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"He is a freak, Amelia," they would tell me. "A freak."
All I would do is give them a careful smile; not one too wide nor too small. The key to handling the judgmental people in our small town took patience, and a lot of it. "I disagree. Ashton is just a boy that has been frozen in expectation. And now that he has thawed out in his desired sun, showing what and who he wants to be, to say he is a freak for being himself is inappropriate. He is different, yes, but isn't everyone?"