NoWoRRyMaN
Seriously? He worked his tail off (not really) to prevent his mom from overworking, yet when she’s pulling overtime, he doesn’t even toss her the cash she needs. Sure, it’s illegal for a student to work, and she might remarry if he spills the beans, but he could’ve come up with some excuse like, “I helped someone clean their pool and they were so grateful they paid me a generous $2500.” I just can’t wrap my head around his logic
jeez, he should have just told the truth. what did he not like his new step dad? he could have said he saw that the pool was opening up again and wanted to go swimming. saw they needed help to open the pool and volunteered so he could swim. since it is illegal to do all that work without being payed. he got payed.