On the way out, a lone shooter ambushed us from behind a stack of crates.
Lalo screamed so loud the shooter hesitated.
"WHY ME? I'M NOT EVEN IMPORTANT!"
The hesitation saved his life.
Raquel shot the man clean through the throat.
Lalo collapsed against the wall panting.
"I swear I just met God.
He was disappointed in me."
Despite everything... Raquel laughed.
A real laugh.
Even moms cracked a smile.
Sometimes humor is the only bandage
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Deju're
Non-FictionDeju're is a want for nothing Oakland,Ca kid that was raised by a female drug lord which is his mother Déjà who has been raised in the Oakland hills all her life. he goes to fresno,Ca to visit his cousin and things start to unravel about his dads mu...
