Thursday, July 25, 2013

In That was Then, This is Now, what was Mark up to?What would you do if you were Bryon and you found out what Mark was up to?

Although it is obvious that the two foster brothers, Bryon
and Mark, love and depend upon one another, they find themselves growing apart as they
get older. Active in gangs for years, Bryon finds himself tiring of the lifestyle. After
the death of his friend, Charlie, and taking a severe beating by the Shepard gang, Bryon
decides to make changes in his life. He begins dating Cathy and gets a job. Mark,
however, wants no part Bryon's new ways. According to
Bryon,



We just
couldn't get through to each other. He didn't understand why I didn't dig fights
anymore; I didn't understand how he could accept everything that came along without
question, without wanting to change
it.



Unable to get a real job
because of his past record, Mark turns to selling drugs. Bryon finds Mark's stash one
night shortly after a visit to see M&M--who had overdosed on LSD--and decides to
call the police. Although Mark claims never to use drugs himself or having sold the LSD
to M&M, he admits to selling after


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"I met this guy on the Ribbon--he set me up. I
figure I don't have to take it to sell it, so what's the
worry?"


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