I ain't God
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Spike Conlon arrived home to find his mother and father dead. "Spot!" Spike yelled. He ran through the house and found his little brother fast asleep in his room. He wrapped Spot in a blanket and fled the scene.
"Couple found dead! Young child still missing!" Spike yelled the morning headline. He didn't even have to lie.
Spot ran up to him. "Spike, when is mama coming back?" Spot asked.
"She ain't", Spike said.
"Why did she leave?" Spot asked.
"I don't know", Spike said.
"Make mama come back", Spot said.
Spike knocked his little brother down and yelled, "I ain't God!"
Spot's eyes filled with tears as his older brother walked off. Spot got up and took off for Brooklyn.
*10 years later*
The Brooklyn Newsies had just devastating loss.
Brooklyn's second, Bolt, had just been killed.
Bolt's little brother, Lightening, walked over to Spot. "When's Bolt coming back?" Lightening asked.
"He ain't", Spot said.
"Why did he leave?" Lightening asked.
"I don't know", Spot said.
"Did he love me?" Lightening asked.
Spot picked up the little boy, like Smudge had done to him all those years ago. "He loved you very much", Spot told the young boy.
"Make him come back", Lightening said.
"I can't. He's in a better place", Spot said. I ain't God, he thought.