BOY WITH A SCAR

Matouš Rýdel

“God will never give you more than you can handle.”

This book is devoted to my parents and brother.

Thanks.

PROLOGUE

I remember

I was fourteen at that time.

There were films on TV about heroes

who rescue

young girls

in trouble.

They were always admired

for their acts.

I also wanted to be such hero,

to rescue girls,

reveal frauds

and capture every criminal.

I was dreaming

that I would become one.

What makes such a hero?

I dreamt up every detail of him

but only one came true

which was the last one on my list.

I imagined myself

as a hero,

muscled, handsome,

possibly

with superhuman capacities.

In every dream

I rescued another girl from bad guys’ clutches.

Again, and again I received

a scar.

I believed

that with it will come admiration

and beauty

and superhuman strength

and all the rest.

At that time

I completed basic school

and continued from the seventh class

to grammar school.

I did not expected

that anything

would change.

But it did not take long

before my life started turning

upside down.

Table of Contents

Boy With a Scar

PROLOGUE

I

II

III

IV

V

VI

VII

VIII

IX

Message

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