FaguaI had never been through a crowd with such haste in all my life. Sure, I had seen people on TV and movies do this, but it was completely different in real life. People didn’t move out of the way or hear me when I said, “excuse me”. Despite my walking up and down the casino, weaving in and out of crowds, and checking everywhere for Keith, I couldn’t find him. Panic swelled beneath my breastbone.It reminded me of a tale or two I’d heard about one of the dad’s back home, who went to work one day on the fields and never came back. They never knew he had gone, because all his clothes still hung in the closet. But somewhere along the line, Giles’ dad had decided to leave him. He was a coward. He didn’t even bother to tell them goodbye. I remembered one time in sixth grade, Giles told us the story. We had to write a piece on something memorable in our lives, and Giles wrote that. The day my dad left us.I still got chills just thinking of his story, and how even now, it haunted me as
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