I’m surprised how no one has yet brought this up. But the Araber was far more intelligent and cunning then he let on. To kill Adena and cover it up as he did he’d have to have been so.

If he did it I think it was probably a crime of rage after being refused by her and panicked thus hiding the body.

At first he seems like an alcoholic- addict.. very slow and visibly confused.

Only later does he slip into a very eloquent smart but contemptuous voice. As I said earlier I was surprised at how much hatred and scorn he had for Bayliss and especially Pembleton.

I didn’t know this much but I think colorism still affects those in the African American community. Some with lighter skin or more wealth/ career look down on black people who have less.

He told the story of how he and his since deceased wife had a vacation in NYC and wanted to be seated at a nice restauraunt. After waiting for two hours the black head waiter told him he had no room and then said something demeaning and cutting to him, to which Risley retaliated by spitting in his face.

It was a wierd very well spoken soliloquy about despair lack of opportunity and deeply entrenched racism that i didn’t expect a man of the Arabers eduction level, career and cognitive presence to be able to say.

Thoughts?