Deacon sat across the street, with his elbows on his knees and face in his hands, watching as they loaded CT into the ambulance.
He thought to himself, if that cook hadn't brought out the trash at that moment and interrupted, would he have finished what he started?
Joseph, the man who worked the meat counter at the local grocery store, strolled by and noticed the blood on deacon's shirt sleeve.
He stopped a moment to see if he was alright, Deacon shot him a crazed look and shooed him away, so Joe scuttled off down the street.
After the ambulance took off, Deacon returned to his room, changed his shirt, throwing the other in the waste can and sat on his bed in silence.
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The police questioned CT about the attack.
He couldn't tell them much, just the facts, him in the alley having a smoke then being hit by someone he didn't see.
As they questioned him, CT began to sift though his personal items, though his wallet.....something was missing.
His ID, credit cards and cash, all in place, but the picture, the one he had tucked way behind his ID, it was gone.