Chapter 6

• Lance was happy with his work of developing software and web design, though he knew that someday he'd have to go to college, just to satisfy his mom. She was bent on him getting a degree. He thought she was old school, but the truth was that she feared that the ease with which he was making money now would be the same ease with which he would not be able to make such money in the near future. She really did not fully understand what he was doing, but she had the firm belief that whatever came easy left easy.
• Lance would be 20 in a few days and Carol wanted to at least have a party for him at the house. A real party. One where he'd be given the chance to invite everyone he'd like to invite. She was proud of him and she wanted him happy, even though he wasn't making her very happy by still not applying for college, but she wouldn't stop reminding him.
• She wanted to tell the entire neighborhood that her son and only child wasn't a good-for-nothing lazy bum. He actually had a flexible but well-paying job, one that she was proud and equally scared of. He had decided to continue living with her even though he could easily afford to live alone and she was grateful for his thoughtfulness. If only his father was alive to see what he had grown up to be. Well, she couldn't afford to spoil the preparations by crying now.