The Break
If there is such a condition as early-life crisis, David Patton suffered from it. For the past year, since he had left college on the pretense of earning enough money to continue his education, his life had deteriorated. His idea to take a year off was not to his parents’ liking. They practically disowned him. He moved out of their house, another mistake. Now he wished that he had remained in school. He would be close to graduating and even if he had to take loans it would be better than...