#obviously not

Some time later. Perhaps.

why would kandrew's deal still be on

wasn't the deal that andrew would protect kevin from riko specifically (i know the ec says this but idk if the books ever do?)

so now that riko is dead and kevin has a deal in place with ichirou, why would andrew accompany kevin to california of all places? while sharing a carry-on and probably a hotel room and behaving like that around each other

maybe andrew went because neil couldn't and there was nobody else who could go with kevin. and kevin can't go alone

or maybe their deal isn't still on, but this is just how they are even without the deal

or maybe it is on but the terms have changed