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Home Kellie Brennan Block 5 Laurencot  I will never forget the day I realized that I may never see my son again. But I will always remember the day I was told that he was coming home. I was told several months ago that the boarding school Jack was attending was evacuated on the children were on their way to safe homes. I was glad that he was being brought to a safe place but was upset that I didn’t get to say goodbye. I was at a loss of words when I got a call telling me that their plane had been under attack and could not be found. I thought the world as I knew it was disappearing around me. The one job in my life was to protect my son and I had failed. I had lost all hope. I was sitting at home with my husband, since Jack left all the days in our house have been dark. There was a knock on the door, we hadn’t been expecting anyone. I walked to the front door and was frozen when I saw the Officer standing there. I believed that they had come to tell us that they had found Jacks remains and were sorry for our loss. Against my will, I began to cry, I had no control over myself. I was overwhelmed when the tall man told me that they had located the boys and they were on their way home. My husband and I thanked him for bringing our Jack home safely. As we began to say goodbye he asked if he could come inside. I had a knot in my stomach ad knew at that point there was something terribly wrong. The officer told us that 2 or the boys had been killed while stranded on the island and Jack was being accused of murder. My heart sank. At first I couldn’t believe that the bright, cheerful son we raised could do anything to hurt anyone or thing. When the said that the found they boys while Jack and one of his friend were trying to kill another boy, my first instinct was to blame the other child. But I knew that I must have been Jacks idea because he was a leader. He was the head of the boy’s choir and always took control of the situation. At that moment, I realized that the innocent boy I had raised had betrayed me and had taken the opportunity to do the devils work without punishment. I knew I wouldn’t be able to look at him the same ever again. When Jack returned home he was happy to see us. He told us about all of his adventure and proudly bragged to his father, who enjoys hunting, that he had led the other boys in a pig hunt. I then realized that when that happened on the island, Jack had turned into this savage beast with not an ounce of innocence left. Today, Jack is in a program for troubled youth and is getting the help he needs to lead a stable life. He is being mentored and has a bright future in being a future business leader. He understands what happened on the island and I working past it. Although the time on the island was very hard and is behind him, he still has an extreme fear of flying. I will never think of him as my little boy, but I try to look at it as him being overtaken by the maturity that was forced on him.