One day, he and William had been speeding toward each other; the next, careening away. But why?

Garth Risk Hallberg
One day, he and William had been speeding toward each...
One day, he and William had been speeding toward each...
One day, he and William had been speeding toward each...
One day, he and William had been speeding toward each...
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William and Nelson were friends. They’d known each other since they were children, yet by the time they were teenagers, they’d grown distant. However, there was something they had in common. Both of them had experienced their share of troubles.

Being teased at school, for example - being called names, being taunted. It's not something you can just brush off. And then, of course, there was the fact that William had lost his mother just a few months before Nelson entered high school.

Source: City On Fire

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