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Up to chapter 31. Almost halfway done with the rough draft. Looks like this one might be a short but sweet read.

In chapter 29, seventeen-year-old Zach walks in on his mother shooting up heroin.

"And he believed her. And he listened to her. And her words helped him through so much of that pain.
Until she showed her true colors, and inserted her own pain into a void in his heart that she created by leaving him."

"Rage flowed through his veins like the blood itself; he pictured Andre and the rest of his squad, and the desire for revenge possessed him almost like a demon.
And yet, he remained planted where he was, chained in place by his mind."

Just finished chapter 19. Let's go!

Upto chapter 19 of the rough draft. So far pretty emotional and crazy.

"He had nothing to say to his father. In fact, he was terrified of his father; at this time of night, his father was like an unstable brick of dynamite, and one wrong word could set him off. Zach learned through time and experience to keep quiet before this man. To never speak unless spoken to, and even then only respond with the minimum and most necessary words."