Belleville: A Short Story

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As Frank stepped off the platform of the subway, he headed up the stairs of the station with his father’s ancient duffel bag at his hip. Leaving Jersey was most likely a mistake, a risk at that, but it was one he was willing to take. Belleville was all he knew, all he grew up with, but there wasn’t anything for him in that dingy little town. Now, here he was, a scrawny little 19 year-old roaming around one of the most populated cities in the world on his lonesome. Although Frank was practically /abandoning/ his childhood home, the man walked out with freedom on his shoulders.
His entire journey took two days, seven trains, three buses, being mistaken as a hitchhiker, and more than enough catcalls for him to walk out this station, but it was

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