0. the beginning of an end

Emerson Locke already has a lot on his plate after losing his father, including financial problems and a mother he was trying his hardest to keep from falling apart.
So, when the boy who went missing two years ago, Julian Lee, shows up at his doorstep on the dawn of their senior year, he's far past troubled. But he takes him in without a second thought, millions of questions forming inside his head. One of them being:
What happened to Julian Lee?

started: july 2nd, 2019
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