Page 97 of Hard to Take

Or rather what they didn’t.

Miles throws the first punch.

Everything slows down.

Not enough time for me to run to them and tell people to put down their phones, to stop filming.

Kevin responds with an upper cut.

Miles hits back.

I’m frozen. I can’t believe what I’m seeing.

My brother hollers something I can’t hear.

Clay is there too.

Sirens wail in the distance, coming closer.

It’s over.

It’s over for Miles, and it’s all my fault.

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