Davon Clark found solace in the fact that he found someone else named Davon when he was in high school. Being the only black kid with the name Davon made him stick out like a sore thumb back in his childhood days, so it was a sigh of relief knowing that he wasn't the only guy named Davon. It was even more surprising when he discovered another guy named exactly like him, Davon Clark, during his university days who was around the same age as him, wrestled in the same weight class as him, and liked writing poetry just as he did. But he would soon realize how difficult it actually was to have a name-twin.
These days, identity theft is a very serious concern as criminals can use your personal information to commit fraud or other crimes, with which you have no association, but the threat is that such acts can be recorded and used against you in the future. So, people and companies are very careful and concise about how personal information is being used. However, having another person with your name is a different matter. It can complicate some things such as when the other is accused of doing something and people around you think it was you. That was Davon's situation.
His name-twin had a rough night, and got accused of stealing an Uber driver's tablet, some items from a car, and had an altercation with a friend's former roommates. With these events, Davon Clark sought to separate himself from the other Davon Clark, and worked to push that association away from him. At the end of it, he found himself exhausted, so decided to set aside other people's perceptions of him based on his name, and live the best life he could without fear.
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