The reason that Ted and Ann’s son was in with adult company was because he got caught with a rock of crack cocaine he was holding for a friend. He knew it was wrong to do this, but that is what happened. Since he was 17, he was charged as an adult. He had no prior record and it was only $10 worth, but he still got 10 years.
So at the dinner, the atmosphere was down. Then Sally and Bill got blue because their daughter Sophie was having trouble with her baby coming. She refused to say who the father was. This should have been the point that the family’s stopped and prayed instead they drank and looked sad.
Everyone looked forward to mail from Ted and Ann’s son, Mike. Mike was finding it hard to cope with being in jail. It was his first time away from home and he was feeling alone. He didn’t know who to trust. He made friends with a guy named Sam that had five years for robbery.
Sally and Bill’s daughter Sophie, fifteen and pregnant, gave them something to be down about. She was also keeping her baby’s father’s name to herself. Only Mike and Sophie knew the father’s name. The four parents had no idea. Sophie and Mike had been sneaking around since she was 13 and he was 15. Their relationship could really hurt the two families; or even end their 20 year relationship.
(To Be Continued)
