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<p>We&nbsp;met&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;Lake&nbsp;Murray&nbsp;Dam&nbsp;in&nbsp;March&nbsp;2018,&nbsp;he&nbsp;had&nbsp;just&nbsp;moved&nbsp;back&nbsp;from&nbsp;Ohio.&nbsp;He&nbsp;lived&nbsp;in&nbsp;a&nbsp;condo&nbsp;with&nbsp;his&nbsp;mother&nbsp;and&nbsp;grandmother,&nbsp;Kim&nbsp;and&nbsp;Janice,&nbsp;on&nbsp;the&nbsp;top&nbsp;floor.&nbsp;My&nbsp;best&nbsp;friend&nbsp;since&nbsp;eighth&nbsp;grade,&nbsp;Graham,&nbsp;lived&nbsp;below&nbsp;him.&nbsp;Graham&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bradley&nbsp;ended&nbsp;up&nbsp;going&nbsp;to&nbsp;Myrtle&nbsp;Beach&nbsp;together,&nbsp;on&nbsp;their&nbsp;way&nbsp;home&nbsp;I&nbsp;snapchatted&nbsp;Graham&nbsp;to&nbsp;ask&nbsp;if&nbsp;he&nbsp;wanted&nbsp;to&nbsp;hang&nbsp;out.&nbsp;He&nbsp;said&nbsp;that&nbsp;he&nbsp;had&nbsp;a&nbsp;friend&nbsp;with&nbsp;him&nbsp;and&nbsp;when&nbsp;I&nbsp;asked&nbsp;who,&nbsp;Graham&nbsp;sent&nbsp;me&nbsp;a&nbsp;picture&nbsp;of&nbsp;Bradley.&nbsp;I&nbsp;was&nbsp;immediately&nbsp;interested.&nbsp;I&nbsp;sent&nbsp;a&nbsp;selfie&nbsp;back&nbsp;and&nbsp;we&nbsp;all&nbsp;agreed&nbsp;to&nbsp;meet.&nbsp;When&nbsp;they&nbsp;got&nbsp;back&nbsp;from&nbsp;Mrytle&nbsp;they&nbsp;met&nbsp;me&nbsp;at&nbsp;the&nbsp;dam.&nbsp;I&nbsp;thought&nbsp;B&nbsp;was&nbsp;cute&nbsp;from&nbsp;the&nbsp;get-go&nbsp;but&nbsp;all&nbsp;he&nbsp;did&nbsp;was&nbsp;stare&nbsp;at&nbsp;me&nbsp;without&nbsp;speaking&nbsp;(He&nbsp;told&nbsp;me&nbsp;later&nbsp;it&nbsp;was&nbsp;because&nbsp;he&nbsp;thought&nbsp;I&nbsp;was&nbsp;so&nbsp;beautiful&nbsp;that&nbsp;he&nbsp;didn't&nbsp;know&nbsp;what&nbsp;to&nbsp;say.)&nbsp;We&nbsp;got&nbsp;ready&nbsp;to&nbsp;leave&nbsp;after&nbsp;about&nbsp;30&nbsp;minutes&nbsp;of&nbsp;idle&nbsp;chit-chat&nbsp;and&nbsp;Bradley&nbsp;realized&nbsp;that&nbsp;he&nbsp;locked&nbsp;his&nbsp;keys&nbsp;in&nbsp;his&nbsp;truck,&nbsp;so&nbsp;of&nbsp;course&nbsp;the&nbsp;most&nbsp;logical&nbsp;thing&nbsp;to&nbsp;do&nbsp;would&nbsp;be&nbsp;to&nbsp;smash&nbsp;his&nbsp;window&nbsp;in&nbsp;order&nbsp;to&nbsp;retrieve&nbsp;them.&nbsp;As&nbsp;I&nbsp;stood&nbsp;there&nbsp;and&nbsp;watched&nbsp;him&nbsp;and&nbsp;Graham&nbsp;take&nbsp;turns&nbsp;trying&nbsp;to&nbsp;smash&nbsp;the&nbsp;window,&nbsp;I&nbsp;thought&nbsp;to&nbsp;myself,&nbsp;"Good&nbsp;god&nbsp;I&nbsp;better&nbsp;stick&nbsp;around&nbsp;this&nbsp;guy,&nbsp;who&nbsp;knows&nbsp;what&nbsp;kind&nbsp;of&nbsp;trouble&nbsp;he&nbsp;could&nbsp;get&nbsp;himself&nbsp;in&nbsp;to&nbsp;without&nbsp;me?!"&nbsp;And&nbsp;now&nbsp;here&nbsp;we&nbsp;are,&nbsp;four&nbsp;years&nbsp;later,&nbsp;and&nbsp;I'm&nbsp;still&nbsp;trying&nbsp;to&nbsp;keep&nbsp;him&nbsp;out&nbsp;of&nbsp;trouble,&nbsp;but&nbsp;I&nbsp;wouldn't&nbsp;have&nbsp;it&nbsp;any&nbsp;other&nbsp;way.</p>

Destiny & Bradley

Destiny & Bradley

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