Once I left, I would drive around or go somewhere and wait for mom to invite Ryan over. Once he came over and they were fucking, I would slip in throu...h the back door, tip-toe upstairs, and either listen or watch them fuck. As the school year came to a close, I told my mom one weekend that I wasn’t coming home that night because I was going to stay over at a friend’s house in Scranton. Her first question was: “Is Ryan going with you?” I replied, “No…He is not going.” I knew my plan was. Carroll works for his father, he'll inherit the family business but he's never done anything else, getting another job that pays as well would be almost impossible. The help he needs is so expensive. We can afford it now but if he tells his parents what he's doing, they'll disown him. They've made it very clear what they think of people who change their sex." What do you think would be a solution?" the old man asked."If Carroll wasn't so conflicted, I think he'd be happy. I've heard that you. S. illegally."Patty scrunched up her face in confusion. "Why would they do that?"asked Patty. "To get you into the United States without goingthrough immigration and customs." They would not let me into America?" declared Patty. "I don'tknow," answered Dave. "Do you have a visa to enter the U.S.?" No, whispered Patty.Dave looked at the girl and knew that he would have to cobbletogether some documentation for Patty when they got back tocivilization. "We'll cross that bridge when we back. Good god, if it eats, then it shits, right? What the hell do I do with dragon shit? Rent a dumpster and fill it with cat litter? Scoop the damn thing with a front ... hey, found it!”He lifted his phone, the circle of light moving forward on the forest floor to illuminate a circle of mushrooms.“Okay, this is kind of cool.” Beth paced the perimeter of the faerie ring. It was a perfect circle, nearly four feet across. The mushrooms were perfectly shaped and looked like dented bells, each one.