Money, Weed, and Friends: A Young Man's Country

A Young Man's Country is the story of Guy O'Hearn trying to cross the country to get to his aunt's wedding. He meets two friends along the way and is chased by a federal detective.

## Summary

Guy O'Hearn is a high school senior who is supposed to travel across the country to attend his aunt's wedding. He's has to get there because his aunt's new husband was friends with the admissions officer for Conrad University. While driving across Vespigo Guy meets Lint a young kid who had been doing odd jobs for a crime syndicate known are the Silent Voices.

Recently, Lint had been the sole survivor of a drug deal turned into a massacre. With a case full of cash and stack of secrets Lint escapes the NIO. Senior Detective Lars Booth begins tracking Lint and chases him to a hotel that Lint and Guy are both staying in. Lint had found Guy at the local grocery store and offered to pay for Guy's food. The two went back to Guy's room and hung out for few hours. They were interrupted by a loud sound that caused them to look outside. Lars' strike team knocked down the door and rushed inside. Lint, realizing that they were after him convinced Guy that they were probably after him since he had accidentally pissed off a couple gangsters in the parking lot of the grocery store.

The two run to Guy's van and leave as fast as possible. Unaware that Lint is in Guy's van, their exit goes unnoticed while Lars' team searches the adjacent rooms. When the team is unable to locate Lint, Lars has a member of the team grab footage from a camera he notices across the street. The footage shows Guy and Lint leave in Guy's van. They use cameras across the state to find Guy and begin their pursuit. Guy, paranoid of the danger he was in, paces outside a gas station in the desert while Lint buys food and gas. Outside Guy watches a young 19 year old girl exit one of the semis, and head over to the shadow of the building where he was. She tried to light her cigarette multiple times before yelling at Guy to stop moving, he was freaking her out. He sits down and just stares forward, she plops down next to him, introduces herself as Vicky, and talks to him. He calms down. She asks for five dollars and goes inside after getting the cash from Guy. Inside she runs into Lint who helps her shoplift a case of beer. Lint offers her a ride which she accepts quickly. Lint tells Guy about their new guest which causes Guy to explode, yelling at Lint he rants about throwing an extra person in the mix. At that point, she comes running out of the store with the cashier dashing behind her. He has a shotgun and fires a slug in her direction, narrowly missing her.

Guy starts the van and lint hold the door open to the back of the van. The trio escape mere hours before Lars arrives. He asks about the duo, but the cashier also tells him about the girl that jumped in the van with them. Lars identifies Guy, but is unable to identify Vicky. The three visit different places and leave the main highway going down a rural highway recommended by Vicky. They see different small towns and beautiful sights. Guy and Vicky grow closer, but that slowly alienates Lint who becomes more paranoid that Lars is near them. Vicky also sneaks a look into Lint's case finding the money, and unknown to her, the flash drive.

The trio arrive in time for the wedding and Guy asks Vicky if she would like to go with him. Lint, feeling abandoned disappears from the hotel room during the wedding and tries to leave the town. He is found by Lars who finally had caught up and confronts the young man alone. Lint quickly hands over the case and begs for mercy. Lars looks into the case and finds nothing. but an "IOU". Lars demands to know the location of the hard drive, which Lint says he doesn't know where it is. He is able to call Guy's phone, which Vicky had picked up. Vicky tells Guy that Lint is in trouble and what was going on. Guy explodes, angry that Lint lied to him about the thugs chasing them.

Upset, Vicky leaves Guy alone and leaves to find Lint. She finds some men talking to bluetooth headsets, she follows them and they lead her to Lars and Lint. She attempts to sneak inside to free Lint, but is found by Lars who knew she was in the building the entire time. She has her handcuffed too, and reminds her that Victoria Delgado was a wanted thief in multiple states, Now, both captured, Lint and Vicky take turns yelling at Lars, attempting to escape, and consoling each other. Back at the wedding Guy is left with a decision: meet with his aunt to get introduced to the admissions officer, or leave to save Lint. The decision is left ambiguous.

In the acting home base for Lars, his men search for other known associates of the Silence. As they coordinate and search the town, roughing up the Silence's goons Lars asks Vicky about the case. Suddenly, a van comes crashing through the wall and Guy exits the vehicle. Excited, Lint calls for Guy who barrels full-force through a couple officers. At the top of the stairs Lars is waiting for him, but Guy sees him and freezes. The two face off and trade pleasantries. Guy tries to pull the stair rug out from under Lars, but the detective is quick to balance himself and use the rug to slide down the stairs. Lars is quick to fight, but is unable to damage Guy's large fat body. In a moment of pain, Guy finds his opportunity. He picks lars up and tosses him out of the window. Lars slams into the dumpster below.

Guys frees Lint and Vicky and the trio attempt to leave on foot. A few blocks down Lars and his agents surround them and demand their surrender. Guy prepares to fight, and Vicky readies herself to grab and run with Lint. Out of nowhere Lint steps forward with the flash drive that was stashed inside the corsage on Guy's tuxedo. Lint asks that if he surrenders, will Guy and Vicky be allowed to go free. Lars explains that if he hands over the flash drive and remaining money, and testifies Lars would let Vicky and Guy go free. In those same negotiations Lint gets Vicky's record erased in exchange for small details about the Silence, and with the amount (and quality) of affiliates Lint helped convict Lint is only given three years for his involvement.

Guy returns to the wedding with Vicky and the two have a wonderful time. He chooses to forget about the admissions officer and instead focuses on the present. Lars arrives the next morning and confronts Guy and Vicky. He delivers Vicky's pardon and presents Guy with an acceptance letter from Conrad University. Lars had pulled some strings and called in a favor with the board of directors for Conrad University.

## Story Impact

* Lint hands over incriminating evidence about Malick Noah and MacKinley Donovan.
* Lars Booth is recruited into the SEC.
* Vicky takes the half million dollars and waits for Lint to get out of jail.

## Trivia

* A Young Man's Country is based on the film Who's Driving Doug, starring RJ Mitte and Ray William Johnson.