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Ugly Truths: Consecutive Substack Story 1172

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My brother cut my left shoulder deep and wide, a gap large enough to shove a Nerf football in.

We were playing in the partially demolished Staedner Projects, where we were not supposed to be. The demolition site was an easy place to get hurt, and there were warnings all over the shoddily erected fence.

Kevin dared me to crawl under.

I was afraid. But he dared me.

So, sweaty and dirty and scared, I did.