I'm different. I am Liam. Liam is different. Liam. Is different. Since forever.
Bedroom. My bedroom. Liam's bedroom. Mine. Bed. Mine. The room. Dormitorio. Español. Me gusta.
Mom. I know that face. She brings something when I need something. Is there. Prepares food. Puts clothes on Liam. Takes Liam by car. Where she has to take him. When she has to take him. She knows. Mom knows.
School. School is work. Liam's work. I study. I have to study. Like all. Like other children.
I don't know. I can't. Like them. I need time. A lot of time. For everything. Slowly. I have to...
I'm different.
Wait. Hands. Dirty. Dirty hands. I have to... Hands. Wash. Quickly! I have to wash hands.
I have to... Now! Now!
I wash them. Again. One more time.
Now it's good. Better.
Mom is crying. Again. She hides. She is sad.
I don't like it when she cries. I want her to help me. To study. To be like other children.
The teacher says. To Mom.
I have to study a lot.
To be like them.
To be the same.
The same.
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A/N: Theme song: "Deep Purple: Soldier of Fortune."
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Short StoryThis book is a collection of numerous short stories I have created, both mini and midi ones, written in the period of the past twenty years. Some of them are award-winning entries in various micronarrative competitions. Others were adapted with the...
