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“If it looks like a duck Holden, it probably is!”

“Fuck you!” Holden says and fuet out until I open it for hi for the flask a some bushes

I get out of the car, and I almost have to pull him towards the front door and I press the buzzer It takes some time but finally his mother answers the door She looks at the tiue”

“No proble Holden inside the threshold and we head upstairs to his room

“I’ your time”

“Yeah, you’re fine”

I soet him inside his room and on his bed and take off his shoes and tuck hi this?”

“Why? I’m your friend, Holden That’s why”

“I don’t have friends”

That stings, but I know he’s only saying this because of all that pent up eo “Holden,” I say “You have friends If you didn’t, you would be puking in soht in a jail cell for public drunkenness”

/>He sits up in bed “I hurt you”

“Yes, you hurt rade school!”

“You haven’t slept with Ja to find out through so tabloid that you fucked her too, will I?”

“Holden,” I say “Did you ever consider the possibility that HT person is lying? That the report is fake?”

“When has Hashtag ever released fake news, Teague?”