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Tagoe is one of Rufus’s best friends and a member of the Plutos (a group of friends who are also foster siblings) along with Rufus, Aimee, and Malcolm. His parents seemingly abandoned him over the course of three years; it wasn’t until Tagoe had been in foster care for a month that he learned his dad committed suicide. As far as Rufus knows, Tagoe hasn’t cried for either parent. Despite this rough beginning, Tagoe throws himself into the Plutos’ friendship and chosen family. He firmly believes that only the people who want to be in his life are the ones worth having around. This is part of the reason that he gets so aggressive when the cops try to arrest Rufus for beating up Peck—he wants to do everything he can to protect Rufus. Tagoe has a tic that causes his neck to jerk. He often suppresses it to make other people comfortable, but when he’s in a stressful situation, he sometimes takes off his glasses and lets his neck twitch. It gives him a sense of relief to give in. Tagoe is planning to head to college soon after the novel ends.
Tagoe Hayes Quotes in They Both Die at the End
The They Both Die at the End quotes below are all either spoken by Tagoe Hayes or refer to Tagoe Hayes. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Rufus, 1:18 a.m.
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I don’t wanna think about any of that, I just wanna get to Aimee and say goodbye to the Plutos as the friend they know I am, not the monster I was tonight.
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Mateo, 7:22 a.m.
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I believe him. He’s not monstrous. Monsters don’t come to your home to help you live; they trap you in your bed and eat you alive. “People make mistakes,” I say.
“And my friends are the ones being punished,” Rufus says. “Their last memory of me will be running out the back door from my own funeral because the cops were coming for me. I left them behind... I’ve spent the last four months feeling abandoned by my family dying, and in a split second I did the same damn thing to my new family.”
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Officer Andrade, 4:32 p.m.
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Graham is always on Andrade’s mind, and today is no exception, with these foster kids in the holding cell who are acting out because their brother is a Decker. You don’t need matching DNA for someone to be your brother, Andrade knows this. And you definitely don’t need the same blood to lose a part of yourself when someone dies.
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Andrade is doing his damn best to get that snuff channel terminated by the end of the year. No way in hell he can share a beer with Graham in heaven without getting this job done. Andrade wants to focus on his real work, not babysitting. That’s why he has their foster parents signing release forms this very second. Let them go home with firm warnings so they can sleep.
And grieve.
Maybe even find their friend if he’s still alive.
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The Plutos, 6:33 p.m.
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You may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships. Some you’ll discover you should put behind you. Others are worth every risk.
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Tagoe Hayes Quotes in They Both Die at the End
The They Both Die at the End quotes below are all either spoken by Tagoe Hayes or refer to Tagoe Hayes. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Rufus, 1:18 a.m.
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I don’t wanna think about any of that, I just wanna get to Aimee and say goodbye to the Plutos as the friend they know I am, not the monster I was tonight.
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Mateo, 7:22 a.m.
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I believe him. He’s not monstrous. Monsters don’t come to your home to help you live; they trap you in your bed and eat you alive. “People make mistakes,” I say.
“And my friends are the ones being punished,” Rufus says. “Their last memory of me will be running out the back door from my own funeral because the cops were coming for me. I left them behind... I’ve spent the last four months feeling abandoned by my family dying, and in a split second I did the same damn thing to my new family.”
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Officer Andrade, 4:32 p.m.
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Graham is always on Andrade’s mind, and today is no exception, with these foster kids in the holding cell who are acting out because their brother is a Decker. You don’t need matching DNA for someone to be your brother, Andrade knows this. And you definitely don’t need the same blood to lose a part of yourself when someone dies.
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Andrade is doing his damn best to get that snuff channel terminated by the end of the year. No way in hell he can share a beer with Graham in heaven without getting this job done. Andrade wants to focus on his real work, not babysitting. That’s why he has their foster parents signing release forms this very second. Let them go home with firm warnings so they can sleep.
And grieve.
Maybe even find their friend if he’s still alive.
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The Plutos, 6:33 p.m.
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You may be born into a family, but you walk into friendships. Some you’ll discover you should put behind you. Others are worth every risk.
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