Reflection Day 46

 Today we finished the book. Troy dies of a heart attack while practicing his baseball swings. Raynell is now seven years old. Cory comes back from the Marines to visit his family. He does not want to go to Troy's funeral because he didn't see eye to eye with his father.

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