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you.”
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    Lisa and John spent
the whole afternoon getting to know each other. And while waiting for his
contacts to come through, John told Lisa about how he had lost his father four
years ago in an accident. It was a tough time for everyone. But he felt like he
didn’t have the luxury to feel vulnerable because he had to take care of the
family from that time on.  He confessed he once thought about taking the
wrong path and just succumbing to the pressure. But then, he realized how much
that would devastate everyone he cared about more. So he sucked his fear up and
gave a whole lot of effort, even going so far as sacrificing his wants.
    First, he figured
he had to position himself for a scholarship. So he made sure he got on all the
relevant athletic and educational programs in school. At present, he still
tried to perform well on each of them. But given his tight schedule, he often
prioritized tasks and just did the minimum requirement on others. Second, he
decided he had to be financially independent as well. So without his mother’s
consent, he took on several jobs with a few charitable organizations in town so
he could spend for his extracurricular activities. He shared that he has done
everything from delivering groceries to physically impaired individuals to
street sweeping. And now, he even added coaching Little League to his
responsibilities. He said he could opt for bigger paying gigs if he wanted but
he appreciated how his recent connections were able to bulk up his school
records significantly. If there was anything he needed, it was the chance to be
more eligible for college admission. He said once that was settled, his third
objective was to find part time work that would earn him enough to keep his mom
from worrying about him once he was enrolled.
    If he could, John
said would have just coasted through high school like every other person, maybe
even play in a band. He admitted that he knew Lisa for some time now and was
envious of her lack of restrictions, particularly the way she was able to do whatever
she wanted to. Even more so, she wasn’t afraid how people saw her and didn’t
care how she would be treated.
    “Wait, what?!” Lisa
interjected.
    “Well, you like
hanging out on the bleachers post practice, right? I left my towel once on the
benches and had to come back after practice, that’s when I first noticed.
Usually, people gathered there when we were around running drills. But you’d
come right after we’ve packed up, when it was quiet.”
    “…oh,” Lisa said,
somewhat embarrassed.
    John laughed again.
“Don’t worry about it. It wasn’t a big deal. I just noticed.”
    It was then that he
received a text message.
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    John’s friends
weren’t able to dig up any relevant leads on “Louie” but they were able to come
up with a few possibilities for the recipient of the letters, ‘Irene’. So John
and Lisa started driving up to each of their homes hoping they could talk to
them about the matter. Unluckily, the first two addresses were no longer
viable. And as they narrowed down the list, Lisa became more and more
agitated. 
    “Are they
serious?!” she barked at John after receiving disappointing news yet again.
“Were they really looking or did they just give us random information?”
    “Hey, my guys are
good. And it’s not like you’d even get up to this point if you did it alone.”
    “Well, I wouldn’t.
But I certainly wouldn’t be wasting my time either.”
    “Okay. Okay. We’ll
do this last one and then I’ll take you home.”
    Their last stop was
a fifteen minute drive from the previous and it was unexpectedly more upscale
than all the other homes they’ve been to. In fact, it was so ritzy that the
idea of having someone walk down the long driveway to answer questions
pertaining to an English project was intimidating, not to mention embarrassing.
John and Lisa