The Odyssey: A Short Story

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Can you believe she had the Odyssey, wait ummm what the word audacity to tell me something like that you can't just blurt that out to a fourteen year old kid. Especially if that fourteen year old is your only son. what am i going to do. Am i supposed to be mad at her or something. It’s not her fault. WAIT it is her fault she waited this long to tell me or she could have gotten treatment. She always taught me to be a fighter and never stop working because i can be whatever i want in this world. And she stopped fighting she just gave up on everything she doesn’t even want to raise me anymore she just like everyone else. Man i can believe this my mom is going to die.

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