Hanging Fire: A Short Story

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I had a friend that at some point of his life was like from the story hanging fire.My friend story was very similar to that story, except that it was not his mom with that The door closed. that made him sad and forgotten with now attention. It was actually hisBrother his brother did not want to talk to him.my friend needed help with his project, which Was do the other day,he was sad because he was not ready for the presentation for the project.And his brother was still locked in the bedroom with the door closed. I wanted to help my friend because his brother was in the bedroom with the door closed.So I went to his house but he said he was not taking any help from me, because he wanted His brother to help him.I called his brother but we

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