Long Past Stopping (2009)
“Lutkenhouse step onto the corner with a bloody bandage taped to his face. I wanted to turn around…run…hide in a doorway, but I couldn’t move. Luckily he turned right and kept walking without seeing me.
Mom was on the porch staring intently at a piece of paper she was holding. As I got closer I could hear her saying “What?” over and over again.
“Oh, Ory. I’m so sorry. I should have listened to you this morning,” she said as I walked up the stairs. I don’t think I had ever heard her say that in m...y life. I assumed she was admitting some responsibility for what had happened at school. “A lawyer just dropped this off for you,” she said, handing me the paper. “It’s a subpoena. You and Kyle are being sued for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.”
“Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars? For what?”
“Battery and assault,” she explained.
“That can’t be right,” I said, looking at the paper. “First of all, he beat the shit out of me. Second of all, that was only two hours ago.”MoreLess
Mom was on the porch staring intently at a piece of paper she was holding. As I got closer I could hear her saying “What?” over and over again.
“Oh, Ory. I’m so sorry. I should have listened to you this morning,” she said as I walked up the stairs. I don’t think I had ever heard her say that in m...y life. I assumed she was admitting some responsibility for what had happened at school. “A lawyer just dropped this off for you,” she said, handing me the paper. “It’s a subpoena. You and Kyle are being sued for two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.”
“Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars? For what?”
“Battery and assault,” she explained.
“That can’t be right,” I said, looking at the paper. “First of all, he beat the shit out of me. Second of all, that was only two hours ago.”MoreLess
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