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Blood kept running into ried to turned it and tried to see ery . yet.
teenage boys anding t him.
Are you all riger?
Yea. Let me just sit e.
t to call one.
All right.
You sure youre all right.
C t ake for t s? he said.
t eac s?
Any damn s. how much?
raig and got out o wrap around my his arm.
One of to unbutton . er. you say so? Ill give you my s.
Cook t and bit into it and ripped it in ted t into a sling and put .
tie this for me, he said.
t eacher.
Just tie it.
t-s stepped for and knotted t arm dont look good, he said.
C of t t and took t to and out.
er. I dont mind . ts a lot of money.
take it. take it and you dont know w I looked like. You hear?
took the bill. Yessir, he said.
tc off up t of t ly. Part of ts mine, ther boy said.
You still got your damn s.
t aint was for.
t may be, but Im still out a s.
t into treet eaming. treetlamps ifreeze ing in tter. ruck t-s stopped t I see? he said.
S, ther one said.
tol lying in truck. tance. Get it, t one said. Go on.
hy me?
I aint got a s to cover it h. Go on. hurry.
eps to