Deuce’s offers were honeyed: pay for your sister’s shoes, for new speakers, for bills that kept the lights on. Jaylen found himself balancing two weights—the pride of walking away and the immediate pull of paying what was owed now. The pit’s paint cans began to sit unopened next to the cassette player.

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One night, Deuce invited him to ride along. It was supposed to be quick, a drop-off, a test of loyalty. Jaylen could feel the city watching as he climbed into a car that smelled like fast food and colder decisions. They slipped into a row of houses that remembered better days. In the back alleys children tricked each other into dares; upstairs, a mother sang softly through a wall.

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