[andyfox]

We got into his room and I woke him up. I told him there were a couple of people here who were going to take him out of the house, that he was going to a place where he would get clean and be healthy and we loved him and this was for the best. He said, "OK." And he got up and got dressed and they left. We did't know what his reaction was going to be. Some kids physically resist, which is why they send two people as the escorts, one of whom could likely have taken on, and beaten, Ali. For my son, it seemed a relief, that he wouldn't have to live another day like he was living, with his grades in the toilet, the lies and the tension in the house.