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Chapter 65

Fury shook his head. “I woke up, and Izzy was gone. I found out later she was shackin’ up with her boyfriend at the time, who was nineteen and thought she was sixteen. I went back home, went to school, and ate canned beans out of the cabinets. Dad came out of the shop eventually, and he never said a word. Never saw Tony again, and I guess he didn’t call nobody. Social services never came or nothing like that. Maybe he figured beatin’ the hell out of Dad would do the trick. It sorta worked. Dad never tried to come into my room again, but I started sleepin’ with the chair under the knob. When I did sleep, that is. Guess that’s about when I started thinkin’ taking naps when I got home from school was better than sleepin’ at night. That’s when I found out I liked readin’, though I was slow. Borrowed books from the library, and the library teacher let me keep ‘em out for longer than usual. Nice woman.”