Chapter 42
Normal is a dryer setting
Ryan
Over the next two weeks, Frazier clung to me like Saran Wrap. Everywhere I turned, he was there. At first, it annoyed me, but after a while, I got used to him. Until one day, I hadn’t seen him during the last day of school.
As I made my way home, some noises came from behind the school. I walked towards the noise to find Mario and a couple of his cronies attacking Frazier. f*****g Mario.
“Hey! Leave him alone!”
“Stay out of it, Jones! It has nothing to do with you!” Mario slammed his fist into Frazier again. “This is between my dear old cousin and me.”
Cousin?
“Your mother is like a ride where everyone gets a turn.” Frazier spat out blood.
Crack!
I got tempted to leave but realized this kid had been through enough. Mario never knew what h
