o I imagine Daniel as.

twatch, which rea

He's her only childhood friend besides Delilah. They are tenants on same street so his hou

rd game with his mother and two brothers; Micah and Jeremy. By th

he was winning. He knew how to play

s. The football and volleyball leader of the boys team at school; eve

as they replied her greetings one by one. The young thirty year

ur mother?" Daniels

id, looking at both D

like to spea

he lead him to a side building wh

you want me to help" he sa

ou? How did

his pockets. His perspired skin glimpsed under the rising sun as his almond brown

she was still in her sweat pants. But even at that, someon

she said, "tell me the tru

r speech - she isn't this confident aroun

rces to

more, "Wh

up trying to protect the people who

c pause, then breathed out

nd biggest bully, she and Juli

. She never expected Jessy to gossi

e wanted to, he just told me how people

inform my mom

ka

g him what Mackenzie was doing or had gossiped about her, he woul

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as she crouched fal

knees were sore, her face and armpits were bathed with sweat. She had the fu

fore falling on her butt. She was only able to jump a thre

les are weak"

coated on her sweat infected arms and l

try

when was the la

en was the last time she ran? She remembered b

ever ran a

sed a chicke

ed its cage, and Julia was the only one at home- he came visiting for the Christmas holidays, and found her on their kitchen counter, yelling at the chicken to get back in its cage, but it di

eal

race is a r

onversation, and he was already t

, pointing at a shade tree next to a duplex building. She c

ng-she was oblivious by getting a coach;

"Then'll end

ly exhausted. She wanted to get this training over and done with, th

g up her wearied legs, she p

s, feeling an almighty po

ea

sn't fast but maintained her speed as a beginner. She ran to the tree and back with gre

e said, She was too

said helping her get up with a boost. "fir

elf, abeg I'm tired." she

try, on

st

id with a sm

ka

ning off. Julia taking the

" she said, in her th

hey started. Julia swiped her hands in the air like

straight, removing her hands from her knees in other to take i

nk y

again."

wards the tree allowing the small wind to play with her virgin hair as her legs flew in expectance to re

her fall. In fact, she giggled all the way. This w

ound nearby. It was still far, but the honking sound of their b

n west scouring the area

t had a cooler box at front. He rode down the