The Boy Who Gave Up the Race to Save His Rival

Sometimes at the school track.

Sometimes at the park trail.

Sometimes just outside the grocery store, holding a stopwatch and two bottles of water.

“You’re getting faster,” Coach said one evening.

Marcus wiped sweat from his chin with the bottom of his shirt. “Fast enough?”

“For what?”

Marcus looked away. “For people to stop laughing.”

Coach Brooks shook continue reading …