”You’ve got to be fucking me Zack. Earlier this year they find pills in your room and now…

            “Da…”

            “Listen to me. You’re telling me, you’re honestly saying, that someone put the drugs in your backpack, that you’ve been set up?” 

            “Yeah.”

            “I can’t believe you’re going to lie to me like this? I’ve raised you better than that. You have a problem Zack.”

            “Dad, I swear. I swear to god I had no idea. I h…”

            “Really… no idea?”

            “Dad, I’m not…”

            “So why don’t you go ahead and explain something to me. Was this person that put the drugs in your backpack the same one that put the Vicodin in your car?”

            “Dad… I… I had no ide…”

            “Am I an asshole Zack?”

            “Huh?”

            “Am I an asshole? Am I going bend over and take anything you give me? Do you expect me to believe whatever bullshit story you’ve come up with? I’m not your mother.” 

            “I don’t k…” 

            “I know better Zack… I know better. You forget who your dealing with… I know better… You can forget about Colorado, you pissed that away. Digging ditches, that’s what you’ll be doing over summer?… Damn it Zack, you know better. I’ve raised you better. Don’t you know what that stuff does to you?”

            “Yeah, I’ve…”

            “It eats holes in your brain. You’ve seen the commercials. Guy drops an egg in the frying pan.” 

            “I’ve seen them.”

            “You want to be an addict? You want to wind up like that kid who plays Lucus?”

            “I’m not an add..”

            “Dad I…”

            “You’re coming home. I love you and I’ll see you tomorrow.”