Daphyne Luster had been off drugs for almost a year, when she relapsed. She was incarcerated, and one of the people she was using with warned her that if she overdosed, she would be left alone. But she wasn’t. Someone saved her life. Later, Daphyne wished she could return the favor when that person’s time came.
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