"Get out, I don't wanna see you here, never again!"
Big hand pushing him backwards, threat of more where that came from.
"But I just, we were just hanging out, he's..." choking on the words, pain in his chest that has nothing to do with the shoving match.
"He's not your friend. He's not nothing to you any more. He is never gonna see you again. If I catch you here, I'll break your goddamn neck."
Dust whispering down from the porch ceiling after the door slams, window glass set to rattling.
Danny is barricaded in his room, but can't stay there. When he comes out, more buises, another black eye they'll work together to cover up in the school bathroom.
It's dark. He should go.
His grandmother used to say whenever God closed a door, he opened a window. The hunk of broken brick in his hand is just the right size, and they're both fast runners. God never specified how the window was to be opened...
Very much enjoying these, Bill. Thank you.
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