Reilly woke up early that morning and quickly showered and dressed in his school uniform. He was a freshman at St. Mark’s Academy for Boys, and, although his studies were progressing nicely, he was still homesick. It was November, and he had been away from home for over two months. He had always been an excellent student in grammar school and, from his earliest years, had been something of a teacher’s pet to the nuns at St. Stephen’s. Boarding school was a new experience, however; he missed his mom and sisters and, although he never would have
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