hollis

Hollis lives in a rundown motor inn up the mountain.

Hollis uses a walker and carries oxygen.

Hollis says I have a nice car. I must be doing okay.

Hollis used to be a chef. COVID ruined his life. That’s why he needs the oxygen.

Hollis lost half his lower leg in Iraq when an IED exploded, hence the walker.

Hollis showed me the scar. 

Hollis killed a boy, maybe 11 or 12 years old. 

“He was carrying something. You never knew what they might be carrying. He wouldn’t show me. So I slashed his throat.”

“Did you find out what it was?”

“No. I didn’t wanna know.”

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