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THE WRONG CHOICE
By Kevin Hager

GENRE: Crime
LOGLINE:

Bad choices made by bullies and drug dealers have unforeseen consequences.

SYNOPSIS:

THE WRONG CHOICE

James Harley is a young teen who is autistic and is bullied and tormented by others, and some of the worst are Nick Sullican, Matthew Madison, Jacob Bilds, Monica Tashmier, and Trent Mason among others, when accused they deny their guilt and lie about standing up for him. One day they meet and decide to pull a trick on him, but when they do, they accidently kill him. Realizing their lies could be exposed and be charged for manslaughter, Matthew turns to two neighbors Gary Luss and Neville Clint who have criminal rap sheets who agree to dispose of the body. They agree to for a large sum of money to pay back to Stephen Solomon a dealer they owe money to.

But when they dump the body, they run into local police officer Busby who investigates them and is killed before he sees the body. They are forced to flee when they hear from his radio that backup was coming as he reported it leaving his body exposed and James’s body exposed which is found by police but hasn't been identified and James is reported missing unaware he is dead.

Solomon visits a group of dealers on a collage compass and executes them for stealing from him, and another for trying to go straight, and some of their families.

The bullies decide to make it appear James was kidnapped in order to extort money from his family but when they communicate and impersonate him they reveal inconsistencies and when they speak to police they lie and make themselves out as friends and the police point out inconsistencies, but they lie about the parents making them out as abusers. Officer Lois Sanchez is in charge of James’s disappearance, while Officer Ken Harper is in charge of the murder investigation, and when Sanchez speaks to teachers some reveal did see bullying, but they would lie, and some students describe the bullies as friends but reveal their true colors unintentionally but keep this secret suspecting their involvement.

Meanwhile forensics manage finally reveal James’s body and Harper learns of the missing person case and collabs with Sanchez and the search for the bullies begins as forensics reveal the car Gary and Neville used was borrowed from Neville’s brother who tells this to police when they track down Gary and Neville they find themselves in a shootout with Solomon and backup arrives and they are arrested, Solomon is exposed for his dealings and murders while Gary and Neville come clean about the job they were hired for, the bullies are exposed and arrested and sent to prison while James is given a proper burial, as the judge and principal gives a stern lecture to the students of their inaction in helping James against the bullies, and how bullies aren’t friends.

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