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“Just let oMy momSouard his sides and stouard his head

Sneakers swung the crowbar into the back of Manolo’s legs

“Ahhh!” Manolo cried “Ahhh Ahhhh!”

“Cry, you pussy!” Boots said He shouldered his bat, just as if he was at hoht, cutting slightly upward, ai squarely for Manolo’s head

Manolo ducked The bat ruffled his hair as it flew past and s bone was as loud as a firecracker, followed by a howl of pain frorab his face

“Dude!” Boots yelled

“O ow!” Sneakers cried as tears filled his eyes

Manolo tried to run but tripped over Sneakers’s feet and landed hard on the blacktop, elbows and knees

Boots cursed furiously and ai new cries of pain to join those still pouring from Sneakers

“I will kill you! Kill you, you—” Boots raised his bat again, but Manolo lashed out desperately and drove a foot against Boot’s knee, and the bully staggered back

In a flash Manolo had rolled over, powered to his feet, and co the dropped crowbar

Boots saw it and greary “Oh, you want to thron, faggot? I was just going to beat you Now I’m a kill you! You hear me?”

Sneakers rallied and cae to hit Manolo fro tackle that drove hile of fists and feet and elbows, all yelling, crying, cursing, and then, so the crowbar His breaths ca the crowbar down once, hard, hitting Sneakers and shattering his collarbone

Boots was trying to get to his feet while still holding the bat, but he was too slow and Manolo caught him with a hard, horizontal blow that broke his elbow The bat went twirling off across the parking lot

An adult lanced over and saw a youngishcautiously