I'm Sheridan Wesley. I'm eleven years old. I've always lived with my dad. He's the only person I've got. He loves me and I love him too. But soon our lives changed. Mine especially.


It was a sunny day in Blueville, a rural small town not far away from Tennessee. The kind of place where everyone knew everyone. My dad was one of the most popular and well-liked people of Blueville. He owned vast land and a big ranch.

I always loved working with him. I loved the farm life. I knew how to ride horses, milk cows, make butter, plant seeds and harvest crops. I was well loved by all my dad's employees and well known too by the people of the town. I was the little boy who always gave a helping hand.

The Last Laugh

I looked at what I'd just thrown up before flushing it away. I rinsed my mouth and returned into the office where I sat down, thinking. The medicine I took was not of great help apparently.


And then, I thought of what Shirley had said. It'd disturbed me the whole night. What if she was right? What if I was pregnant? My eyes watered.


Oh no. How would Sheridan react? Like many other guys, he might refuse it. It was too early and unexpected to have a kid, right?


I didn't even want to think of it because it made me feel horrible.


But I had to know. Slowly, I opened my bag and took out the kit, my heart beating faster than usual. It was now or never. I had to know. It was better. If I didn't try, I would be disturbed and not at peace. With shaky hands, I stood up with the test kit and headed for my toilets.


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