08-25-03 Choose and Lose It was a bright, sunny afternoon in Mandarin, South Carolina when the Johnsons' pulled into the driveway of their new house. Jennifer, who turns 17 in two months, was anxious to start school and to start a new life for herself. Her little brother, Matthew, had been annoying her for the last 5 hours as they drove from Dalton, Georgia. Dan, Jennifer's father, finally had to ground Matthew before he would calm …showed first 75 words of 850 total…

…showed last 75 words of 850 total…All four girls were sent to a juvenile correctional facility for 2 months on the charges of Drug Possession, Drug Trafficking, and Reckless Endangerment. After they were released, Jennifer in particular began to stumble in her academics and wasn't able to pass but 2 of her 8 classes. Her reputation had been destroyed; her parents thought she was some drug lord and to top it off, she lost the only friends she would ever have in Mandarin, SC.