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47. Kissing Jude
“I was five. I was in her room, she was in the bathroom. Started snooping on the drawers. Jared had mentioned once that dad had a gun, but none of us had ever really seen it and I was…” he shrugs. “Curious.
“Of particular interest to me was the bottom drawer because it was always locked, you know? And I had looked in the others before. Just mum’s jewelry and stuff. On this day however, when I pulled on the handle there was no resistance. So I opened the drawer, checking to make sure mum didn’t bust me. And there it was, black and shiny just like in the movies.”
He pauses to pour himself another glass of wine.
“I felt so cool, and excited, to hold it in my hands. Started pulling moves like actors, pretending I was shooting at some villain.”
He stops to take a sip of his wine. He ends up downing the entire glass. Pouring yet ano
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