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- I wanted to run faster than the speed of sound but, no one, no matter how much pain they're in, can run that fast. So I heard the boom of my dad's rifle when he shot my best friend.
- But not you, Mr. P said. You can't give up. You won't give up. You threw that book in my face because somewhere inside you refuse to give up.
- Wait, I called after RogerWhat do you want? Roger askedWhat are the rules?What rules?I didn't know what to say, so I just stood there red and mute like a stop sign.
- I walked inside and saw that my mother was crying. I often walked inside to find my mother crying. What's wrong? I asked. It's your sister, she said. Did she run away again? She got married.
- And Rowdy rose into the air. And I rose with him. AND THEN I ROSE ABOVE HIM! Yep, if I believed in magic, in ghosts, then I think maybe I was rising on the shoulders of my dead grandmother and Eugene, my dad's best friend. Or maybe I was rising on my mother and father's hopes for me.
- Rowdy and I played one-on-one for hours. We played until dark. We played until the streetlights lit up the court. We played until the bats swooped down at our heads. We played until the moon was huge and golden and perfect in the dark sky. We didn't keep score.
- What's score?
- I dunno.
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