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Chapter 10

           Whenhewastwelve,anotherdrifteragirltwicehisagemockedhimonthestreetsandattemptedtostealhisfood.Thegirlfoundherselfpummeledtowithininchesofherlife.Whentheauthoritiespulledtheboyoffher,theygavehimanultimatumleaveMarseillesorgotojuvenileprison.

           TheboymoveddownthecoasttoToulon.Overtime,thelooksofpityonthestreetsturnedtolooksoffear.Theboyhadgrowntoapowerfulyoungman.Whenpeoplepassedby,hecouldhearthemwhisperingtooneanother.Aghost,theywouldsay,theireyeswidewithfrightastheystaredathiswhiteskin.Aghostwiththeeyesofadevil!

           Andhefeltlikeaghost…transparent…floatingfromseaporttoseaport.Peopleseemedtolookrightthroughhim.Ateighteen,inaporttown,whileattemptingtostealacaseofcuredhamfromacargoship,hewascaughtbyapairofcrewmen.Thetwosailorswhobegantobeathimsmelledofbeer,justashisfatherhad.Thememoriesoffearandhatredsurfacedlikeamonsterfromthedeep.Theyoungmanbrokethefirstsailor’sneckwithhisbarehands,andonlythearrivalofthepolicesavedthesecondsailorfromasimilarfate.

           Twomonthslater,inshackles,hearrivedataprisoninAndorra.

           Youareaswhiteasaghost,theinmatesridiculedastheguardsmarchedhimin,nakedandcold.

           Miraelespectro!Perhapstheghostwillpassrightthroughthesewalls!

           Overthecourseoftwelveyears,hisfleshandsoulwithereduntilheknewhehadbecometransparent.

           Iamaghost.

           Iamweightless.

           Yosoyunespectro…palidocomaunafantasma…caminandoestemundoasolas.

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