"Welp, we're here..." Richard's voice was heard, as the visualization soon changed to that of a somewhat younger-looking version of Richard seen pulling up his car towards a building with a younger Nicole seen sitting in the backseat, and younger Nicholas seen sitting in the passenger seat of the car, as he kept his head down.
"Nicholas?...we're here, that means you have to get out and head inside." Nicole stated, as Nicholas shook his head adding.
"I'm ...I'm not going.." And with this Richard and Nicole exchanged looks of concern it seemed, as Richard shook his head adding.
"I thought you agreed you need to go to rehab for your drug problems, that you need too.."
"I DO need to face my drug problems, I don't need to go to rehab to do it," Nicholas spoke out shaking his head, as Nicole soon added.
"Nicholas rehab is the place to be if you have some drug problems, they are professionals whose SOUL job description is helping people with drug problems...this is the best place for you."
"I don't care, I don't want to go in there having people look at me ..and judge me, and feel sorry for me ...I don't want to be in there and people asking you two like hey where's Nicholas and you having to say that I'm in rehab, I JUST ...I don't want to feel like.."
"....Like what Nicholas?" Richard asked noticing he didn't finish, as Nicholas shook his head and added.
"Like I belong there...." He muttered with sadness, as Nicole and Richard both appeared concerned; while Richard shook his head adding.
"Nicholas we've told you this before, having a drug problem?...doing the things you're doing, you're an acholic your a drug user.... you have a problem and that's not something to be ashamed of ....what's to be ashamed of is if you didn't want to address it."
"...And if you like we can always just lie." Nicole stated with a shrug adding.
"If someone asks where you are, well I can say that you went out of town for something ...or that you're at your house, you know it doesn't have to be "oh he's at rehab" And with this Nicholas chuckled a bit, as he added.
"You're really okay with lying just like that?"
"Yep," Nicole said with a shrug, as Richard shook his head adding.
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The Homeless Santa
Short StoryDesire Brown is a single mom struggling to make ends meet, and the holidays are right around the corner; fearing that her son will not get the holiday he deserves, she has tried everything shelter's, begging for help, asking friends; nobody can give...
