Jimmy Doom's Roulette Weal

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Sep 04, 2020
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Kane saw the man every day during his jog. Today he cramped and slowed, reading the marker scrawl on cardboard.

Please help me feed my cats.

“Where do you keep your cats if you’re homeless?” Kane asked.

“I’m not homeless, just jobless. I have a trailer home in Creekside, six blocks that way.”

“How many cats do you have? 

“Fourteen,” the man answered.

Kane pul…

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