Long Way Down - WHRHS Community Read

Summer Read SmackDown Event [ • Whitman-Hanson 2019 Su... ]
Readers in order of appearance. [ Damari Brandao, Bill Glynn, Kylah Wiencko, Ellen Galambos, Payton Manter, Bruce Gardner, Olivia Bickel, Dr. Jones, Cathy Bouzan, Catherine Cronin, Carly Balfe, Damari Brandao]
00:00 - INTRODUCTION
00:00 - DON’T NOBODY
00:00 - MY NAME IS
00:00 - I’M ONLY WILLIAM
00:00 - I DON’T KNOW YOU,
00:00 - THE SADNESS
00:00 - IT’S SO HARD TO SAY,
00:00 - THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY
00:00 - AND THEN THERE WERE SHOTS.
00:00 - AFTER THE SHOTS
00:00 - I’VE NEVER BEEN
00:00 - NO. 1: SCREAMING
00:00 - AND MY MOM
00:00 - NO. 2: SIRENS
00:00 - NO. 3: QUESTIONS
00:00 - IN CASE YOU AIN’T KNOW,
00:00 - I’M NOT SURE
00:00 - WHEN BAD THINGS HAPPEN
00:00 - I STOOD THERE,
00:00 - RANDOM THOUGHT
00:00 - IN HIS HAND,
00:00 - IN THAT BAG,
00:00 - MAYBE THERE’S SOMETHING INVISIBLE
00:00 - BEEF
00:00 - THEN THE YELLOW TAPE
00:00 - BACK ON THE EIGHTH FLOOR
00:00 - I FELT LIKE CRYING,
00:00 - THE RULES NO. 1: CRYING
00:00 - NO. 2: SNITCHING
00:00 - NO. 3: REVENGE
00:00 - THE INVENTION OF THE RULES
00:00 - ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE RULES
00:00 - OUR BEDROOM: A SQUARE, YELLOWY PAINT
00:00 - ANAGRAM
00:00 - THE MIDDLE DRAWER
00:00 - I WON’T PRETEND THAT SHAWN
00:00 - MY MOTHER USED TO SAY,
00:00 - SO USUALLY
00:00 - BUT I NEVER TOUCHED NOTHING
00:00 - IT USED TO BE DIFFERENT.
00:00 - AND WHEN I WAS THIRTEEN
00:00 - SHAWN THOUGHT THAT
00:00 - NOW THE COLOGNE
00:00 - SUDDENLY
00:00 - THE MIDDLE DRAWER CALLED TO ME,
00:00 - NICKNAME
00:00 - WHICH BRINGS ME TO CARLSON RIGGS
00:00 - PEOPLE SAID RIGGS
00:00 - RIGGS AND SHAWN WERE SO-CALLED FRIENDS, BUT
00:00 - A PENNY DROP
00:00 - REASONS I THOUGHT (KNEW) RIGGS KILLED SHAWN NO. 1: TURF
00:00 - NO. 1.1: SURVIVAL TACTICS (made plain)
00:00 - NO. 2: CRIME SHOWS
00:00 - NO. 3: . . .
00:00 - I HAD NEVER HELD A GUN.
00:00 - A NOISE FROM THE HALLWAY
00:00 - SLEEP
00:00 - I WOKE UP
00:00 - BUT I ALSO FELT GUILTY
00:00 - I WRAPPED MY FINGERS
00:00 - IN THE BATHROOM
00:00 - I STUCK THE CANNON
00:00 - THE PLAN
00:00 - IN THE KITCHEN
00:00 - THE YELLOW LIGHT
00:00 - AT THE ELEVATOR
00:00 - THERE’S A STRANGE THING
00:00 - A GUY GOT ON,
00:00 - L STOOD FOR “LOSER”
00:00 - IT’S UNCOMFORTABLE
00:00 - I’VE SEEN GIRLS
00:00 - DO I KNOW YOU?
00:00 - MY STOMACH JUMPED
00:00 - I RUBBED MY EYES
00:00 - YEAH
00:00 - I DID ALL THE WAKE-UP TRICKS.
00:00 - I KNOW WHAT YOU THINKIN’.
00:00 - BUT NO NEED TO BE AFRAID.
00:00 - I TAKE IT BACK.
00:00 - ANAGRAM NO. 1
00:00 - CATCHING MY BREATH, I ASKED,
00:00 - MY RESPONSE
00:00 - I PUT MY HAND BEHIND MY BACK,
00:00 - THOUGHT ABOUT MOVING IT
00:00 - I REMEMBER
00:00 - AND I’M GLAD I FOUND IT,
00:00 - THE ELEVATOR RUMBLED
00:00 - MAYBE HE DIDN’T HEAR ME
00:00 - RELAX?!
00:00 - BUCK LAUGHED, AND
00:00 - YOU GOT WORK TO DO?
00:00 - HE ASKED ME
00:00 - GIVE IT TO ME
00:00 - HE HELD THE GUN OUT.
00:00 - BUCK FINALLY LET GO
00:00 - I HAD HALF A SECOND
00:00 - A GIRL STEPPED IN.
00:00 - SHE CHECKED TO MAKE SURE
00:00 - I DIDN’T KNOW
00:00 - SHE COULD SEE
00:00 - AT THIS POINT
00:00 - I JOINED IN,
00:00 - SHE BRUSHED HER HAND AGAINST MINE
00:00 - BUT THERE WAS A GHOST IN THE ELEVATOR
00:00 - PLUS
00:00 - SHE ASKED,
00:00 - THE NEXT EXCHANGE WAS A SIMPLE ONE.
00:00 - BUT THEN
00:00 - I WON’T FRONT.
00:00 - FROM WHERE?
00:00 - VERY FUNNY,
00:00 - SHE OPENED HER PURSE,
00:00 - ME AND MY FRIEND DANI
00:00 - YOU REMEMBER THIS?
00:00 - MY EYES GOT BIG.
00:00 - YEAH, I REMEMBER.
00:00 - GUNSHOTS
00:00 - AND NOW I WANNA THROW UP,
00:00 - I TOLD DANI
00:00 - I SWEAR SOMETIMES
00:00 - WHEN THEY SAID
00:00 - THE WAY I FELT
00:00 - ANAGRAM NO. 2
00:00 - IT’S COOL
00:00 - WHAT YOU NEED
00:00 - MY FACE
00:00 - DANI WAS KILLED
00:00 - THEN DANI ASKED,
00:00 - BUT
00:00 - DANI WAS DISAPPOINTED.
00:00 - I LOOKED BACK AT BUCK
00:00 - BUCK OFFERED,
00:00 - THE ELEVATOR,
00:00 - CIGARETTE SMOKE
00:00 - I FANNED AND COUGHED,
00:00 - I TOOK A STEP BACK
00:00 - TWO LARGE HANDS,
00:00 - THEN IN ONE SWIFT MOTION
00:00 - I COULD HEAR LAUGHING
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