Caleb and Suicide at Gay Conversion School

The Bad Stuff, Chapter 5

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I’m back in Travis’s room.

I feel so happy. Like some terrible black weight suddenly lifted off my chest and let me breathe again. He’s smiling and laughing and talking to me about football. I’m sitting on his bed and he’s laying on the floor with the sun shining on his hair making it all yellow and gold.