After discovering her son Toby bleeding behind the diner, a mother learned he had been extorted for five months by bullies who stole his late father’s military dog tags. Toby had secretly given away his weekly paychecks to buy the tags back, keeping the ordeal to himself to protect his grieving mother from further pain. His boss, Sal, caught the bullies in the alley, retrieved the dog tags, and called the police, leading to the boys’ arrest and full restitution of Toby’s money. Reunited with his father’s tags, Toby repaired a secondhand bike with Sal’s help, cementing a strong bond with his boss and making a pact with his mother to never carry burdens alone again.
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