Reborn: The Son She Couldn't Break

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leave for State, I came home fro

me with some extra financial aid forms. He was a good man,

on, about Brenda's "illnesses" and her opposition to m

arents have a hard time letting g

house, I felt a chill

g on the sofa, wr

our neighbors Brenda sometimes roped into he

w them. Two p

od ran

said, her voice trembling with fake tears. "

epped forward. "Ethan Miller? We've receiv

m? For what?"

ssession of illegal substances," the office

ribute? Thi

my poor boy! I don't know where I we

"I... I saw him, Officer. Acting su

had put her

p my voice steady. "I don't do drugs. You c

ould hear them opening

h, the shame! His scholarship, they'll take it away! He'l

her fake tears, gl

t my scholarship revo

irs, her face pale

n himself into terrible

them held a small plastic baggie. In

ur mattress, son," th

ose weren't mine. I'd

exclaimed. "I swear!

e! It only makes it worse! Just con

at Brenda, then at Patty, who w

aid to Brenda. "What k

ed. "I... I don't kno

fficer said. He turned to Patty. "Ma'am, you sa

Uh... yesterday? O

ctly did you

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trated this whole thing. She w