Chapter One
Morgan and his mom and dad gathered in the family room. Morgan felt surprisingly calm and talked in a matter of fact tone of voice. “Mom, Dad, in the past few weeks, lots of interesting and really life changing things have taken place, and I want to follow this road. I know this might be hard to understand, but I really can’t go back to my old life, school, working at the garage, so I’m going to move down to Amy’s farm and live there.”
His Mom June nodded. She was slightly sad, since it felt like the end of something. She said, “Morgan, you’re an amazing boy, well, now a young man. You have to live your life. We did our best to get you this far, but now you’re going to make your own decisions. We’ll be here for you though.”
Morgan’s father thought for a long time before he said anything. He was spinning through lots of different scenarios in his mind. Finally he threw his hands up and said, “Morgan, I actually do understand a little bit what you’re going through. Things have happened that took you to a really unusual place. I’m not totally sure why leaving school is necessary, but if you change your mind in the future, you can do something else. Hell, if I was 17 again, I’d do things totally different, and if I was you, I’d follow that dream, too.” He patted his wife’s hand and actually smiled at his son.
Morgan was completely surprised at the support. “Wow, thanks. It means a lot that you see where I’m coming from.”
His mom said, “Let’s have a family dinner tonight like we used to.”
Morgan nodded and said, “I’d like that, I guess I’ll leave tomorrow.”
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