We were going to go in together, but over the next several days, Eric kept giving me excuses about why he couldn’t go tonight, why he couldn’t tomorrow, how he had to work over the weekend. Meanwhile I grew more cautious. His behavior seemed suspicious; I was growing anxious about the risk. I told him, "I won’t go inside, but I’ll act as a lookout." Finally we picked a date; it was all settled that we would go in the following night.