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I tried to push myself up, but my arms shook. The concrete had scraped my palms raw. I could see tiny pieces of gravel embedded in the flesh of my left hand, blood welling up around them like garnets.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at him,\u201d Tyler announced, turning to address our assembled relatives like a prosecutor delivering his closing argument. \u201cHe\u2019s been milking this wheelchair thing for two years, ever since the \u2018accident\u2019 that nobody actually saw.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI was there,\u201d my mom said from somewhere in the crowd. Her voice was weak, uncertain, the voice of someone who\u2019d been beaten down by two years of family gatherings exactly like this one.<\/p>\n

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I tried to push myself up, but my arms shook. The concrete had scraped my palms raw. I could see tiny pieces of gravel embedded in the flesh of my left hand, blood welling up around them like garnets. \u201cLook at him,\u201d Tyler announced, turning to address our assembled relatives like a prosecutor delivering his…<\/p>\n

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