A few blocks away, he finally slowed down and fell onto a park bench in front of a small playground. He was out of breath completely. The last time he ran this far was at gym class – but that was two months before. From where he sat,, he could see the towering industrial buildings on the other side of the tracks. Their smokestacks rising above the highest trees spouting out clouds of smoke that made the summer sky even bluer still in the background.
He kept thinking about what Mrs. Lara had said, about him being the cause of everything. It was all so true – everything that was happening now. He shuttered to think it was he who was responsible now for Ms. Lara’s sickness. What a terrible thought that was – to put Daisy through this now.
He needed to clear his mind, he needed to
