Warning for public shaming.
[name_m]Wilbur[/name_m] " [name_m]Wil[/name_m] " [name_u]Beck[/name_u] Quitman (17) is one of Bevâs teenage sons. Despite his rich father, [name_m]Wil[/name_m] doesnât even have a car even though he has a licence. However [name_f]Bev[/name_f] and her husband compromised by letting [name_m]Wil[/name_m] get a car if he keeps his grades up all year. He doesnât even have his own phone, the family shares one computer and iPad and time and browsing is limited. [name_m]Wil[/name_m] attempted to circumvent this when he was 15 by secretly making a private Instagram and blocking his mother. His mother caught on when she saw him taking a picture of himself in just swim trunks at the pool standing next to a girl. She yelled at him for his âlewdâ picture and made him hold a sign that said âI TAKE INAPPROPRIATE PICTURES FOR GIRLSâ and posted it on Facebook, then had [name_m]Wil[/name_m] stand outside a busy part of town holding the same sign to shame him. The shaming stopped after just a few minutes, not because he was humiliated but because people walking by mistook the sign as a juvenile male sexting a juvenile female and were going to call the police. When [name_f]Bev[/name_f] showed them the picture, they were quite baffled. He was wearing swim trunks at the pool and his pose with the girl wasnât racy, they were just doing the peace sign. [name_f]Bev[/name_f] insisted it was tough love but even her husband questioned it. âYou really shamed and embarrassed your son over a pool picture with a girl whoâs probably just a friend of his?â he asked but [name_f]Bev[/name_f] didnât feel bad.
[name_m]Wil[/name_m] was truly mortified and had a hard time at school for it for a few weeks but there was an activity he loved and still does now. His main form of socialising was talking to children in school and he felt like doing a sport, so he took up basketball. Thatâs where he met his coach [name_u]Chris[/name_u], who was the nicest and coolest coach of the team. He was happy to be on the team and played the next two years. Now at 17, [name_m]Wil[/name_m] could not be more excited. He had a goal to make the championships and now his big goal is winning. [name_m]Wil[/name_m] is a tremendously great player and [name_u]Chris[/name_u] is proud of him. [name_m]Even[/name_m] [name_f]Bev[/name_f] supports his career but knows itâs mainly because [name_m]Wil[/name_m] is so good, heâs offered scholarships. The only problem is that Wilâs best basketball friend is the son of a co-worker she hates and belittles. [name_f]Bev[/name_f] has even tried to get [name_u]Chris[/name_u] to take him off the team but [name_u]Chris[/name_u] declined. This other boy is not as good as [name_m]Wil[/name_m] and hasnât gotten as many scholarships but if he and the team win the championship, then he will definitely be offered. [name_f]Bev[/name_f] hates seeing her co-worker excited about her son potentially getting to a great university and doesnât want her co-worker happy. While [name_f]Bev[/name_f] hates losing, she has a plan that [name_m]Wil[/name_m] says heâs agreed to but isnât sure if heâll necessarily do it. [name_f]Bev[/name_f] says she wonât give him the car despite [name_m]Wil[/name_m] keeping his grades up as âpunishmentâ for his friendship but she will change her mind and still get him the car on one condition: [name_m]Wil[/name_m] has to throw the championship game. He has to make sure his team loses and cannot tell anyone of this plan. That way, the son of Bevâs co-worker canât get a scholarship to his dream university while knowing [name_m]Wil[/name_m] still can, since heâs already been offered. [name_m]Wil[/name_m] had agreed out of fear and thought maybe heâll just not throw or that maybe a teammate of his will be lucky and skilled enough to win anyway but [name_f]Bev[/name_f] warned him that the team must lose no matter what.