Hearing Mr. Wallace was finally willing to talk, Evan Keller and Heath Hale sat up straight. Their faces remained impassive as they listened to him continue.
"I was the first college student to make it out of my village. Only after I left did I realize how much more prosperous the outside world was than I'd ever imagined." As Mr. Wallace spoke, his eyes lit up, as if he were seeing something incredible.
In fact, everything he encountered after starting college was shattering his worldview moment by moment.
He watched as the wealthy effortlessly obtained things he could never get, no matter how hard he tried. They didn't even have to ask; everything just fell into their laps.
Gradually, Mr. Wallace's psyche began to twist. He hated the rich, yet he yearned to become one of them.
'Marry an only daughter, change my social class.'
Once this idea took root in Mr. Wallace's mind, it never left.
He felt he was quite competitive. He had the looks, the height, and the education.
