Roachie dropped out school and began having difficulties trying to get a post,when his mom, noticed the terrible expierence her son was having to get a job,one morning she woke up and asked him to join her for breakfast."I think you should go north I dreamed you went north and you were sending me money every month" "that's just a dream" he said.Never the less he took her advice and set out on his journey,three days later she read the news in the local paper her Roachie died in a truck accident it was crossing the border line.