2020 had been a tough year for the Swift family. Megyn had just gotten her Master’s Degree in Education and taken a job as a Substitute Teacher until the new school year brought the promise of a career in the profession she loved. She had worked waiting tables for the better part of a decade putting her husband Camden through College until he got his degree in Law Enforcement. As soon as he was hired, they decided start a family. In character, Megan put her career dreams on the back burner and their precious little boy, Jett, was born. Camden was good, and rose in the ranks of the local police force and was one of the youngest to ever be awarded an investigator’s gold badge. With the position came more money and but also more demands for his time. Even with the increased demands of the job, when Jett was about five, the young couple decided it was Megyn’s turn to go back to college. So, she waited tables and went to college while Camden spent long hours solving crimes. Jett got to spend a lot of time on his grandparents farm just outside town during the day, but most nights he got to spend in his own bed in town. It became a ritual to pack up and move his beloved Xbox whenever he moved from his house in town to the farm.
Jett’s mom would plan picnics under the big oak tree beside the grandparents’ pond where his grandpa would often join and go fishing with him. She had a huge Louis Vuitton purse that she had received from a friend as a graduation present. She loved it, and had ample room for an entire picnic.
Jett’s dad would often take Jett bird hunting. Jett admired his dad’s Browning shotgun and his skill with it. Dad was a patient teacher and taught Jett how to shoot at can, and then clay targets, always, always safety first. Eventually, Camden decided to let Jett wield the Browning when they were on the back side of the farm, out of sight from anyone else. It was their secret. Jett became almost as good as dad at dropping a flushed pheasant or quail.
That was their routine. That is until Covid 19 hit in March of 2020. The school went to distance learning, so there was little need for substitutes teachers. Megyn couldn’t even go back to waiting tables to help make ends meet since restaurant’s capacity was greatly curtailed.
Then the big bomb dropped. The city cut the police budget and since Camden was the youngest investigator, the pink-slip landed on his desk.
As for Jett, HE WAS IN HEAVEN. He got to spend a lot of time on his grandparents farm with both of his parents…..together. Which only happened on rare occasions in the last few years.
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