I Will Save You

Authors: Matt De La Pena

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“It always took me a while to think of who I was. And where I was. Not in Horizons or Fallbrook or my mom’s apartment. But on the sand at the beach. I worked for Mr. Red. Then I’d smile, thinking how I could go anywhere or do anything and I was actually happy.What the train sounds like when you see it coming from far away. The whistle sounding. The vibration of the tracks under your feet. The power it had going past, like a million car engines combined, the wind pressing your face and the roar a...nd me thinking who was in there and if they were going where their family was.Olivia telling me about the books she’s read. Me listening and nodding but really just watching her. Getting excited ’cause she was.Peanut waiting for me to wake up every morning, and waiting for me to get home from work, so I could put food in his bowl, and water, and pet him while I said whatever I was thinking. Peanut, who looked at me with his crooked face and messed-up teeth, and how once I’d known him long enough everything started seeming straight.Mr.MoreLess Read More Read Less