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Now time for the story.

Detention.

Again.

Same story.

Different day.

I was in detention about once a week for tardiness.

I wonder if they'd still be so eager to dull out punishment.

If they knew it was because my dad had left last year for cigarettes and then had never

come back.

Or the fact that my mother was an alcoholic, leaving me to fend for myself and find my own

way to and from school on most days.

But I guess everyone had a sad story to tell.

These days, misfortune was a regularity, and any blips of happiness were few and far

in between.

I sat quietly as the other high school students filtered in.

A couple of jocks and letterman jackets took seats in the back, close to two popular

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