Boy Tells Parents He Used to Live on Mars, They Ignore Him Until Two Men Show Up At Their Door

An Exception

Joyce agrees. She emphasizes that it is an exception. “From tomorrow, you can’t use the computer after 7:00 PM, is that understood?” Mark nods obediently. Joyce and Oscar smile with satisfaction as they remember how happy they made their son with his birthday present. But Mark’s unpredictability of the days to come would soon make that smile disappear.