Am I the Problem? (Part 2: The Day That Changed Everything)

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It started out like any other day. Nassir told me he was going to the store.
Just a simple errand. Nothing unusual.

But that was the last time I would see him outside of a prison for the next seven years.

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A Normal Day, Until It Wasn’t

He walked out the door like he always did. I didn’t know that “going to the store” was code for something else—something darker. While I was at home with our one-year-old son, he was out committing a robbery that would end in bloodshed.

A gun went off. He got shot.
And when the dust settled, the boy I once loved was facing an attempted murder charge.