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Commentary On The Vanderburg Trial By Jonathan Doyle
Jonathan Doyle 523 words
9100 St. Charles Rock Road
St. Louis, MO 63114
(314) 493-6100 doylej008@ritenourschools.org The Vanderburg Trial by Jonathan Doyle No one knows when their character will be tested. Hell, I didn’t expect it. I was always a drifter. From the time my mom died to when I ran away from my dad who beat me whenever he felt like it to when I went to New York to blend in, I always was alone. So when one of my ex-girlfriends, Maria, tells me that our daughter got kidnapped by thugs I sort of… shrugged. I didn’t care. I didn’t know my daughter even existed. Maria was, like, my 14th girl? She coulda been lying or something. And yet… I knew I had to do something. Something compelled me to look away from my life and look up towards the stars. Towards destiny. Towards my daughter. …show more content…
This is my story. It was a day like any other. I woke up, ate breakfast, went to the gym for a couple of hours to lift and exercise, then off to the car factory for work. I work six hours, then I go to the bar with my friends from work. Sam and Tyson were good buddies of mine. You ever seen Dumb and Dumber? Imagine them as bikers. Yup, that was my two friends. Nah, they were smart enough like me. We would always drink and crack jokes. Not today, though. As Sam was hitting on the bartender, my cell phone rang. I pulled it out of my jeans, told Sam and Tyson I’d be back, and went to the little hallway to the bathroom. I answered it. “Hello?” I grunted, wanting to get back to
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