It seemed as if it was yesterday that his whole world was still perfect. Clarence missed being the little moron he was that loved and cared about people, but now he had become something much, much different than those times. Years passed, seasons dawned and dusked, and the town of Aberdale, Arizona saw so much change. People stopped talking to each other and found other people. The world saw climate change like no other. And Clarence, well, he saw his life shatter when his house caught fire and his mother was the one that suffered all of the third degree burns.
After three weeks of hospitalization, Mary was told that the damages from the fire done to her body would be permanent, and that she would possibly never walk correctly again. Nothing depressed her more than this. Following that tragedy, the house began to rot away with Clarence, his crippled mother, and Chad still living in it. Since Mary had to quit her job following the fire, Chad ended up picking a part time job at a gas station. But since the location of the gas station was at the near edge of town, there were hardly any folks who would get gasoline from there. So Chad ended up earning $6.50 an hour, less than the national minimum wage. Only someone with poor education would be unintelligent enough to sink to that impossible kind of low. But it would have to do, as there was really no other option.
Clarence saw the struggles that his family went through, and ended up having to pick up a job himself to support the family, leading him to drop out of school. As his friends, or now ex-friends graduated from school, the chubby teen was delivering pizzas to people. It definitely didn't pay well, but it did much better than his step-father's wasted job. This situation went on until Clarence was 20, and then he was fired for one day decided to eat the pizza he was ordering to a teenage couple. They actually saw him eating it.
Today, the broken man who was once a chubby little angel was ready. It was his 21st birthday. His mother was still in shambles, but was able to tell him something. Something that would forever change him.
"I can't leave you, mom." Clarence said, almost in tears. "You need me. Dad won't keep this house in shape." Mary then smiled.
"Clarence, you will always be my special little solider. But I don't want my setbacks to damage your life. I bought you that motorcycle for a reason. Because you have to get away from this town. You need to start your own life. And I won't stop you. Please, do it for mommy."
"Ok." Clarence weakly replied. This would be hard. But maybe now it was time to finally leave. He entered the garage, took his new motorcycle out of it and closed the garage door. Then he put his mask on, and began the engine.
Clarence took one last glance at his house. It looked so beautiful, even though it was falling apart. This would hurt so much. But now the world was Clarence's. And he could finally be happy. Where would his motorcycle take him? Who knew?
He then took off, and was gone.