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Back Early Departures
Chapters (122)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Epigraph
  4. Facts
  5. 101
  6. 100
  7. 23 Months After the Funeral
  8. 99
  9. 98
  10. 97
  11. 96
  12. 95
  13. 94
  14. 93
  15. 92
  16. 91
  17. 90
  18. 89
  19. 88
  20. 87
  21. 86
  22. 85
  23. 84
  24. 83
  25. 82
  26. 81
  27. 80
  28. 79
  29. 78
  30. 77
  31. 76
  32. 75
  33. 74
  34. 73
  35. 72
  36. 71
  37. 70
  38. 69
  39. 68
  40. 67
  41. 66
  42. 65
  43. 64
  44. 63
  45. 62
  46. 61
  47. 60
  48. 59
  49. 58
  50. Postreanimation Day 1
  51. 57
  52. 56
  53. 55
  54. 54
  55. 53
  56. 52
  57. 51
  58. 50
  59. 49
  60. 48
  61. 47
  62. Day 2
  63. 46
  64. 45
  65. 44
  66. 43
  67. 42
  68. 41
  69. 40
  70. 39
  71. 38
  72. 37
  73. 36
  74. Day 3
  75. 35
  76. 34
  77. 33
  78. 32
  79. 31
  80. 30
  81. Day 4
  82. 29
  83. 28
  84. 27
  85. 26
  86. Quincy
  87. 25
  88. Jamal
  89. 24
  90. 23
  91. 22
  92. 21
  93. 20
  94. Day 4
  95. 19
  96. 18
  97. 17
  98. Day 5
  99. 16
  100. 15
  101. 14
  102. 13
  103. 12
  104. 11
  105. 10
  106. Day 6
  107. 9
  108. 8
  109. 7
  110. 6
  111. 5
  112. 4
  113. 14 Days Postreanimation
  114. 3
  115. 2
  116. 1
  117. 0
  118. Acknowledgments
  119. About the Author
  120. Books by Justin A. Reynolds
  121. Back Ad
  122. About the Publisher

Jamal: had me sweating bullets.

Jamal: I was tryna google something to say.

Q: Yoooo I wanna know what you typed into the search.

Jamal: how to reply to your friend’s uncomfortable jokes about his impending death.

Q: lmfao

Q: you get a lot of hits?

Jamal: yeah but like zero were relevant to this situation so thanks for nothing googs.

Q: googs???

Jamal: yeah, that’s my pet name for google.

Q: what does googs call you?

Jamal: big dick j.

Q: image

Jamal: lol.

Q: Hey, I’m sorry for disappearing like that.

Q: I just had to get away.

Q: like with a quickness.

Jamal: no dude I get that

Jamal: but on the real I thought your mom was gonna kick my ass!!

Jamal: I was srsly afraid for my life

Jamal: but also she has a right to hate me

Jamal: if I was her I’d hate me, what I did

Q: Nah. She wants to apologize to you, too.

Jamal: apologize? really?

Q: Yeah. She had good reason to be mad, because she’s my mom, and she was doing what she hoped was best for me. But she also knows you weren’t trying to hurt me. That you thought you were doing something good.

Jamal: I’m sorry for lying to you in the first place.

Jamal: Autumn was asking about you.

Q: What did you tell her?

Jamal: The truth, finally

Q: image Good. She should know.

Q: I told Bri, too.

Jamal: Fr??

Q: Fr!

Q: She didn’t believe me at first

Q: Tbh I’m still not sure she really believes me

Jamal: I don’t blame her

Jamal: Shit’s a lot to work through

Q: She said if I think telling her I’m gonna die soon means she’ll hook up with me, I’m gonna be hella disappointed lol

Jamal: Damn, I like her

Q: Me too

Q: Wyd

Jamal: Honestly, I was tryna figure out what to say to you

Q: About

Jamal: image I thought you were pissed at me

Q: That’s what I don’t get. Why would I be pissed for getting more days to live?? Lol I mean I am pissed that no one asked me first but

Jamal: Okay, well, when you put it that way lol

Q: What other way is there

Q: Lol I mean, seriously, I’m really pissed no one asked me first image

Jamal: You weren’t exactly around . . .

Jamal: Okay, I’d rather stop joking about this. I’m happy you’re coming to terms with it and you’ve mostly wrapped your brain around it but I hate it, I hate everything about all this

Q: YOU hate it? How you think I feel

Jamal: I didn’t mean it that way

Q: I know

Jamal: Whit wanted me to tell you you’re invited over for dinner tonight. Your mom, too, of course.