The Boy Who Gave Up the Race to Save His Rival

road turned soft.

When it got cold, the thin walls held the chill like a memory.

But it was home.

His mother, Denise, cleaned houses for families who owned breakfast nooks bigger than her whole kitchen.

His father, Raymond, worked nights at a gas station off the highway and picked up odd repair jobs whenever his hands could still hold a wrench.

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