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Tyler

January 12, 2015
By Tamera Rembert BRONZE, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Tamera Rembert BRONZE, Scotch Plains, New Jersey
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Ever since Tyler was little he, always was unfortunate. He went into the foster system right after he was born because his mother died after giving birth to him. And the father just couldn’t stand seeing his son’s face everyday without reminding him of his wife. So since the Tyler had been jumping from one house to the next because every time his foster parents at one point start abusing him. When he was 12 he started hanging out with the wrong crowd, he was with people that were selling all types of drugs. And he wanted to join in to make some money so that when he turns 18 he can get out of the foster system and be on his own like he’s always wanted.
Today, education isn’t top priority to him, everyday he says he is on his way to school shows up for first period and leave with his poesy. His foster parents never really care because all they care about is if the checks keep rolling in. This is the longest he’s ever been with these foster parents which is 4 months because they don’t care where he is and haven’t been pounding on him, not yet anyway. But today he did something different, something that he has been secretly researching for a while and the day has finally came. Deep down in his heart Tyler knows what he really wants to do with his life once he meets his real father for the first time ever.
“Hey son, it’s been a while.” He said with a twisted smile.
“A while too long really” Tyler replied.
“So… How’s school.” He questioned.
“I don’t know, I haven’t really been going.” Tyler replied with a side smerk.
“Why haven’t you been going? Education is really important!”
“Don’t start trying to be a father now, what you’re saying is a waste of your breathe.”
There was a long pause before the conversation continued.
"Don't you know what you want you want to do after high school?" He asked concerned.
"Live on my own, duh.."
"With a job doing what?"
That's when Tyler first realizes that he wants to be somebody to somebody, and the only way he knew that was going to happen was if he gets his crap together and go to school so  he could be that person he has always secretly wanted to be. Tyler thanks his father and walks away, that was the first and last day Tyler saw his real father because he died the next day. But Tyler never found out.
But Tyler's new challenge was that he had get out of his drug dealing craze. But the thing is that once you get in, it is the hardest thing to get out of but Tyler knew it was the right thing to do. He met up with his head supplier and told him that he wanted out of the whole thing so that he could go back to school and learn to build a future for himself. The head supplier's name was Jason and looked into Tyler's eyes, shook Tyler's hand and said that it was all good. Tyler felt so relieved and felt that he could really get his life back on track, like his birth parents would have always wanted.
As he was walking home from meeting with Jason a group of his drug buddies were outside of the apartment building of where he lived. They said they wanted to congratulate him, but instead they all ran up to Tyler and started beating on him until they killed him. The police came and the boys ran away long before the cops came. The police got no eye witnesses because this was the kind of town where no one snitches on anyone or they would get killed. So the case on Tyler Williams remain unsolved.



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