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Why Did Wes 2 Choose Carpentry

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Taylor Roback
8/1/16
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5. Wes 2 chose carpentry as his vocational specialty and decided to build a house for his daughter for protection.

6. Wes 2 decided to take a detour home one day on the way home to reminisce. As he was walking back through his home town he was amazed on how much the drug game had changed. The pressure of not making enough money to provide for his family was getting to him. Wes ended up getting back into the drug game.

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