Degraded

Chapter 23-Sam

"This is my brothers journal." I state, trying to stay as calm as possible.

"You mean the brother that..." She responds trailing off awkwardly, unable to find words.

"Yes." I answer, cutting her off.

"What's in it?" Becca questions, curiosity overpowering her, finding its voice.

"My brother left me life lessons he learned throughout his life. You can read some of it if you want. It's changed me." I affirm.

"I know. I can tell." With that, she takes the journal from my hands and opens it up. I sit there, awkwardly staring at her, waiting for some sign of emotion or a comment of hers. Suddenly, she looks flummoxed.

"What's wrong?" I ask.

"I don't understand. Why are random words in caps and circled and some aren't? Is he just excited or something?"

"I guess," I grab the journal from her hands, and realize I didn't even see that before. I completely missed it, "I never saw that. Weird. I guess he was just excited?" I answer.

Walking back to my house after I dropped her off, I can't help but wonder why he wrote like that. Since I have never seen his handwriting before, I can't judge him. At the same time, he is a boy, but it could mean something else.

For some reason random words on the page were circled or in all caps. For example, 'WAS' was in all caps and 'no' was circled, but that was just the first page. If you flip through, dozens more are circled and in all capitals. It's mind-bending.

My mind runs a million miles an hour, and I feel the gears in my head turning so much they smoke out and give up. I sit down on my bed exhausted.

"What does it mean?" I cry out to my brother. I lay my head down on the pillow, and next thing I know, I am out cold.

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