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thing I kn o w , d octors and nurses were coming from everywhere. I was pulled to the side as I watched them pull out these electric paddles and rubbed them together .
    S omeone yelled, “Clear,” as they slammed these paddles against my brother ’ s chest. 
    “Leave my brother alone !” I screamed , n ot realizing they were only trying to keep him alive.
    One of the doctors yelled, “Get him outta here ! ”
    One of the male nurses picked me up and forcefully carried me out into the hallway. He was trying to explain to me that they were doing everything in their power to help my brother , but I was too busy looking into the glass room as they continued to slap Ray with those electric paddles. I guess I was a little hysterical because the brotha grabbed me so hard , I couldn’t help but focus on what he was saying.
    “We are doing everything we can to help your brother ,” he yelled. “ Please give us a chance to do that . ”
    “Why are they slapping him with them paddles if they were trying to help him ? ” I spat , my hands on my hips.
    “Those paddles help his heart beat , ” he tried to assure me.
    “How so?”
    “Well , you see sometimes when the heart stops beating , we use those paddles to give an electrical shock to the heart that makes it start beating again.”
    “ Are you saying my brother ’ s heart stop ped beating?” I asked , cry ing again.
    At that moment, I saw my mother come running down the hallway. I guess someone must have gone to get her , but she started crying hysterically once she entered my brother’s room.
    I didn’t know what was going on , so I went into the room and stood against the wall just in time to hear one of the doctors say to my mother, “I’m sorry , Mrs. Wilson , but we did all we could.” 
    I wasn’t sure what was said after that because everything seemed to have come to a standstill .
    M other threw herself on Ray ’s body and started screaming, “Wake up , Ray, wake up ! ”
    Dr. Ros s tried to console Mother , but she wasn’t having it. Mother paid Dr. Ros s no mind as she continued to pull and grab at Ray’s dead body.
    I became numb to everything as I watched my mother hold on to Ray . My dead brother . T hat sound ed so strange to me. A brother that I loved , and was in love with.
    I watched as the hospital staff literally had to pry my mother ’ s grip from Ray’s dead body before plac ing a sheet over his head. Baby, this was the first time I ’d ever experience d this much pain . Even thinking about it now, brings tears to my eyes.
    A fter M other said her good - byes to my brother, we walked out of his room arm in arm. I d id n’t know who was supporting who m , but I guess we were supporting each other.
    “I’m sorry for your los s, Mrs. Wilson,” Officer Crawley said in a genuine tone as he waited to take us back home.
    “Thank you,” Mother said through her pain and tears .
    A s we got into Officer Crawley’s cruiser, M other asked, “Officer Crawley, do you know who did this to my boy?”
    “Yes, we have him in custody as we speak , and he will be sent to prison . Y ou can count on that . ”
    “I want to see the monster that killed my boy . ”
    “I don’t think now is a good time , Mrs. Wilson. Maybe another time would be better?”
    “I want to see the monster that killed my boy !” Mother demanded.
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    Officer Crawley had taken my mother and I down to the police station , where w e were informed that the monster , as my mother called him , was still being questioned by an officer in one of the investigation rooms. My mother and I were escorted to another room with a huge mirror on one side of the wall , adjoining the room w h ere the monster was being questioned.
    My mouth literally open ed wide when I saw who the monster was. How could I tell my mother that the monster who killed her son was the dude on the basketball court name d Junior, who Ray beat up because of me? My legs buckled , and this time, I fell straight