Authors: Joel Cobbs
“
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se
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.
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at
l
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ch
t
o
p
ick
yo
u
up.
”
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ob
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w
i
pe
d
h
is
e
y
e
s.
“O
k
a
y
.
I
l
ov
e
y
o
u.
”
“
I
'
l
l
m
i
s
s
y
o
u.
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w
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ex
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ly
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at
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m.
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d.
“
Don
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w
o
r
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y.
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p
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.
“
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ll
b
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gh
t
he
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e.
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pho
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w
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k
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m
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(I
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w
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.
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w
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b
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fi
n
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ly
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.
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a
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did
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f
ee
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l
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k
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be
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n
g
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ic
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.
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w
as
D
ad.
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ob
.
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's
D
ad
.
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did
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't
s
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d
g
oo
d.
I
w
as
expe
c
t
i
n
g
a lecture.
“Yeah. What’s up?”
“It’s Mom.” I was about to defend myself when he hit me with two words. Two words I will never forget and forever hate. “She’s dead.”
I
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w
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he
's
w
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h
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to
w
n
,
I
'm
no
t s
u
r
e
.
S
o
m
eth
i
n
g...
”
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did
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kno
w
w
h
at
s
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w
as
go
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n
g
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me
f
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,
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kne
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r
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h
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a
s
on
.
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c
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ld
b
a
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ly
b
r
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a
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h
e
.
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k
n
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w
th
e
r
e
as
on
.
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w
as
th
e
r
e
as
on
.
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h
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w
as
g
one
.
I
w
a
s
th
e
r
e
as
o
n
s
h
e
w
as
gon
e
.
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n
on
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da
y
,
th
r
e
e
w
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d
t
wo
en
d
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d
th
at
s
a
me
th
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ng
.
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e
y
w
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diff
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w
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b
u
t
g
a
v
e
me
t
h
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s
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f
ee
li
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.
A
f
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li
n
g
o
f
d
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s
p
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r
a
t
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o
n
.
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ob
?
”
“
Huh
?
Y
e
a
h
,
I
'm
h
e
r
e.
”
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as
ke
d
w
h
e
r
e
yo
u
w
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r
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?”
“
I
'm
at
ho
m
e.
”
“Y
o
u
a
r
e
?
W
h
y
a
r
e
y
o
u
at
ho
m
e
?
”
“
C
l
a
s
s
e
s
w
e
re
ca
n
c
e
l
e
d
.
”
(
I
t
w
a
sn
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r
e
a
l
ly
th
e
t
r
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t
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ll
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ad
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m
o
r
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c
l
a
s
s.
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t
w
a
s
n
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r
e
a
l
ly
a
l
ie
be
c
a
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se
a
c
l
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ss
was
c
a
n
c
e
l
e
d.
Th
i
s
w
a
s
my
th
i
nk
i
ng.
)
D
ad
as
ke
d
me
t
o
s
t
ay
at
ho
me
w
h
ile
h
e
c
a
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l
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d
f
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en
ds
a
n
d
f
a
mil
y
.