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Red life vest

posted 9 years ago by AtoZ2014
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What was the purpose of making him wear the red life vest, other than torturing/bullying him?

[–] dissipating 9 years ago

The step father said "so no one has to worry about him" because he wasn't very good at swimming. Jerk move but I genuinely think he thinks he did the right thing

[–] JMac28 8 years ago

Plain and simple, it's punishment. Duncan made his mother worry that afternoon because she didn't know where he was.Trent reacts by embarrassing Duncan and putting him in his place.