LORENZO GRAYSON\VADIM KERZHAKOV ©Winter had already set in and the air outside was cold.It cut through my coat as I stood by the car, my back resting against it.I looked up at the clear night sky and for a moment, my thoughts drifted to my mother.I pulled my hands out of my pockets and reached into my coat, took out a cigar, and lit it.All of a sudden, a light drizzle suddenly began to fall.I dropped the cigar to the ground and crushed it beneath my shoe.I was about to head back inside the bar when I noticed Nick leaving through the front entrance.His shift must have ended.Before I could think much about it, the drizzle turned into a downpour.I quickly got into my car before I got soaked and glanced at the dashboard clock.It was almost midnight.Then Kyle's words echoed in my mind.“...he works hard every day, trying to take care of his little sister.”Through the rain-covered windshield, I watched Nick. He held his bag over his head as he hurried back under the shelter of
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