Stockholm Sisters

Megan is sitting in detention with a lump in her throat she knows she's messed up, and this one incident could ruin her life forever. Megan is a senior in High School and desperately wants to go to college, her mother has reluctantly agreed to pay for the first semester but with a big stipulation, "if you keep on the straight and narrow. Megan tries to slow her racing heart, she soothes herself by coming up with great excuses for why she's home late. "I'll lie, just a little white lie won't be so bad," she considers, "I'll tell her I was studying at the library, or maybe I'll run by the store and pick up some.." Her thought is interrupted by the door opening, her sister walks in. Adriana sees her goody-two-shoes sister in detention and gasps, "Megan!" Adriana is shocked that Megan would be in detention, but she's used to coming to detention at least a few times a month. Megan begs Adriana not to tell Mom about this, "she wants me to stay in Iowa, you know, like she did.." Adriana rolls her eyes, "you are so ungrateful, you've got a boyfriend, you can get married and take over the farm with him. Mom and Dad are looking to retire already, and you could make good enough money, the work isn't hard for women, and.." Megan puts her hand on Adriana's arm, "I want more than Iowa, and you should too. There's a whole world out there, we could be anyone we dream of, we just have to get out of here." Watch this story unfold..