A Fine Time to Leave (III)
Joe recounted wild stories from his youth. All the ingredients for a damned adulthood were there: dad wasn’t around, started smoking and drinking at 12, derelict older boys giving props for petty crimes. It’s always the same story: “I started hanging out with the wrong crowd,” and it’s usually in 6th grade.
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