Personal Narrative: End Up All The Way In The Us

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I arch one of my eyebrows "So how does a boy from Japan end up all the way in the U.S?"I ask him.

Quinn lets out a beep sigh before speaking, "Well for the first ten years of my life I lived in Japan, I went to school, hung out with my friends and family, and I even had a dog a little black and ten shiba-inu named Charcoal. Now my family especially my father was strict with rules, everywhere I went I had to look presentable, be polite, and well mannered, but I didn't mind it, being a member of one of Japans most wealthiest family's I wanted to empress him. I wanted to empress my father and for a while I did. Then one night my family and I were sitting down at the table eating dinner, now i was a bottomless pit, I would eat anything and everything my parents would put on my plate accept one thing, salary just the the thought of that vegetable makes me want to gag, but anyway. On that night I had left my salary stalks on my plate, I was about to get up when my dad stopped me and said 'Sit down and clean my plate,' now I had already told him several times but I reminded him again 'Dad, I don't like salary" I told him but he didn't listen 'I don't care, go on and eat your vegetables' He told me,
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Quinn nods "Yes, if that's what you call it"He says.

"What happened next Quinn?" I ask interested.

"Well for the next two years I stayed in a Japanese orphanage where every day it got harder and harder to control what was inside of me, then Beta Chris who was on a vacation with his family stumbled upon me, sensed what I was and adopted me, he then got me my citizenship, my Visa, and flew me home. That night I shifted into my wolf for the first time, then after that night Beta Chris my new dad told me what I was, and as they say the rest is history" Quinn replies.

"Alright, tell us a little bit more about yourself, this'll help me find the right job that best suits you" I

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