Vern Tessio had a fairly sad adult life, as one would expect. But he never looked at anything as a misfortune. He had grown considerably since childhood to become a handsome older man and was less of a scaredy cat than he had used to be. No one, especially his childhood friends, expected Vern to turn out like that. Chris and Gordie were quite shocked when they had seen him again after all these years.
Vern had also gotten a little smarter and was able to complete college. He became a successful banker and married soon after college. Of course, Vern had stayed in Castle Rock as an adult. He liked the idea of living in his childhood hometown.
His wife was named Katherine and she seemed sweet at first. But she treated Vern terrible and didn't care about him. Vern himself had really only married her for the fact that they had a few kids before marriage and he figured that was the right thing to do. One day however, out of the blue, after about ten years of being together, she walked out. Left and never came back. He guessed she had just finally had enough of Vern Tessio.
Vern never heard from her again and he was stuck with their six kids as a single dad. Considering he worked full time as well, it was even more difficult.
They had a five year old girl named Sara, an eight year old son Joey, and a ten year old girl who went by Sam instead of Samantha. Theses were the younger kids. Then he had the teenagers at fourteen, sixteen, and seventeen. The oldest was a boy who he had named after himself as Vernon. Then his two other daughters were Jessica and Maria. And he loved them with all his heart.
Katherine had always wanted a lot of kids. Almost too much considering they only lived in a three bedroom, average suburban home. She had been a stay at home mom but now that she wasn't around, Vern had a feeling his life was going to get even more challenging.