"I think it would be best if we start at the beginning.  You know, what brought Stuart to this...full circle, like."

"Hmmm.  Where does it begin huh?  Let's see.  I guess it would have to start after Stuart and his parents arrived in the United States. Stu arrived here as a tiny tike of seven.  Stuart's parents hated their identity and worked hard to teach Stu to mask his accent. It would be a benefit later on in his  life as a public speaker. He met a young man early on...let's call him 'Buddy' and they became fast friends.  Buddy and Stuart had a similar family structure, and their mutual disdain for it allowed them to become as close as brothers.  However, Stuart never let Buddy inside because he was worried that Buddy would hurt him too. Stuart became malicious, looking for people he could manipulate for personal pleasure.  Watching someone destroy themselves was his way of getting kicks, especially if it was something he had cooked up to destroy them."

"Dear Lord!  How old was Stuart by then?"

He flicked the ashes into the astray and took another drag on his cigarette.  He exhaled loudly.

"Fourteen or so.  By the time he was Fifteen, Stuart was running dope and playing hooky at live sex parlors."

"And no one noticed this?!?  I find that hard to believe."

"It goes back to his family's pride and their disdain for their identity.  As far as Stuart's family was concerned, he was a good son. He never talked about what he was doing at home and Buddy would lie and tell his folks he was at his place. Stuart would tell Buddy's folks he was at his. They were never caught and as long as they appeared to be the good sons the family expected, no one was ever the wiser."

"Wow! The perfect setup.  What about school?  How did the guys get out of that?"

"The New York City public school system is flawed beyond belief.  It was very simple to become principal's assistants, which would allow Stuart and Buddy to adjust their attendance records.  Back then it was all done by hand, as computers were just becoming something the schools used.  They had the assistants inputting the records for the teachers."

"They fixed their own records?!?!"

"Absolutely.  The sad part for them was that Stuart and Buddy are actually pretty smart.  It was easy for them to keep up with school work and tests.  A lot of times they would do their home work on the subway between Manhattan and Queens, so they could spend all their time at the sex parlors or just hanging out in the big city.  They started growing beards...fuzz...when they were 14 and started shaving regularly.  By 15 they had good growth and looked much older, which got them past the truant officers.  They had a good thing going back then!"

"Then, they were  criminals!"

"I'd say deviants myself. Stuart was a punk as I said earlier. He and Buddy had learned to use the system to his advantage."

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