John Burley - No Mercy

‘He needs to check his attitude,’ Ben said. ‘I’m not going to have him yelling at his parents and slamming the bedroom door just because he can’t go out with his friends.’

‘Let him be,’ Susan advised him. ‘He’s sixteen. You remember what that was like? He’s got so many emotions churning around inside him that he can barely see straight.’

‘I still don’t like the yelling. We’ve never tolerated that before. I don’t see any reason to change course now.’

‘That’s true. But he’s right, Ben. What are we doing telling him he can’t go out with his friends on a Saturday night?’

‘We’re trying to keep him safe, that’s what we’re doing. A young boy Thomas’s age was just murdered in our own neighborhood. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to ask him not to go out at night for a while.’

‘That was eight weeks ago, and it happened in broad daylight,’ Susan reminded him. ‘Should we be keeping him home during the day, as well?’

‘It’s a parent’s responsibility to act in their child’s best interest. The first priority is keeping our boys safe.’

‘But we can’t always do that,’ she pointed out.

‘We can try,’ he told her. He stood up, filled a kettle with water and placed it on the range to boil. ‘Maybe we should think about getting out of town for a while.’

‘We have responsibilities – obligations, Ben.’

‘A few weeks is all I’m suggesting.’

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