TWENTY-THREE

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"Is it tears or just the fucking rain?"

M A D D I E

My mother was safely tucked in her bed after a night in the emergency room.

She was alive. Alive, alive, alive. But for how long?

How long until my little brother wouldn't be able to save her?

I wished he'd let me in. I wished he'd let me take care of him.

Instead of staying in, he went out. I could've made a guess where.

Gambling. He made it seem so normal. So normal for a boy in this cruel world.

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