Eli had never known his dad. His mother, a tired but resilient woman, had raised him and his younger sister Nicole on her own. She worked long hours at the diner down the street, doing everything she could to keep them afloat. Sometimes, Eli wondered how she managed to keep going. He never asked. He didn't need to. He knew. She had always been strong, but Eli could see the exhaustion in her eyes, the way her shoulders slumped when she thought no one was looking. Eli was faced with two decisions, conform to the life around him or beat the odds. See the hood was funny like that.
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