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Pollard to get to Leon’s house.
    Leon saw his papa and Fletcher walking briskly on Finker Street. “Stop the car!” Leon shouted. “There’s my pops.”
    Mr. Stevens slammed on the brakes, Leon jumped out, and hugged his papa. Although they were close, they rarely hug. Nevertheless, it felt so good to hug his father.
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    “Oh, Leon, are you okay? Oh Lord, thank you for bringing my boy home. Leon you okay?”
    Leon continued to breathe heavily and fought to say his words with every breath. “Yeah, Pops … Oh my God, Pops. Oh … Oh my God. I’m so glad to see you.” Leon gazed over at Fletcher. “Fletch, it’s good to see you. Oh …”
    “Leon what happened? Are you okay? What did they do to your eye?”
    “Pops, they tried to kill me.”
    “Who,” his father said sternly like he wanted to kick their asses.
    Leon fought to say the words, “Lucky Bennett …John Favors …Tom Jenkins. They just tried to kill me. Lucky burnt me several times with his cigarette and one of them was just underneath my eye.”
    “How did you get away?”
    “Some person came out of nowhere and killed them.”
    “Who?”
    “I don’t know. I think it was a white guy. The person came by. The person was all covered. The person had a hood on. The person killed them all. I don’t know what to think Pops. I’m glad I’m here.”
    Leon cried. His father cried too.
    “I don’t know what to do, Pops. They’ll probably think I did it. They are going to come after me. Please, Pops, don’t let ‘em hang me. Please, Pops, I can’t take it. I can’t go through this again. I thought I was going to die out there.”
    “Leon, come on. Calm down. I’m going to take care of you. I’m so glad to see you, Son. I’m so glad. Okay, we got a problem, though.”
    “What’s that?” asked Leon.
    “The police are at the house right now. The Sheriff and his son are at the house. What the heck. I don’t know. They’re not moving. They’re waiting for you. We can’t go home. I don’t think we can go home. I don’t know what to tell you, but we can’t go home.”
    “Oh, shit,” said Leon. “Pops, where can we go?”
    “Brother Stevens,” said James Brooks, “can we please go to your house? Please.”
    “Of course. I’m glad to help you, bro.”
    Leon continued to cry and spoke with shame. “Pops, I shit and pissed in my pants. I got to take a bath and get some clean clothes. Pops it was horrible.”
    “Don’t be ashamed, Son. I don’t care what you did. I’m just so glad you’re home. Fletch, can you let my wife know that Leon is okay?”
    “Sure.”
    “Don’t tell her where we’re taking Leon. The less she knows the better.”
    Leon and his father got into Mr. Stevens’s car, and Mr. Steven’s headed toward his house, which was about a mile away.

Chapter 5
    As soon as Leon arrived at Mr. Stevens’s house, he asked him if he could call his mother. Mr. Steven’s did have a phone and gave Leon the phone. Leon anxiously dialed the number.
    “Hello,” said Mama Brooks.
    “Mama, it’s me, Leon.”
    “Oh, Leon,” she whispered with joy. “It’s so great to hear your voice. Are you okay?”
    “Yes, Mama, I’m okay. I guess. Why are you whispering?”
    “The police are outside.”
    Leon started crying. “Mama, they tried to kill me…. I miss you so much…. I can’t believe I’m alive.”
    “Oh, Lord, thank you for finding my boy and bringing him home,” Mama Brooks prayed. “Fletcher told me what those animals did to you.”
    “Mama, I got to let you go. Papa and I have to figure out how to handle this. I’ll see you soon.”
    “I love you honey.”
    “I love you too, Mama.”
    Leon took a quick bath. With the towel around his waist, he showed his father and Mr. Stevens his wounds. Leon’s back and side were covered with large bruises and he had three cigarette burns, with one just below his eye.
    James Brooks sighed in anger. “Those motherfuckers! Look what they done to my