Shortly after we settled in at Nurse Hamilton's dining room table, Heather pulled up in her pink jeep. She gave her grandmother a big hug, and then stopped short of hugging me.
"You look like hell, Josh," she said critically, "Are you alright?"
I realized this was as good a time and place as any to discuss my phone call with Leanne. The four of us sat at the dining room table and I filled them in. Trina and Heather both looked horrified when I told them of my half-assed plan to take the GED exam and leave. I shrugged, spread my arms and apologized.
"I'm sorry," I said, "I didn't think it through at all before I blurted it out. Leanne was all over my ass for even thinking such a thing. I was only letting you know because...it did cross my mind. I did say it out loud. That isn't going to
