Johnny: A Short Story

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When Dally and I went to the hospital, we visit Johnny. When we were in there, Johnny’s mother came in. At first Johnny was scared of her yelling at him, but she didn’t yell at him. She was so nice and sweet. Dally and I were surprised since Johnny’s mom doesn’t care about him, yells all the time, and fights with her husband. Though, we weren’t going to say nothing because of Johnny state. After his mom crying and talking to him, he eventually gave up and passed away. All of us were tearing up and so was his mom. After a couple of minutes, Jonny’s mom gave us a command. “ I know i was cruel to yall and Jonny but please do me a big favor and beat up those Socs with all you have,” she said.

“Yes’m we will for sure,” Dally and I said at

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