The Debt

03/16/21 • 16 min

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Jimmy King was a star on the football pitch, worshipped by thousands. Now he's just a sad old man in a care home were nobody likes him, waiting to die.

But there's one fan who still remembers what he was like in his glory days and she owes him everything she's achieved in life. Can she find a way to repay her debt?

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Jimmy King was a star on the football pitch, worshipped by thousands. Now he's just a sad old man in a care home were nobody likes him, waiting to die.

But there's one fan who still remembers what he was like in his glory days and she owes him everything she's achieved in life. Can she find a way to repay her debt?

Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Photo by Call Me Fred on Unsplash

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