Somewhere beyond my realm of thinking, a little voice told me to run and to not stop until every person in this shitty town forgot my name. But there was no forgetting a guy named Soldier, and that was just another thing to blame my mother for. “So, do you think you could answer a couple of questions for me, Soldier?” I lifted my head and watched as the ambulance, void of its siren, drove away with Billy in a body bag. A second cop car drove closely behind it, and I presumed they were on their way to deliver the heartbreaking, life-changing news to Billy’s oblivious parents. They would blame
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