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her social worker brought her over for
another stay with his aunt and uncle.
“Yeah, well,” he said. “What can I do?
I guess we’re the same – both
rejects.”
Josh punched his friend playfully on
the shoulder.
“Shut up with talking like that!” he
ordered. “Just because ignoramus Al
calls you Reject Kid DOES NOT
mean it’s true. He’s an idiot. Don’t
listen to him, I mean…”
The boys looked at each other. It was
one thing to ignore Al’s bullying when
he wasn’t right in front of you. But
they both knew it was different when
he was actually there – hurling his
verbal abuse or ordering you to do
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