Helping Stories

PrologueToday my life is about to end. I never thought it would come so quickly. I never once in my life acted selfishly. However, just this once, I wished for both of them to get along. Both are my precious friends. As my first and last wish, I want them to get along because I love them both very much. So, please, Gods. Grant my selfish wish. That is all, Iask for. Treatment OneMost of my life, I've spent in Saint Hope,...

His name was Robert. He’d just gotten out of prison on parole after doing 6 years time. While he’d been there he’d had his throat cut. He showed me the scar. Sometimes you just have a feel for when someone is scamming you. His story rang true. He was hanging out at a Chevron station on Saturday night because the shelter wouldn’t have a place from him until Monday. “I’m trying to do the adult thing, here,” he told me. “Try...

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