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Why You

April 25, 2023
By Anonymous

This is the story about a boy who once had it all and lost it in less than ten seconds. Junior Is his name JR for short, growing up he was always in a wealthy environment and his parents were in a really healthy relationship. Jr was the happiest little boy, an only child, always in a good mood and always sharing with other kids. Jr had lots of family that cared for him but his biggest priority was his parents. It was always just the three of them.  They went out to eat  weekly, go play at  the park and his favorite after the park they stopped to get ice cream. Growing up this little boy was always so grateful and looked out for everybody close to him. Jr wanted to get everything for his parents and his number one priority was to make them the proudest. He was slowly succeeding by the age of 15 he was working for his father in construction but also took education very seriously. What Jr didn’t know was that his father had an illegal side business. The father had messed up which put their family in danger. The family disappeared and went into hiding but the people he was working for were very powerful, they   had found them. And there it was those last ten seconds, his father and mother came running into his room telling him to run as far away as possible. 

Nine: he's putting on his shoes. 

Seven: he's at the door. 

Six: he's running. 

Three: he hears two gunshots. And, 

One: the boy is all alone with nowhere to go.



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