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MY ARM WAS HURTING BAD. Real bad. The bone could… 1
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THE DUDE CLICKED THE REMOTE, and all of a sudden…

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I’M SITTING THERE WATCHING the whole thing on
television, watching…

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KELLY LIFTED THE REMOTE and my eyes automatically
went to…

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KELLY TURNED DOWN THE VOLUME and I could
hear the…

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“YO, KELLY, YOU WATCHING the street?”

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“What you think?” I asked Kelly.

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“SO YOU CUT LAURYN LOOSE?” Kelly asked.

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“SO YOU WANT TO CHANGE what happened to you in…

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“I CAN USE A HIT,” I said. “You holding?”

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“THIS IS GETTING TOO HARD for me,” I said. “You…

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I COULD FEEL MYSELF GETTING mad, wanting to
go upside…

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“SUPPOSE THE GUN I GOT was the one he shot…

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“WHAT YOU DOING? WHAT YOU doing?” I heard
myself screaming.

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MY ARM WAS HURTING BAD. Real bad. The

bone could have been broken. I couldn’t tell. I just
knew it was hurting and swollen. I felt like just
taking the gun out and throwing it away and giving up so I could get the mess over with. I opened
my mouth so I wouldn’t make so much noise when
I breathed. Down the street I saw the patrol car
was still at the corner. He had his lights flashing.
I didn’t know if he’d seen which way I was running or not. I knew I was too tired to keep running
much more.
I started to lift my arm to look at my watch and
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the whole arm just lit up with pain. The bone had
to be broken. I figured it was two or three o’clock
in the morning. Skeeter had called me just past
midnight and told me they got Rico. I knew Rico
was going to punk out. In a way I was glad they got
him, but I knew he was going to blame everything
on me.
I was in the shadows in a shop doorway and I
knew I couldn’t stay there much longer. I had to
lie down or sit down or something. Had to get my
head together. There...

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