The Boy Who Gave Up the Race to Save His Rival

away when it breaks.”

That night Marcus lay awake on the bottom bunk, listening to his little brother breathe above him.

He could hear his parents talking in low voices through the thin wall.

Money.

Hours.

Bills.

Always the same heavy words.

He almost decided to stop right there.

It would have been easier.

It would have been sensible.

But something inside him continue reading …