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Finally Free

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Detective Strode,

I had relied on my younger brother Stevie’s acceptance into UCLA to free myself from the life I was living. However, you took Stevie from me the same night that I had celebrated his graduation from high school. After his death Frankie, Titi, Cleo and I planned to rob a bank in order to get back at a system that was taking advantage of us. Now those three women, my closest friends, are also dead. I want you to understand that your inability to see past a person’s differences causes our world to be a violent one. I know you saw me that night on the bus and I appreciate the fact that you let me go. You gave me an opportunity to free myself from the life I was living and stand on my own two feet. This feeling of freedom comes at a tremendous price, but I want you to know that I am grateful and will protect and cherish it.

Stoney

Posted by Lorelai on April 29, 2008 10:17 AM |

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