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I already felt sick.
He froze.
Then he stared at the floor and twisted his backpack straps around his hands.
« There was a boy behind the supermarket. »
I thought I had misheard him.
« Behind the supermarket? »
He nodded.
« He was sitting by the dumpsters. He said it was his birthday, but his dad never came. He asked if I knew how to play catch. »
I already felt sick.
I said, « And you gave him the glove? »
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