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Submitted to Contest #279
The 19-year-old boy sat in his room, staring at the wall. He had just dropped out of college, and he knew his parents were going to be disappointed. His father had always wanted him to be a lawyer, just like his older brother. But the boy knew that law wasn't for him. He wanted to do something else, something that would make him happy.He knew his father would never understand. His father was a traditional man, and he believed that the only way to be successful was to go to college and get a good job. But the boy didn't want to live his life ...
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