Nortey Jr., Sam - Thumbwars [Avidbook, MF, Contemporary, New/Young Adult, Urban Fiction] Chapter Twenty-One
Gilliand saw me from his bedroom window as I approached the house. He ran down and opened the gates. Once again, the two of us entertained ourselves with TV and thumb wars before we ate dinner. We went to sleep early.
The next morning, a breeze gently tickled the hair of my eyebrows and the budding stubble above my upper lip. Hearing a sound other than the cockcrow, I immediately sat upright in my bed and then quickly threw on some clothes without going to the bathroom to brush my teeth or wash my face.
I got some money and ran downstairs. I opened the gates and stepped outside. Coming from one end of the road, Shadia sang an unfamiliar song as she carried several bags instea
