Deacon Loves Penny
~ 1 ~ His name was Deacon Blue Fredericks. He was named after the title of a Steely Dan song. Deacon was the child of two drug-addicted parents in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They were forced, by the Wisconsin Department of Child Welfare, to give Deacon up at the tender age of three. From there, Deacon’s journey began through a series of foster homes, some abusive, some loving, and some downright dangerous. Here, he learned the one simple truth that governed his existence into early adulthood; that he was alone in this world and needed to make his own way. Deacon was not a bad kid. But his solitary nature made him sullen and distant and not exactly easy to get along with, especially in foster homes where everybody had their issues. He never cared much for school but was bright, curious and intuitive and his teachers respected that. When he was sixteen, he had already made up his mind that after completing high school he would enlist in the Marine Corps, and do whatever h...