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Charlie assures his family that he is okay. No one mentions that he has just been in jail, but they promise to help him out. His mother tells him to pack.
Charlie is upset that he has to leave, but his mother believes that grandparents should not have to navigate “teenager drama.” Charlie’s mother tells him she has missed him and she needs him. Charlie asks to go to KFC on the way home and says he needs a larger bag for his comics. When Charlie reveals the new comics belonged to his father, his mother confesses that she misses her husband; Charlie assures her that he is on her side and hugs her. He asks her to start calling him “Chuck,” his grandfather’s name for him.
Charlie wakes up to talk with his grandfather but finds him picking up peaches in the backyard.
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