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Leu An's mother tossed her hands in
the air and walked to the sink.

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This is where we are now.
Papa's in prison and me and you are

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still broke that we're jumping for joy
because you're mentally challenged sons making sounds that

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sound like they could be English.
He's not just my son, Ruth,

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leu Ann snarled, knowing that using
her mother's name would get her attention more

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than using any particular word. He's
your grandchild. You ever think of that?

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Leu Anne stood beside her son for
a few minutes before she returned to

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the kitchen table and began to scroll
on her phone. An hour passed this

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way until leu Anne rose and placed
her hand on Darren's shoulder, as she

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always did, to indicate that he
needed to begin getting ready for bed.

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He brushed his teeth and slowly removed
all of his clothes but his underwear,

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and climbed into bed. Leu Ane
checked on him as she always did when

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he kissed. Leu Ane checked on
him as she always did, but when

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she kissed his forehead, she noticed
that his eyes were wide open. She

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placed her face in front of his
and in the dim light that leaked into

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the room from the main section of
the trailer. She shut her eyes to

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display for him that he'd needn't leu
Ane stood beside her son for a few

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minutes before she returned to the kitchen
table and began to scroll on her phone.

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And I passed this way into leu
Anne rose and placed her hand on

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Darren's shoulder as she always did,
to indicate that he needed to begin getting

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ready for bed. He brushed his
teeth and slowly removed all of his clothes

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but his underwear climbed into bed.
Leu Ane checked on him as she always

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did, but when she kissed his
forehead, she noticed that his eyes were

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wide open. She placed her face
in front of his, and, in

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the dim light that leaped into the
room from the main section of the trailer,

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she show her eyes to display for
him that he had reached bedtime.

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When he didn't close his eyes,
she told him to do so, honey,

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it's bedtime, she said, but
he remained wide eyed. Luanne kissed

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his cheek, shut his door,
and sat again at the table, silently

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scrolling through her phone. In the
morning, Luanne dropped a fork onto the

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kitchen table in the morning. In
the morning, leu Anne dropped a fork

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onder the kitchen floor, and her
mother, who had fallen asleep on the

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couch, bolted her head off the
couch arm. The patting had grown thin

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and thorny sprew all right, give
me pauls. In the morning, leu

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Anne dropped a fork under the kitchen
floor, and her mother, who had

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fallen asleep on the couch, bolted
her head off the couch arm. The

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patting had grown thin and thorny,
springs and staplest to the couch. The

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right arm bore only one spot free
of sharp metal, and Ruth turned her

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head quickly to ensure she wasn't about
to impale herself on these Sorry about that,

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the Anne told her, I'm making
breakfast. She walked to the couch

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and placed a plate on the top
of an empty five gallon bucket of paint,

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eggs and toasted. She said,
smiled, let's not fight today.

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She placed eggs and toasts on a
second plate and knocked on the door of

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the back room. Sweetheart, I'm
not trying to be mean, but sometimes

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he hears things and sometimes he doesn't. And a lot of the time when

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he hears something he doesn't know what
it means when leu Anne when he didn't

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open the door after repeated knocking,
leu Anne opened the door and screamed to

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Ruth, Mama, he's gone.
End of chapter three.