antics and were tired of me always getting in trouble. I grabbed the picture from Eli and held it gingerly. “This stunt got me in all sorts of trouble. I was on my way out of the school, for good. I wasn’t ever going to be returning. When I walked down the hallway that had all the art submissions up, I stopped dead. This photo made me feel special. For the first time in my life, I felt like someone saw me as something beautiful, and not simply as a hyper kid no one knew what to do with.” I felt my eyes moisten with the memory. Eli turned toward me. “How is that you? How were you there at my
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