The Boy Who Gave Up the Race to Save His Rival

a slight limp from an old injury he never explained.

He had silver hair, dark eyes, and the patient look of a man who had watched a lot of kids pretend they did not care because caring hurt too much.

The day he noticed Marcus, the class was supposed to run two laps around the cracked track behind the school.

Most of the students groaned.

A few walked.

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