Johnny Am: A Short Story

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“When a person spends as much time alone as I do, you can’t help but get lost in your own thoughts. I’ve relived a lifetime of memories, both good and bad, in the span of an hour. I have a very bad habit of overanalyzing the choices I’ve made over the course of my life, but that’s what a person does when they are an introverted loner.”

“Sometimes I can’t help but wonder about why other people make the choices they do. That’s why you’ve been on my mind the last few days Johnny AM. I still can’t figure out why a man with a family and a seemingly good life would risk his health, physical and mental, just to pick a fight to pick a fight with a random rookie like me. Shit man, I was up all night after Unlimited trying to figure that out and by

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