Chapter 28 - Graduation
Tyler did not graduate on Oak Creek’s main stage.
He completed alternative coursework and received his diploma through the district program later that summer.
No football scholarship to Penn State.
The university withdrew recruitment after reviewing the disciplinary case.
Richard once believed losing that opportunity would destroy his son.
It did not.
Tyler enrolled at a community college.
Worked part-time.
Continued counseling.
For the first time, he entered places where nobody cared who Richard Vance was.
That may have been the most useful consequence of all.
Leo finished seventh grade with improved attendance.
His mother took a photograph of him outside the school.
He complained.
She took it anyway.
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