The Boy Who Gave Up the Race to Save His Rival

downtown.

He could still hear the crowd far away.

He could still feel victory standing there in front of him, close enough to touch.

For one wild second, his whole life flashed through his mind.

The overdue bills on the kitchen table.

His little sister’s empty backpack with the broken zipper.

His mother counting coins in the laundry room.

His father sleeping continue reading …