asks about the dental work she got done, how her little sister's doing, how her mother's doing, whether her car got fixed.

He talks about his feelings.

They discuss religion and God, their problems.

Krista's parents were divorcing.

They're intimate friends who trust each other.