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He never got over me leaving his dad. He never got over his dad leaving him. He had missed so much school, even though I was dropping him off in the morning. that I either had to withdraw him from school or I was going to end up in jail. That's what they told me. So I withdrew him from school in the eighth grade.

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Episode 276

2386.284

They said he had said he was going to commit suicide. I drove out there immediately and I talked to one of the counselors, a teacher or somebody, and the police were there. They were chasing him through the neighborhood because he had left the school grounds. And when they finally found him, they Baker Acted him.

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Episode 276

2422.58

I know he thinks I didn't love him. I tried. I mean, I love him. He doesn't understand that I depended on him to be the strong one, and that was wrong of me. I threatened to kick him out, never dreaming that he would go. I was thinking, OK, I threatened to kick him out. He's going to say, I'm sorry, Mommy. I'm sorry. I'll behave. I'll behave. I did not want him to leave.

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Episode 276

2539.4

Michael seemed to be an intelligent kind of guy, friendly when I first met him, just talkative and just kind of on the showy side, you know, like he had a big personality. He was very confident. And I thought, well, you know, he's a little cocky, but, you know, he's a boy. It was in the parking lot. This is after I had learned about Michael's real personality.

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Episode 276

2568.521

I was driving through the parking lot coming home, and I saw him sitting there on the back of a car, and I said, Michael, do you know where Alan's at? And he proceeded to tell me that that was none of my business. He was taking care of Alan, and I... Just leave Alan alone. He's my concern now. And I said, is that a stolen car you're sitting on?

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Episode 276

2590.976

And he got right up in my face in the window and threatened me that you just stay out of my business and just go on if you don't want anything to happen to Alan.

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Episode 276

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And I had told him, I said, I don't want Michael to know where I'm at because I was afraid of Michael because he threatened me and I was afraid if I got in the middle of something, he would harm Alan. And Michael came to my apartment, and I just exploded on him. I just went off on this boy.

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Episode 276

2649.999

And he sat there and looked me stone-faced in the eye the whole time I was yelling at him with this stupid smirk on his face. He had no regard for my feelings, for Alan's feelings, for anybody. And... He finally just, when I finally stopped, he got up and just said, I don't care what you think, and he walked away.

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Episode 276

790.256

Reggie and Carol dated in high school, and many years later, they connected and got married. They lived in Charleston, and by this time, we lived in Jacksonville. Carol was easygoing person and a good cook. She kept Reggie well fed and enjoyed the good food and the good cook. She was the first time I visited them when they lived in Ladsen, South Carolina.

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Episode 276

815.622

I spent a couple nights with them on that trip. There again, Reggie became the neighborhood big brother, dad, and friend. Reggie and Carol were only married a few years.