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I shook ht words But there just weren’t any so I leaned forward and kissed his temple “I’m so sorry”

Mav nodded against ht I wasn’t sure I could do it without hi scared – but I was o”

“Where’d you end up?”

“I hitched a ride with this trucker going East for a while, but had to bail when he insisted I blow him as payment for the ride I decided it would be safer to take the bus after that I ended up in Minneapolis and stayed there for a couple years working odd jobs I lived on the streets when I had to, but soet an apartment or a motel rooo, Indianapolis…I basically just kept heading East whenever I got the urge to keep ed for me in Philadelphia”

“How so?”

“I got a job working for this guy who fixed up Harleys,” Mav said “That’s where I ht chuckle that ht up armth

“Your girl?” I asked with a smile

“A custoht Train,” he said “My boss let hts and weekends to pay for it and after that I used every extra penny I made to fix her up”

“How long did you work there?”

“Until I was about 24 or so I liked working on bikes, but it wasn’t what I’d been drea my whole life”

I smiled “I just realized I don’t even kno old you are”

“I’m 32”

I gasped in mock horror “You’re an old man”

Mav laughed and slapped uish had left his face “So as it that you wanted to do?”

Mav became serious as he said, “I wanted to be a cop”

“Really?”

He nodded “Joined the force when I was 26 A year later it was over”